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Geopolitics with Ghost Ep. 122: Saudi Nuclear Deal Chaos, Iran Escalation, Turkish Sailor Killed - 7/24/26
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- Badlands Media
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- Jul 25, 2026
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- 7325
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Summary
Ghost comes in hot off his third recording of the day for a whiplash inducing news cycle. The big story is the US Saudi civilian nuclear deal, signed one day and seemingly upended by Trump the next with a surprise Abraham Accords condition. Ghost walks through the CNN and Zero Hedge reporting, then spends serious time explaining why he thinks the whole "confusion" narrative is theater aimed at a very specific audience. From there it is a lightning round through Barak Ravid's timeline: Trump weighing a massive new strike on Iran, Netanyahu's upcoming White House visit tied to Lindsey Graham's funeral, and a US UK push for an international coalition to protect shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. Ghost closes out with a Turkish sailor killed in a Ukrainian drone strike near Novorossiysk, and what that could mean for Turkey's patience. Dense, opinionated, and unmistakably Ghost.