Honestly, I was a bit surprised myself. I tried to tweet my guess as the Saudi Prince, but twitter was broken and so was, as it turns out, my answer. So which world leader was so special that they were the first to get a call from our new American president? Mahmoud Abbas, leader of the Palestinian Authority. Seriously:
Listen to the end to hear Beck connect the dots. I do find this pretty amazing, especially in the same month that New Yorker Magazine is trying to make Obama out to be the first Jewish president.
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