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Prince Alwaleed bin Talal on The Tucker Carlson Show (Transcript)

Read the full transcript of Prince Alwaleed bin Talal’s interview on The Tucker Carlson Show episode titled “Saudi Arabia’s Richest Man Prince Alwaleed bin Talal on Trump’s Tariffs, DeepSeek, Israel, and Iran”… (Feb 6, 2025).

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TRANSCRIPT:

Introduction and Global Outlook

TUCKER CARLSON: Prince Leed, thank you very much. The reason I’ve been so anxious to talk to you is because as someone who’s been investing more successfully than almost anyone around the world for forty-five years, I think you’ve got a pretty good handle of what’s going on in the world. Are you hopeful right now in this moment? Let’s just start with the biggest possible picture.

PRINCE ALWALEED: Yes, I’m positive. I’m hopeful, with the Trump administration coming very forcefully. Yes. With clear vision about where the world should be heading. I’m optimistic, cautiously optimistic, but it’s going to take some time because the legacy that Trump had is a big one.

TUCKER CARLSON: Yes.

PRINCE ALWALEED: On foreign policy, domestic policy, debt, immigration, we will talk about all these things obviously today. But the legacy is so big, and we’ve seen that the first week of Trump, now the second first ten days is coming very strongly. And I really hope that this momentum stays and has a positive effect on the international community as much as it will have a good impact on the domestic policy.

Global Conflicts and Trump’s Role

TUCKER CARLSON: When Trump is elected in November, the world is really on the cusp of two major conflicts that could potentially get much bigger in Eastern Europe and in this region. Do you think he can successfully resolve those conflicts?

PRINCE ALWALEED: Look, we all know Netanyahu is going to meet him tomorrow. Yes. And I really hope that President Trump is very forceful in imposing or at least enforcing Israel to have a peaceful resolution to this Palestinian issue that’s been going on since the mid-late 1940s.