Sarah Smith
speaker
3,811 appearances
45 recordings
2 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard 6d ago
Sarah Smith’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And of course, that would spur on Iran and change the balance of power and the dynamics in the Middle East if you had a nuclear-armed Saudi Arabia.
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So there was a degree of consternation around the world.
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And then I think less than 12 hours after this deal was signed, President Trump posts on Truth Social that this deal will only work
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If the Saudis agree to sign up to the Abraham Accords, which means diplomatically recognising the state of Israel, which is something they are nowhere close to agreeing to do.
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So, yeah, 12 hours later, he pretty much blew up the deal with one truth.
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It was kind of remarkable.
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Yeah.
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And it was such a sudden U-turn, though, because we've talked about this before.
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And of course, the acronym that's used in the United States, TACO, Trump always chickens out, that he does change his mind about controversial things, but rarely in less than 24 hours.
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And so suddenly it was really hard to imagine that anything within the deal or relations with Saudi Arabia had changed in any way.
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And the only thing I could think was he didn't like the press coverage that there had been saying, you know, that there aren't stringent enough restrictions in this deal.
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It's too close to Saudi being able to get a nuclear weapon.
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And we know that Donald Trump does float things, see what the press coverage is like.
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And if it's negative, maybe back away from them, not quite to the extent of signing a deal and then blowing it up.
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But yeah, it did look as though, oh, well, this isn't getting the great reception that I assumed it was going to.
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So I'll just find a reason to back out.
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Yeah, and that's the thing, isn't it?
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He was drawing the comparison with Iran there, that they're bombing one country to try and stop them getting a nuclear weapon.
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And that's a war that's deeply unpopular with Republicans and Democrats, with voters.
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And the only justification Donald Trump's able to give them is, look, it's absolutely crucially important to stop Iran getting even close to having a nuclear weapon.
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