Pod Save the World

Trump Bullies FIFA, NATO

July 8, 2026·1h 4m·5-min readconversationalpolitics
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In a wide-ranging discussion on Pod Save the World, host Tommy and guest Mehdi Hasan dissect the political fallout from Donald Trump’s brazen interference in the FIFA World Cup, his transactional foreign policy with figures like Erdogan and Netanyahu, and the unraveling of the Western a

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Guest

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Mehdi Hasan

conversational on Pod Save the World

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Books, people, and resources mentioned in this episode.

People

TommyMehdi HasanDonald TrumpTayyip ErdoganMarine Le PenNigel FarageAyatollah Khamenei

Books

Rise and Kill Firstby Ronan BergmanShadow of the Republicby Mark Carney

Companies

FIFA

Topics

AuthoritarianismEuropean PoliticsForeign PolicyGeopoliticsPolitical NewsUs Politics

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