Saudi power plays, shifting alliances, and hidden leverage points reveal the secret force shaping U.S. strategy while Venezuela tensions and FBI failures add twists no one expects.
The secret power behind the U.S.–Saudi relationship isn’t found in headlines; it’s hidden in the pressure points shaping global politics, and this At The Mic: Thursday Deep Dive goes straight into those fault lines. Keith Malinak and Colonel Roxane Towner-Watkins unravel how Saudi influence quietly threads through American strategy, how oil and military leverage bend decisions in Washington, and why the alliance stays unbreakable even when it looks unstable from the outside.
The conversation moves with the momentum of a world in flux, where Venezuela’s volatility, CIA shadows, exploding drug boats, shifting alliances, and domestic institutional failures all sit on the same board. It’s a high-stakes map of power—Saudi Arabia pulling one direction, U.S. agencies pulling another, global players testing boundaries, and cracks in America’s own systems widening at the worst time.
This Deep Dive doesn’t walk you through the news… it connects the pressure points that explain it.
Fast, raw, and globally connected, this Deep Dive exposes the hidden power balancing America’s alliances abroad and the failures undermining its institutions at home.
Chapters:
00:00 – Thanksgiving, Headlines, and the Week’s Wild Start
02:33 – Arctic Frost and the Surveillance Tech No One Talks About
08:18 – Venezuela’s Crisis: The Setup for a Bigger Story
11:34 – How the CIA Embedded Itself Inside Venezuela’s Power Structure
18:16 – Drug Routes, Military Raids, and the Operation Hidden in Plain Sight
27:41 – Chemical Warfare Disguised as “Drugs”: The Dark Twist
35:12 – Saudi Arabia’s Past: Violence, Alliances, and Old Ghosts
40:23 – Middle East Power Games: Deals That Change Overnight
49:22 – MBS: Dangerous Liability or Necessary Partner?
56:47 – The F-35 Deal and the New Chessboard of Air Power
01:03:18 – Corruption, Agencies, and the FBI Reform Problem
01:15:53 – The Global Battle for Microchips, Minerals, and Control
01:24:46 – China, Colombia, Venezuela, and the Next U.S. Strategy Shift
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