[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] #  @ErikSperling Erik Sperling 🌍 Erik Sperling 🌍 posts on X about maduro, venezuela, libya, york the most. They currently have XXXXX followers and XX posts still getting attention that total XXXXX engagements in the last XX hours. ### Engagements: XXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::953626173426237440/interactions)  - X Week XXXXXXX +1,600% - X Month XXXXXXX +17% - X Months XXXXXXX -XX% - X Year XXXXXXXXX -XX% ### Mentions: XX [#](/creator/twitter::953626173426237440/posts_active)  - X Week XX +180% - X Month XX +514% - X Months XX +40% - X Year XXX -XX% ### Followers: XXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::953626173426237440/followers)  - X Week XXXXX +0.80% - X Month XXXXX +1.60% - X Months XXXXX +5.60% - X Year XXXXX +19% ### CreatorRank: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::953626173426237440/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence [#](/creator/twitter::953626173426237440/influence) --- **Social category influence** [countries](/list/countries) XXXX% [finance](/list/finance) XXXX% [stocks](/list/stocks) XXXX% [celebrities](/list/celebrities) XXXX% [musicians](/list/musicians) XXXX% **Social topic influence** [maduro](/topic/maduro) #54, [venezuela](/topic/venezuela) #675, [libya](/topic/libya) #188, [york](/topic/york) #3558, [inflation](/topic/inflation) #544, [power of](/topic/power-of) 2.53%, [trumps](/topic/trumps) 2.53%, [latin](/topic/latin) 1.27%, [head of](/topic/head-of) 1.27%, [more info](/topic/more-info) XXXX% **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@potus](/creator/undefined) [@grok](/creator/undefined) [@rightsof_man](/creator/undefined) [@ryanbergphd](/creator/undefined) [@mariaalesiasosa](/creator/undefined) [@npr](/creator/undefined) [@marcacaputo](/creator/undefined) [@farrahraja](/creator/undefined) [@similibad](/creator/undefined) [@wsj](/creator/undefined) [@richardgrenell](/creator/undefined) [@statesca](/creator/undefined) [@godzuki2fu](/creator/undefined) [@mali03](/creator/undefined) [@bcharlesxz0](/creator/undefined) [@fdkpope](/creator/undefined) [@sentimkaine](/creator/undefined) [@secdef](/creator/undefined) [@shelbyholliday](/creator/undefined) [@housedemocrats](/creator/undefined) **Top assets mentioned** [New York Times Co. (NYT)](/topic/$nyt) [Exxon Mobil (XOM)](/topic/exxon-mobil) ### Top Social Posts [#](/creator/twitter::953626173426237440/posts) --- Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours "Embarrassing news for Venezuela regime change neocons: US offers record-breaking cash to encourage Venezuelan military officials to defect and turn against Maduro. Instead top @DeptofWar official for Latin America official quits early due to "tension between him and Hegseth"" [X Link](https://x.com/ErikSperling/status/1978923310386663841) [@ErikSperling](/creator/x/ErikSperling) 2025-10-16T20:37Z 7958 followers, 86.4K engagements "@grok @RapidResponse47 @POTUS @grok except that by bombing them instead of interdicting them you lose the opportunity to interrogate and get evidence that can disrupt broader networks. if the killing prevents gathering of more info to disrupt cartels it could easily lead to more lives lost than interdiction" [X Link](https://x.com/ErikSperling/status/1978585166512632214) [@ErikSperling](/creator/x/ErikSperling) 2025-10-15T22:13Z 7941 followers, XX engagements "@SimiliBad @MariaAlesiaSosa @NPR She opposes economic sanctions When Source" [X Link](https://x.com/ErikSperling/status/1979196351297573200) [@ErikSperling](/creator/x/ErikSperling) 2025-10-17T14:42Z 7949 followers, XXX engagements "@hanschepu @MariaAlesiaSosa @NPR It is when it's known that the entire country's economy depends on that industry. When you target the primary source of economic activity for the country you destroy the economy that everyone in the country relies on for survival" [X Link](https://x.com/ErikSperling/status/1979278345826119812) [@ErikSperling](/creator/x/ErikSperling) 2025-10-17T20:08Z 7940 followers, XX engagements "@ericfarns I dislike Maduro but I also disliked Gaddafi and opinion polls later showed that people there regretted the US regime change war that destroyed their country even though they supported it at the time. So therefore need more certainty than just anecdotal vague support for war" [X Link](https://x.com/ErikSperling/status/1979619893231427645) [@ErikSperling](/creator/x/ErikSperling) 2025-10-18T18:45Z 7958 followers, XXX engagements "@MariaAlesiaSosa @NPR I didnt say sanctions caused the crisis. I said she supports indiscriminate sanctions