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