Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 193
The Magnificent Seven
The Daily Beast runs an excerpt from Blood and Oil: Mohammed bin Salman’s Ruthless Quest for Global Power by Bradley Hope and Justin Scheck.
“Only months on the job, the upstart prince had figured out exactly what to do to get Mr. Trump’s attention: big deals, audacious praise, and treating the elected president of a republic like a visiting king.”
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