The Young Turks - Trump & Hegseth Busted - April 9, 2026

Episode Date: April 10, 2026

Tucker Carlson calls for ending all U.S. aid to Israel while claiming Israelis maintain an office inside the Pentagon, exposing a widening rift on the right over the war. New reporting reveals the White House knew about Pakistan’s cease-fire announcement before it was posted, raising questions about behind-the-scenes coordination. Survivors of the deadly attack on U.S. forces in Kuwait dispute the Pentagon’s account, saying their unit was unprepared to defend itself, intensifying scrutiny of military leadership. Thanks to today's sponsors: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial today at shopify.com/tyt Just go to this exclusive web address right now to try ZipRecruiter FOR FREE: ziprecruiter.com/tyt Go to cookunity.com/tyt or enter code TYT before checkout to get 50% off your first order. Use less data, get paid by switching to Noble Mobile: https://go.tyt.com/getnoble Hosts: Ana Kasparian, Cenk Uygur SUBSCRIBE on YOUTUBE ☞  https://www.youtube.com/@TheYoungTurks FOLLOW US ON: FACEBOOK  ☞   https://www.facebook.com/theyoungturks TWITTER  ☞       https://twitter.com/TheYoungTurks INSTAGRAM  ☞  https://www.instagram.com/theyoungturks TIKTOK  ☞          https://www.tiktok.com/@theyoungturks 👕MERCH  ☞      https:/www.shoptyt.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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So do we have a ceasefire or don't we? Is the straight of war moves open or isn't it? and not easy to determine. And Donald Trump attacks almost everyone in MAGA. It's the most unhinged attack yet. By the end, I believe that he'll only have two people left in his voting base, Mark Levine and Ben Shapiro. And was Melania set up with Donald Trump by Jeffrey Epstein?

Interesting. She addressed that today. So there are so many stories, including how this is going to affect prices in America. So we've got all that for you guys today. Casper, tell us all about it. All right. Well, I actually want to begin with the latest updates on the ceasefire, maybe, kind of, sort of. I mean, can you really have a ceasefire when your ally is Israel?

And the only language Israel speaks happens to be war and domination and land theft. Anyway, let's get to the details. And so the United States has to, and hopefully the first thing we do, when and if this war is resolved, is detached from Israel, not declare war on Israel or treat Israel as an enemy. They may treat us as an enemy as they have before. And they try to sink the USS Liberty, an American naval vessel, a surveillance vessel. They treat us as an enemy. We don't have to treat them as an enemy, however, and we shouldn't.

But we should treat them like we treat every other country as an ally, but with restrictions and reservations and red lines. No, you can't act against our interest. And this distancing should begin with a total end of aid of any kind, military or economic, to Israel. Tucker Carlson offered a scathing rebuke of the U.S. alliance with Israel, now that it's become abundantly clear that Israel is the biggest obstacle to peace in the Middle East, including a temporary two-week ceasefire, which Trump had announced earlier this week, but is now in jeopardy. because Israel can't stop bombing the crap out of Lebanon. Now, Tucker Carlson also called for an end to all aid to Israel. We're going to get back to that in just a second. Jank, your two cents before we get into it.

Yeah, as you're going to see in this story, Israel is obviously the one that's been dragging us into all these wars and conflicts and costing us our allies. And as you'll see later in the program, they're even going to try to end our NATO alliance. But I love that we started this Not Another Dollar campaign right here on the Young Turks and a thing called Operation Hope. And I talked to Turk Carlson about it. And here we are. He's saying the same thing.

