# Geopolitics with Ghost Ep 119: Iraq's New PM, Hormuz Fee Fumble, Lindsey Graham Questions -  7/14/26

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Podcast: [Badlands Media](https://stenobird.com/podcast/badlands-media-6674661)
Published: 2026-07-15T07:57:21+00:00
Episode link: https://badlandsmedia.podbean.com/e/geopolitics-with-ghost-ep-119-iraqs-new-pm-hormuz-fee-fumble-lindsey-graham-questions-71426/
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Duration seconds: 7591

## Resource

Ghost spends serious time with Trump's Oval Office meeting alongside Iraq's brand new prime minister, a 41-year-old banker turned political outsider making his very first foreign trip. Between the jokes about being "young and handsome," there's real substance: oil pipeline deals, militia disarmament deadlines, and Trump's abrupt about face on charging a fee to protect the Strait of Hormuz after a round of calls from Gulf state leaders. Ghost also digs into the new PM's banking past, a sanctioned Islamic bank, and a CIA-adjacent investigations firm that vetted him. Along the way, Trump fields a pointed question about the FBI's interest in Lindsey Graham's death and gives his own explanation. It is a dense, detail heavy episode that connects Baghdad boardrooms to Beltway intrigue, with Ghost doing his usual work of reading between every line.

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