Cabot Phillips
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273 recordings
6 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard 3d ago
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Well, leading the charge for diplomacy last week were the Saudis.
They have become a very close ally during this conflict.
For example, the two countries have signed off on a nuclear deal that allow for civilian power plants in the Gulf state.
The US and Saudis have also carried out joint airstrikes on Iranian-backed militias in Iraq.
But over the last week, the country's leaders have reportedly made clear to President Trump that they fear escalating strikes will further destabilize the region and hamper the oil industry, among other things, which we all know is crucial to the Saudi economy.
Over the weekend, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reportedly phoned President Trump directly and urged him to de-escalate and seek a diplomatic off-ramp.
And he was not the only one with that message.
We saw a similar thing from leaders of Turkey, the UAE, Qatar, Pakistan, all pushing the White House to go the diplomatic route.
President Trump seemingly agreed with them.
But again, as the world has seen this year, it's hard to trust the word of a fanatical theocratic regime.
Well, it's becoming increasingly clear this war is a political albatross for Republicans and President Trump in particular.
A poll this weekend from the Associated Press, for example, found that just 2 in 10 Americans want the fighting to continue, and just 1 in 3 Americans say it's been worth the economic costs here at home.
Now, again, folks don't always trust the polling, but those sort of numbers are mirrored across Fox, CNN, CBS.
The NPR polls also showed similar numbers, so there does seem to be a pretty broad consensus on that front.
And more broadly, President Trump's approval rating now sits in the mid to high 30s, again, across virtually every poll.
Many people are highly skeptical of polling for good reason, but in modern history, there simply are not examples of the party in power holding onto their majority with a approval rating for the president.
around those levels.
If there is any reason for optimism on the right though, it's the Democrats have yet to offer a clear foreign policy alternative.
And that is again, evident in the data.
In two separate polls from CBS and CNBC, voters were asked which party they trusted more to handle Iran.
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