Rokana now is saying the same thing. So when you can, please go to Not Another Dollar.com and sign that pledge to never vote for anyone who gives another dollar to Israel and get the whole country on board with this. And it tells the details. Well, the real question that we're grappling with right now is whether or not the ceasefire, that two-week ceasefire is even in place at this moment. Now, the ceasefire was stipulated on Iran opening the Strait of Hormuz, but the Strait of Hormuz has not been opened. Iran had very temporarily opened it and then immediately shut it down again, following word

that Israel had carpet bombed Lebanon immediately after the announcement of the ceasefire. So they dropped over 100 bombs in a 10 minute time span, okay, killing 254 people, mostly civilians, all civilians, actually, I haven't heard a single report of a Hezbollah militant being targeted or killed as a result of those attacks. Now, after Israel carried out these strikes against Lebanon, you know, the Iranians came out and, you know, the president of Iran, Masoud Pajeshki, and said that the upcoming negotiations that Iran is supposed to have with the United States would be meaningless if the ceasefire has no impact on Lebanon. And more importantly, he says that the strikes on Lebanon already have made these negotiations meaningless, although the

negotiations will take place this weekend on Saturday. Now, he says that he will not abandon the Lebanese people, the president of Iran, and other high-level figures within Iran have said similar things. In an interview with NBC News, though, Trump says that he told Netanyahu to chill out, chill out with the bombing of innocent people. But the Israelis weren't told to stop. So I'll give you the exact statement. This is what Trump told NBC News. I spoke with BB and he's going to lo-key it. This is the president of the United States. Further, he says, I just think we have to be sort of a little more low-key. By the way, Vance, speaking to report, in Hungary on Wednesday used similar rhetoric saying the Israelis may check themselves a little

bit in the assault on Lebanon. But since then, of course, the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Eniahu came out and said, no, there is no ceasefire, full steam ahead, full speed ahead, I should say. Total clown show. Now why is Israel calling the shots here? And that's a really important question that everyone in the United States should be asking. Luckily, we have some figures on the right who have been asking this question, including Tucker Carlson. Take a look. So apparently getting Israel under control to the United States could save its economy and the lives of its troops was not even on the table. Like the one thing we know we're not going to do is tell the Israelis to behave. Why can't the United States get its proxy, its client state,

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by using code TYT or going to cookunity.com slash t-y-t. That's the question. It's the question that Joe Kent, one of the top, US intel officials asked when he resigned a few weeks ago. We got into this war at the urging of another country, Israel. The war did not go well. Now we can't get out of the war because the behavior of that same country is real. Why? I think that that's an important question to ask, Jank.

And it's a question that should have been asked a long time ago. But I guess one of the silver linings, for lack of a better phrase, of the Trump administration, is that he doesn't, I don't think he has the capacity to hide things, right? He's a blunt instrument and he just says out loud things that typically aren't said out loud. So as a result, I think more Americans are privy to the malignant relationship that the United States has with Israel. And I say that because Israel drags us into wars. Israel sucks up our resources. As you heard Tucker say earlier, they're really not a friend or an ally when in the past they've intentionally targeted.

American troops and killed them. USS Liberty is just one example. But another example would be the Americans who have been killed in the West Bank in recent years by Israeli settlers. Not a word from members of our government about that. Curious what your thoughts are. Yeah, so look, there's the obvious facts, and then there's how people feel about them and the reaction he gets from the powerful. So the obvious facts are almost all the big lobbies in this country control our Congress completely. So big pharma controls our drug policy 100%, not 98%.

That's why we can't negotiate drug prices. That's maniacal. Doesn't make any sense. No other country has it. We give oil companies $35 billion in subsidies. Why should Nancy and John in Kansas take money out of their pocket to give it to big oil? Now, mainstream media is in the job of protecting this type of corruption, so they never talk about it. But if you press them on it, a lot of them would say, yeah, yeah, of course.

Big oil is getting that subsidy. It's not fair. It's because of their lobbying, et cetera. But when you get to the issue of Israel and you go, well, it's like any other lobby, one of the giant lobbies in this country. And so they, when they give to 94% of Congress, they obviously control Congress. They go, what? You disgusting anti-Semite cancel, right? And I'm not at all exaggerating. And I know I say it in a funny way. But that really is what they screen. And in fact, there was a clip on CNN today where an answer. Anchor is talking to theoretically, people on the right and the left are like, oh, yeah, everybody opposed to Israel, anti-Semites, anti-Semites, right?

