Steve Eisman’s Market Calls: Middle East Conflict & a Trade War 6/17/25

President Trump has left the G7 meeting early, citing his priority monitoring the Israel-Iran conflict. Steve Eisman famously called and profited from the housing crisis, and today the Wall Street watcher is optimistic on the conflict in the Middle East–at least when it comes to the markets. Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb weighs in on the price of cutting health and research funding, as well as his outlook for the innovation pipeline in the U.S. Plus, drama might be brewing between OpenAI and Microsoft, and crypto billionaire Justin Sun is taking Tron public. 

Steve Eisman 11:59

Dr. Scott Gottlieb 22:54

In this episode:

Steve Eisman, @EismanPlaybook

Dr. Scott Gottlieb, @ScottGottliebMD

Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick

Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk

Katie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie

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