deliberately designed to increase civilian suffering to achieve political ends" [X Link](https://x.com/ErikSperling/status/1978938390948049316) [@ErikSperling](/creator/x/ErikSperling) 2025-10-16T21:37Z 7952 followers, XXX engagements "@MariaAlesiaSosa @NPR Even U.S. officials admitted this strategy was to make the economy scream. That is textbook collective punishment which is why its rejected by most of the world. Don't you see how it's far-right to support policies that indiscriminately harm your own civilian population" [X Link](https://x.com/ErikSperling/status/1978938864254239185) [@ErikSperling](/creator/x/ErikSperling) 2025-10-16T21:39Z 7951 followers, XXX engagements "@Rightsof_Man Oh that's completely false. Not sure how you got that impression. The vast majority of Venezuelans migrants left for economic reasons. The number of genuine political refugees is a tiny fraction" [X Link](https://x.com/ErikSperling/status/1979024192612831237) [@ErikSperling](/creator/x/ErikSperling) 2025-10-17T03:18Z 7955 followers, XXX engagements "@MarcACaputo These guys are so out of step with even South Florida" [X Link](https://x.com/ErikSperling/status/1979277367940899183) [@ErikSperling](/creator/x/ErikSperling) 2025-10-17T20:04Z 7951 followers, XXX engagements "@JakeSherman Not even South Florida voters support this" [X Link](https://x.com/ErikSperling/status/1979277736230166616) [@ErikSperling](/creator/x/ErikSperling) 2025-10-17T20:06Z 7956 followers, XXX engagements "@DanielDiMartino Not even South Florida voters support this" [X Link](https://x.com/ErikSperling/status/1979277878044037486) [@ErikSperling](/creator/x/ErikSperling) 2025-10-17T20:06Z 7955 followers, 1349 engagements "@MarcACaputo Check the various questions YouGov asked Americans don't even support limited US military involvement" [X Link](https://x.com/ErikSperling/status/1979279151581298976) [@ErikSperling](/creator/x/ErikSperling) 2025-10-17T20:11Z 7952 followers, XXX engagements "@MarcACaputo Regime change wars rarely if ever poll better over time. Their high point for support is before voters know anything about it" [X Link](https://x.com/ErikSperling/status/1979280929203056838) [@ErikSperling](/creator/x/ErikSperling) 2025-10-17T20:18Z 7953 followers, XX engagements "@JamesMMiller2 @ryangrim It definitely did. But the US natsec elite is more and more distant from any connection to America's actual people" [X Link](https://x.com/ErikSperling/status/1979287461869293649) [@ErikSperling](/creator/x/ErikSperling) 2025-10-17T20:44Z 7952 followers, XX engagements "@sergiomorenog @WalterVMG NYT reported it" [X Link](https://x.com/ErikSperling/status/1979291262072103119) [@ErikSperling](/creator/x/ErikSperling) 2025-10-17T20:59Z 7952 followers, XX engagements "@SimiliBad @MariaAlesiaSosa @NPR She does support the sanctions nobody serious thinks otherwise. If you have a source showing she opposes them please share it but I can pretty much guarantee you won't find it I've tracked her statements closely for over a decade" [X Link](https://x.com/ErikSperling/status/1979298927263531083) [@ErikSperling](/creator/x/ErikSperling) 2025-10-17T21:30Z 7953 followers, XX engagements "Don't forget Maduro also was close personal friends with both Jeffrey Epstein and Osama bin Laden He's also Hitler's son-in-law. And he's unironically a huge Nickelback fan" [X Link](https://x.com/ErikSperling/status/1978215481682112697) [@ErikSperling](/creator/x/ErikSperling) 2025-10-14T21:44Z 7958 followers, 3331 engagements "New York Times finally admits that US economic sanctions have "slashed the purchasing power of most Venezuelans and have caused inflation to soar." Given Venezuela's food insecurity this means that the US government is knowingly exacerbating hunger for millions of civilians" [X Link](https://x.com/ErikSperling/status/1979001884485493235) [@ErikSperling](/creator/x/ErikSperling) 2025-10-17T01:49Z 7958 followers, 53.1K engagements "@RyanBergPhD @FT Haha you're not banking on it. Few people are. You're paid by Exxon to push this narrative" [X Link](https://x.com/ErikSperling/status/1979580455318925428) [@ErikSperling](/creator/x/ErikSperling) 2025-10-18T16:08Z 7958 followers, 1569 engagements "@Gio_Gimenez No worries. Not defending literally anything about Maduro. Just saying Americans don't want to fight your war please stop asking" [X Link](https://x.com/ErikSperling/status/1979591824760287437) [@ErikSperling](/creator/x/ErikSperling) 2025-10-18T16:54Z 7958 followers, XX engagements "@PeteHegseth @POTUS Wait why did the fentanyl travel from Mexico go far away from the United States to Venezuela only to make