So, and part of that is a coordinated program by people who are pro-Israel to eliminate any of their critics. But most of it is not. Most of it is just people who genuinely think that if you say that Israel controls Congress or the media, that that is deeply anti-Semitic and that they should have special rules, different rules than Big Farmer or Big Oil, and they genuinely believe that because they're concerned, oh, well, because of the historical context, et cetera. So what that has done and why I give you all that context is that it has set up a situation where people on television, people in national

media, politicians are scared to death of criticizing Israel, because they know that if they criticize Israel, either by people who are totally disingenuous or people who are being genuine, but are wrongly, you know, panicked about this issue, they will be called anti-Semites. And yes, they will be canceled and their Koreans careers will likely be ruined. I mean, that's a thing that has happened a thousand times. And so that is why Israel has special rules. You can criticize all the other lobbies, but if you criticize Israel, that's the last lobby you'll ever criticize and you'll be done.

So that's why we have this asymmetric situation now where Israel can do almost anything. I mean, it doesn't get any worse than a genocide. We all saw their own eyes. I mean, all of Gaza is obliterated. They're obliterating southern Lebanon as we speak. And yet, there's almost no criticism in the national media. There's almost no politicians speaking out. Now when Rokana says not another dollar, that's considered like, oh, my God, heresy.

In fact, Anna, I don't know if you saw it because it happened right before the show. The DNC held a vote today on whether we should ban AAPD dark money in our own primaries. And they voted no. Oh, my God. They're like, no, AAPC, dark money is awesome. Yeah, that's amazing, yep. Tell me again, tell me again how the Democrats are better than the Republicans. Oh, yeah, yeah.

They do the virtue signaling on a few social issues, and that's the only way that they can differentiate themselves from the right, but other than that, how are they different on really important bread and butter issues? How are they different when it comes to neoliberalism, deregulation, allowing for the wealthiest people to dodge, not to pay a lot more in taxes than everyone else, but just to pay their fair share in taxes. Democrats see that type of policy, they jump in it. That's who the Democrats are, the establishment Democrats, the corporate Democrats, the core of the current Democratic Party. And again, going back to what I had said last week and have continue to say this week, if you identify as a Democrat, you have to understand you deserve

what you are willing to tolerate. So if you're unable and unwilling to hold your own side accountable, nothing's going to change. They can rely on your vote. They can rely on your support knowing that they can act as poorly as they choose. It doesn't matter. They can work against your best interest and know that you'll still vote for them. So I think we need to start holding our own sides accountable and viciously so. Yeah. So look, two things about that real quick, the important distinctions. One is always remember, guys, this is the most important thing, that there's a giant

difference between Democratic leadership and politicians and Democratic voters and the left overall. So Democratic voters are deeply dissatisfied with our own leadership. Finally, thank you guys for getting to the point where we've been at for a long, long time. And then the second distinction is, yeah, they're different on social issues only because those don't touch the donors. If you don't touch the donors and you don't touch money, then the Democratic politicians are allowed to be good guys. But the minute that you get into issues like big pharma, I mean, it's not like we didn't have Democrats with a lot of power while we've had this oppressive system of not being able to negotiate drug prices. and they did almost nothing about it. And we were told for a long, long time by the MSNBCs of the world

and by the propaganda machine in mainstream media, that those were Democrats trying so hard, but golly, gee, there was just nothing they could do. And that's just not remotely true. Those politicians almost universally sell you out to their donor class, and in this case, it also happens to be Israel. Now, good news, there are good people like Bernie Sanders and Roe Con, who don't take that money and don't sell out.

