Saudi Arabia's Massive Slush Fund of Money Goes Everywhere

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CNN's John Sutter says the Trump family stands to benefit from this deal. He asks: What happens if golfers feel they can't criticize human rights violations in Saudi Arabia? The Houston Rockets went from one of China's favorite basketball teams to essentially non-existent, he writes.

The PGA Tour wanted nothing to do with a rival Saudi-funded golf tour, but like Silicon Valley and the White House, it couldn’t resist the Kingdom’s influence. A sports guy (Rick Maese of the Washington Post) and a foreign policy guy (Jonathan Guyer of Vox) explain.

This episode was produced by Haleema Shah, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Michael Raphael, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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