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Isaac Saul

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
518 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Bulwark Podcast
Isaac Saul: The Mind-Blowing Self-Dealing in the Oval Office

I mean, everybody, if you've been paying attention to the news at all, you know that this kind of massive AI race is a really critical economic and national security race that's happening all across the globe.

The Bulwark Podcast
Isaac Saul: The Mind-Blowing Self-Dealing in the Oval Office

And for these guys, this kind of investment, a half billion dollars,

The Bulwark Podcast
Isaac Saul: The Mind-Blowing Self-Dealing in the Oval Office

is worth it to get access to that market.

The Bulwark Podcast
Isaac Saul: The Mind-Blowing Self-Dealing in the Oval Office

And they got what they paid for, which is the craziest part.

The Bulwark Podcast
Isaac Saul: The Mind-Blowing Self-Dealing in the Oval Office

It's just like, it transparently worked for them.

The Bulwark Podcast
Isaac Saul: The Mind-Blowing Self-Dealing in the Oval Office

And this was the thing that, you know, Jared Kushner said, point to an example of us ever doing something that wasn't in America's interest.

The Bulwark Podcast
Isaac Saul: The Mind-Blowing Self-Dealing in the Oval Office

I'm like, there's tons of examples.

The Bulwark Podcast
Isaac Saul: The Mind-Blowing Self-Dealing in the Oval Office

Like we are in a war right now.

The Bulwark Podcast
Isaac Saul: The Mind-Blowing Self-Dealing in the Oval Office

that many of Trump's own voters don't support, that Americans clearly don't want based on the polling.

The Bulwark Podcast
Isaac Saul: The Mind-Blowing Self-Dealing in the Oval Office

And you guys are taking billions of dollars from the arch regional nemesis of the country that we are at war with.

The Bulwark Podcast
Isaac Saul: The Mind-Blowing Self-Dealing in the Oval Office

That is a problem.

The Bulwark Podcast
Isaac Saul: The Mind-Blowing Self-Dealing in the Oval Office

We're selling fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, F-35 fighter jets that the Pentagon says we should not be selling to them.

The Bulwark Podcast
Isaac Saul: The Mind-Blowing Self-Dealing in the Oval Office

At the same time that Saudi Arabia is giving the Trump family money and landing deals with the Trump family for resorts and hosting events at Trump family properties like that is a problem.

The Bulwark Podcast
Isaac Saul: The Mind-Blowing Self-Dealing in the Oval Office

You know, there's a whole list in this story about all these things that the Trump administration or the Trump sons have done since Trump has come back into office this term with these people that.

The Bulwark Podcast
Isaac Saul: The Mind-Blowing Self-Dealing in the Oval Office

you know, maybe Saudi Arabia is better than Iran.

The Bulwark Podcast
Isaac Saul: The Mind-Blowing Self-Dealing in the Oval Office

Sure, I can grant that.

The Bulwark Podcast
Isaac Saul: The Mind-Blowing Self-Dealing in the Oval Office

But this is not, you know, well, now it's a non-NATO ally, according to Trump.

The Bulwark Podcast
Isaac Saul: The Mind-Blowing Self-Dealing in the Oval Office

But up until this second term, this was not the kind of people that we were just trusting blindly or handing these sorts of tools or arms over to.

The Bulwark Podcast
Isaac Saul: The Mind-Blowing Self-Dealing in the Oval Office

And all of a sudden we are.

The Bulwark Podcast
Isaac Saul: The Mind-Blowing Self-Dealing in the Oval Office

So things have changed in a really meaningful way.