# Geopolitics with Ghost Ep. 122: Saudi Nuclear Deal Chaos, Iran Escalation, Turkish Sailor Killed -  7/24/26

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Podcast: [Badlands Media](https://stenobird.com/podcast/badlands-media-5934327)
Published: 2026-07-25T04:13:18+00:00
Episode link: https://badlandsmedia.podbean.com/e/geopolitics-with-ghost-ep-122-saudi-nuclear-deal-chaos-iran-escalation-turkish-sailor-killed-72426/
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Duration seconds: 7325

## Resource

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.

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