# Jaw-dropping corruption: Trump admin insiders profit from war on Iran

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/geopolitical-economy-report-5434689/jaw-dropping-corruption-trump-admin-insiders-profit-from-war-on-iran
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/geopolitical-economy-report-5434689/jaw-dropping-corruption-trump-admin-insiders-profit-from-war-on-iran.md
Podcast: [Geopolitical Economy Report](https://stenobird.com/podcast/geopolitical-economy-report-5434689)
Published: 2026-08-10T17:52:13+00:00
Episode link: https://soundcloud.com/geopoliticaleconomy/iran-war-trump-profit-insider-trading
Audio file: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2379220376-geopoliticaleconomy-iran-war-trump-profit-insider-trading.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/geopolitical-economy-report-5434689/episodes/jaw-dropping-corruption-trump-admin-insiders-profit-from-war-on-iran
Duration seconds: 1060

## Resource

Donald Trump administration insiders have been widely accused of corruption, insider trading, and market manipulation related to the US war on Iran. Ben Norton analyzes the evidence, showing why this may explain Washington's contradictory policies and flip-flopping between bombings and peace talks. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUkg472Ia1Q Topics 0:00 Trump TACOs on Iran War 1:40 USA has no clear strategy 2:49 Market manipulation 4:30 Oil market volatility 5:50 Options trading 6:49 Iran alleges US corruption 8:31 Steve Witkoff & Jared Kushner 9:56 Insider trading accusations 10:57 Shady trades on Wall Street 11:28 Corruption in US Congress 12:43 Trump sells early access 14:12 Big Oil sees record profits 14:42 USA is losing the war 15:22 Rich oligarchs are winning 17:27 Outro

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/geopolitical-economy-report-5434689/episodes/jaw-dropping-corruption-trump-admin-insiders-profit-from-war-on-iran/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/geopolitical-economy-report-5434689/jaw-dropping-corruption-trump-admin-insiders-profit-from-war-on-iran.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.