# Badlands Media Special Coverage: 7/14/26 - Trump Hosts Iraq's Prime Minister at the White House

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Podcast: [Badlands Media](https://stenobird.com/podcast/badlands-media-6674661)
Published: 2026-07-14T18:31:57+00:00
Episode link: https://badlandsmedia.podbean.com/e/badlands-media-special-coverage-71426-trump-hosts-iraqs-prime-minister-at-the-white-house/
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Duration seconds: 2028

## Resource

An unscheduled lunch, a genuinely warm Oval Office welcome, and a press conference that somehow covers Iraq, Iran, oil straits, OPEC, inflation, and a mysteriously cryptic teaser about Thursday's election integrity announcement, all in one sitting. Trump hosts Iraq's newly elected Prime Minister at the White House, praising the U.S. troop drawdown, a wave of American oil partnerships, and what both leaders describe as a dramatically improved relationship after years of tension. The Q&A wanders into everything from Gulf state investment deals replacing a proposed Strait of Hormuz fee, to a Russia sanctions bill possibly getting an Iran addition, to reporters pressing on a senator's death and the FBI's involvement. It's diplomatic, it's a little chaotic, and it's classic Trump press availability energy, warm compliments for allies, sharp words for adversaries, and a few genuinely newsworthy nuggets buried in between.

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