Gas Prices Hit Record High. The King is Here. $400M of Your Money for Trump’s Ballroom

About this episode

Paul Rieckhoff discusses the implications of King Charles's visit and the current political climate under Trump, including rising gas prices and international tensions.

A real king is in Washington this week, and the wannabe king in the Oval Office is making the most of the pomp. Paul Rieckhoff opens with King Charles and Camilla's visit, the Epstein questions nobody at the White House wants to touch, and the through-line that drives this entire briefing: Trump is busting up Congress, the UN, NATO, the World Bank, the EU, and now OPEC — and the institutions that held this country and this world together are being stress-tested in real time. Gas hits $4.18, the UAE bolts from the cartel, 1,100 TSA officers walk off the job, and most Americans have no idea any of it is happening.

People in this episode

Host: Paul Rieckhoff

Topics covered

• gas prices
• politics
• Trump
• international relations
• Congress
• OPEC
• current events

Keywords

• gas prices
• Trump
• King Charles
• OPEC
• Congress
• TSA
• politics
• international relations

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Congress, UN, NATO, World Bank, EU, OPEC

Places: Washington, UAE

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