Ben Rhodes

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11,580 appearances 35 recordings 12 series first heard Feb 2025 last heard 6d ago

Ben Rhodes’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 31 in all, peaking in Feb 2026 with 5.

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Pod Save the World · Don Jr.’s Big Fat Russian Wedding · 16 Sep 2026 podcast

Did they like hit him on WhatsApp? voice-verified

that work? voice-verified

It's kind of weird. voice-verified

Are they signal guys? voice-verified

You know, and so this could, you know, honestly, like, you know, at the extreme end, threaten the kingdom. voice-verified

I mean, it could literally threaten MBS. voice-verified

I mean, I'm not saying that's likely, but it's the fact that it's even possible is notable. voice-verified

And it certainly should encourage MBS, it will encourage MBS to not put all of his chips on the United States. voice-verified

I mean, I just say this, when Israel gets missiles thrown at it, we rush every single missile defense battery we have. voice-verified

Beyond not just bombing the Houthis, clearly we're not providing the Saudis with defensive weaponry to defend even their most important oil infrastructure. voice-verified

If I... voice-verified

You know, it is so extreme that, like, I might take a tinfoil hat on here for a second, Tommy, if you'll spare me, which is that, like, does Trump being so complacent suggest he's in some ways leaving them no recourse except to normalize with Israel, to have, like, some kind of security relationship with Israel? voice-verified

Does Trump not mind that? voice-verified

the massive disruption to Saudi and Emirati and Qatari oil and gas because the US could in the long run replace it. voice-verified

I don't know, but this is so nonsensical to just kind of, look, I'm not for wars. voice-verified

I don't want to go to war in Yemen. voice-verified

But for Trump to kind of get in this deep and then just do nothing as he further loses this war is pretty remarkable. voice-verified

Just imagine you're him for a minute. voice-verified

You've given Jared a couple billion. voice-verified

bought voice-verified

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