Episode 608 • • 1:42:19 - 1:49:07
608: Cli-Fi®
Ted Cruz, Iranian UN Ambassador Visa, Saudi Olive Branch
Senator Ted Cruz sponsored a bill to block Iranian diplomat Hamid Abou-Talebi from receiving a U.S. visa due to his alleged involvement in the 1979 hostage crisis. The hosts interpret this move as an "olive branch" to Saudi Arabia, intended to signal a hardline stance against Iran following recent diplomatic tensions. They dismiss the importance of the ambassadorship itself, calling it a political "fig leaf."