a super long journey back to the US for some reason Doesn't make sense" [X Link](https://x.com/ErikSperling/status/1979654086950871353) [@ErikSperling](/creator/x/ErikSperling) 2025-10-18T21:01Z 7958 followers, 7116 engagements "@RyanBergPhD @NicolasMaduro @thecipherbrief Full disclosure: Press release from @exxonmobil above @RyanBergPhD is literally paid by them" [X Link](https://x.com/ErikSperling/status/1979706971990462591) [@ErikSperling](/creator/x/ErikSperling) 2025-10-19T00:31Z 7958 followers, XX engagements "So the US would get access to cheap Venezuelan oil and China gets pushed out of the market. without having to risk a chaotic Libya regime change disaster or Black Hawk Down incident in our hemisphere Only the most hardcore neocons like Rubio could reject such a deal" [X Link](https://x.com/ErikSperling/status/1976668334235251055) [@ErikSperling](/creator/x/ErikSperling) 2025-10-10T15:17Z 7955 followers, 29K engagements "Extreme hawk @RyanBergPhD who recently announced he was joining Trump's @DeptofWar @TheJointStaff to work on regime change in Venezuela says US needs to "focus on control of airspace" He's floating shooting down Venezuelan planes. How did the Libya no fly zone work out" [X Link](https://x.com/ErikSperling/status/1978115658320622039) [@ErikSperling](/creator/x/ErikSperling) 2025-10-14T15:08Z 7958 followers, 50.7K engagements "@AlbertoGaudio1 @ericfarns Yes this is exactly the kind of thing that people said about Iraq and Libya at the time" [X Link](https://x.com/ErikSperling/status/1979921367953711367) [@ErikSperling](/creator/x/ErikSperling) 2025-10-19T14:43Z 7957 followers, XX engagements
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@ErikSperling Erik Sperling 🌍
Erik Sperling 🌍 posts on X about maduro, venezuela, libya, york the most. They currently have XXXXX followers and XX posts still getting attention that total XXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.
Engagements: XXXXX #
- X Week XXXXXXX +1,600%
- X Month XXXXXXX +17%
- X Months XXXXXXX -XX%
- X Year XXXXXXXXX -XX%
Mentions: XX #
- X Week XX +180%
- X Month XX +514%
- X Months XX +40%
- X Year XXX -XX%
Followers: XXXXX #
- X Week XXXXX +0.80%
- X Month XXXXX +1.60%
- X Months XXXXX +5.60%
- X Year XXXXX +19%
CreatorRank: XXXXXXX #
Social Influence #
Social category influence countries XXXX% finance XXXX% stocks XXXX% celebrities XXXX% musicians XXXX%
Social topic influence maduro #54, venezuela #675, libya #188, york #3558, inflation #544, power of 2.53%, trumps 2.53%, latin 1.27%, head of 1.27%, more info XXXX%
Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @potus @grok @rightsof_man @ryanbergphd @mariaalesiasosa @npr @marcacaputo @farrahraja @similibad @wsj @richardgrenell @statesca @godzuki2fu @mali03 @bcharlesxz0 @fdkpope @sentimkaine @secdef @shelbyholliday @housedemocrats
Top assets mentioned New York Times Co. (NYT) Exxon Mobil (XOM)
Top Social Posts #
Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours
"Embarrassing news for Venezuela regime change neocons: US offers record-breaking cash to encourage Venezuelan military officials to defect and turn against Maduro. Instead top @DeptofWar official for Latin America official quits early due to "tension between him and Hegseth""
X Link @ErikSperling 2025-10-16T20:37Z 7958 followers, 86.4K engagements
"@grok @RapidResponse47 @POTUS @grok except that by bombing them instead of interdicting them you lose the opportunity to interrogate and get evidence that can disrupt broader networks. if the killing prevents gathering of more info to disrupt cartels it could easily lead to more lives lost than interdiction"
X Link @ErikSperling 2025-10-15T22:13Z 7941 followers, XX engagements
"@SimiliBad @MariaAlesiaSosa @NPR She opposes economic sanctions When Source"
X Link @ErikSperling 2025-10-17T14:42Z 7949 followers, XXX engagements
"@hanschepu @MariaAlesiaSosa @NPR It is when it's known that the entire country's economy depends on that industry. When you target the primary source of economic activity for the country you destroy the economy that everyone in the country relies on for survival"
X Link @ErikSperling 2025-10-17T20:08Z 7940 followers, XX engagements
"@ericfarns I dislike Maduro but I also disliked Gaddafi and opinion polls later showed that people there regretted the US regime change war that destroyed their country even though they supported it at the time. So therefore need more certainty than just anecdotal vague support for war"
X Link @ErikSperling 2025-10-18T18:45Z 7958 followers, XXX engagements
