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TexasTowelie

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5. Warburg is an independent analyst which is why he has no credentials.
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 03:33 AM
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He came onto the scene when his cousin joined a military group in Ukraine and was killed. Prior to his involvement on social media Warburg was a minister. So granted, Warburg does not have the credentials of a professional journalist or military adviser, but he is a "thinker" by nature trying to make sense about the war. I believe that reaffirms that he can contribute to the conversation.

I don't know why he doesn't engage with others on his social media accounts, other than he probably has people write, "I don't trust this guy," on his YouTube page and Warburg realizes it is futile to defend himself against the trolls on his YouTube account. Of course, there are most likely other reasons also since the more content he produces, the more he makes from those views. So from a financial perspective it more lucrative to put one's energy into producing videos rather than answer questions.

As far as Warburg making inaccurate predictions are concerned, he is one of many on YouTube who fit that description. If accurate prognostications were a requirement on YouTube, then about 25% of overall content would need to be removed from the site. You can either agree or disagree with Warburg's analysis, but I don't ever recall Warburg asking his viewers to "trust" him.

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