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Podcast: The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast
Episode: Cristiano Ronaldo and Joe Biden Whitewash Saudi Arabia
Description: In this episode of New Ideal Live, Elan Journo and Nikos Sotirakopoulos discuss Saudi Arabia’s lavish spending on sports celebrities, the recent American diplomatic overtures to Saudi Arabia, and the connection between the two.
Among the topics covered:
Recent sports and diplomatic deals with Saudi Arabia;
Sports celebrities accepting lavish salaries from the Saudi government;
An ominous proposal to strengthen U.S.-Saudi relations;
The authoritarianism nature of the Saudi regime;
The moral sanction Saudi Arabia seeks by investing in sports;
The lack of a coherent U.S. foreign policy toward Saudi Arabia;
What the Saudis want through these sp...