"@MariaAlesiaSosa @NPR I didnt say sanctions caused the crisis. I said she supports indiscriminate sanctions deliberately designed to increase civilian suffering to achieve political ends"
X Link @ErikSperling 2025-10-16T21:37Z 7952 followers, XXX engagements
"@MariaAlesiaSosa @NPR Even U.S. officials admitted this strategy was to make the economy scream. That is textbook collective punishment which is why its rejected by most of the world. Don't you see how it's far-right to support policies that indiscriminately harm your own civilian population"
X Link @ErikSperling 2025-10-16T21:39Z 7951 followers, XXX engagements
"@Rightsof_Man Oh that's completely false. Not sure how you got that impression. The vast majority of Venezuelans migrants left for economic reasons. The number of genuine political refugees is a tiny fraction"
X Link @ErikSperling 2025-10-17T03:18Z 7955 followers, XXX engagements
"@MarcACaputo These guys are so out of step with even South Florida"
X Link @ErikSperling 2025-10-17T20:04Z 7951 followers, XXX engagements
"@JakeSherman Not even South Florida voters support this"
X Link @ErikSperling 2025-10-17T20:06Z 7956 followers, XXX engagements
"@DanielDiMartino Not even South Florida voters support this"
X Link @ErikSperling 2025-10-17T20:06Z 7955 followers, 1349 engagements
"@MarcACaputo Check the various questions YouGov asked Americans don't even support limited US military involvement"
X Link @ErikSperling 2025-10-17T20:11Z 7952 followers, XXX engagements
"@MarcACaputo Regime change wars rarely if ever poll better over time. Their high point for support is before voters know anything about it"
X Link @ErikSperling 2025-10-17T20:18Z 7953 followers, XX engagements
"@JamesMMiller2 @ryangrim It definitely did. But the US natsec elite is more and more distant from any connection to America's actual people"
X Link @ErikSperling 2025-10-17T20:44Z 7952 followers, XX engagements
"@sergiomorenog @WalterVMG NYT reported it"
X Link @ErikSperling 2025-10-17T20:59Z 7952 followers, XX engagements
"@SimiliBad @MariaAlesiaSosa @NPR She does support the sanctions nobody serious thinks otherwise. If you have a source showing she opposes them please share it but I can pretty much guarantee you won't find it I've tracked her statements closely for over a decade"
X Link @ErikSperling 2025-10-17T21:30Z 7953 followers, XX engagements
"Don't forget Maduro also was close personal friends with both Jeffrey Epstein and Osama bin Laden He's also Hitler's son-in-law. And he's unironically a huge Nickelback fan"
X Link @ErikSperling 2025-10-14T21:44Z 7958 followers, 3331 engagements
"New York Times finally admits that US economic sanctions have "slashed the purchasing power of most Venezuelans and have caused inflation to soar." Given Venezuela's food insecurity this means that the US government is knowingly exacerbating hunger for millions of civilians"
X Link @ErikSperling 2025-10-17T01:49Z 7958 followers, 53.1K engagements
"@RyanBergPhD @FT Haha you're not banking on it. Few people are. You're paid by Exxon to push this narrative"
X Link @ErikSperling 2025-10-18T16:08Z 7958 followers, 1569 engagements
"@Gio_Gimenez No worries. Not defending literally anything about Maduro. Just saying Americans don't want to fight your war please stop asking"
X Link @ErikSperling 2025-10-18T16:54Z 7958 followers, XX engagements
"@PeteHegseth @POTUS Wait why did the fentanyl travel from Mexico go far away from the United States to Venezuela only to make a super long journey back to the US for some reason Doesn't make sense"
X Link @ErikSperling 2025-10-18T21:01Z 7958 followers, 7116 engagements
"@RyanBergPhD @NicolasMaduro @thecipherbrief Full disclosure: Press release from @exxonmobil above @RyanBergPhD is literally paid by them"
X Link @ErikSperling 2025-10-19T00:31Z 7958 followers, XX engagements
"So the US would get access to cheap Venezuelan oil and China gets pushed out of the market. without having to risk a chaotic Libya regime change disaster or Black Hawk Down incident in our hemisphere Only the most hardcore neocons like Rubio could reject such a deal"
X Link @ErikSperling 2025-10-10T15:17Z 7955 followers, 29K engagements
"Extreme hawk @RyanBergPhD who recently announced he was joining Trump's @DeptofWar @TheJointStaff to work on regime change in Venezuela says US needs to "focus on control of airspace" He's floating shooting down Venezuelan planes. How did the Libya no fly zone work out"
X Link @ErikSperling 2025-10-14T15:08Z 7958 followers, 50.7K engagements
"@AlbertoGaudio1 @ericfarns Yes this is exactly the kind of thing that people said about Iraq and Libya at the time"
X Link @ErikSperling 2025-10-19T14:43Z 7957 followers, XX engagements