And Bernie is now also introducing legislation to say no more money to Israel. So there are good guys within Democratic Party, but you got to look hard for them and you got to support them. And if somebody tells you to blindly support a corporate Democrat, they're not your friend or ally or colleague. They're trying to make sure that you bow your head to the rich and powerful in this country, every lobby, including APEC. And more importantly, not more importantly, equally as important is, look, love your fellow American,

regardless of how they voted in the past and show them grace when they wake up to reality that they might have been asleep about previously. A lot of people on the right are waking up to the fact that we have an unhealthy and toxic relationship with Israel. And so don't push them away when they might actually want to work together to accomplish some real change, at least on this very issue. Now, let's move on to the upcoming talks that are supposed to happen, because I do have some concerns about the individuals involved since, you know, they've had a history of sabotaging peace talks. So let's get into it. The United States is still

planning to hold peace negotiations with Iran over the weekend. And Fox News did a little reporting about that this weekend, this morning. Let's take a look at that. This is what the table is going to look like. What could be J.D. Vance's biggest assignment yet as vice president. He will be there. Steve Whitkoff, the special envoy, will be there. Jared Kushner, another special envoy, will be there on the U.S. side. On the Iran side, you've got the parliament speaker who has been talking to President Trump, Mohammed Bagger Galaboff, and then Abbas Aragachi, the foreign minister. Officials here are not negotiating in public about which points have to stay,

which points have to go to end this military campaign in the Middle East, but it is very notable, both here at the White House and at the Pentagon, officials are starting to refer to Epic Fury in the past tense. Did you know that the average employer has to sift through about 250 resumes just to find a single job? It's an insane amount of work and honestly a huge waste of time. Well, if you're hiring, here's good news. You can now review all those resumes and applications faster thanks to ZipRecruiter. We use them. ZipRecruiter has a new feature that instantly shows you the most interested, qualified candidates first.

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And now you can try it for free at ZipRecruiter.com slash TYT. That's ZipRecruiter.com slash TYT. Meet your match on ZipRecruiter. Part of what makes me concerned is I don't trust Steve Whitkoff and Jerry. Cushner. I'll get to that in a minute. Let's push that aside for a sec. The other thing that makes me concerned is, look, the United States and Iran can have meetings until the cows come home. The real wildcard here, not even much of a wild card, because past history will show us exactly how Israel plans to behave is Israel, is Israel, right? This is unfortunately a war that Trump got

tricked into engaging in on behalf of Israel. And Israel doesn't want it to end, which is why they carpet bombed Lebanon immediately after the two-week ceasefire was announced. So unless the U.S. government is willing to address the issue of Israel, I just don't think that there's an avenue for peace. The other thing I'll mention is Steve Whitkoff and Jared Kushner are not to be trusted, or not to be trusted. And if you think that J.D. Vance will be a better negotiator for peace, I don't know, maybe I'll be proven wrong. But I'm not really going to buy it as long as J.D. Vance is regurgitating the same lies that we're hearing from the President of the United States. Here's an example.

I actually think that is a reasonable misunderstanding, but neither us nor the Israelis said that that was going to be part of the ceasefire. So that was J.D. Vance arguing that an end to war in Lebanon was not part of the ceasefire, which is just demonstrably untrue. based on the statements that were put out by the Pakistani Prime Minister and by Trump himself. And then all of a sudden, you see Israel do their carpet bombing. And Trump changes this tune and says, yeah, Lebanon's not included in the ceasefire. Like a little bitch, honestly. Embarrassing. Embarrassing.

So the biggest obstacle to peace is Israel. I don't trust anyone involved on the U.S. side when it comes to these negotiations. And I'm concerned because, I mean, just take a look at Trump and the statements that he puts out. He put this out today. All U.S. ships, aircraft, and military personnel with additional ammunition, weaponry, and anything else that is appropriate and necessary for the lethal prosecution and destruction of an already substantially degraded enemy will remain in place and around Iran until such time as the real agreement reached is fully complied with. If for any reason it is not, which is highly unlikely, then the shooting starts bigger and better and stronger than anyone has ever seen before. I just, I need this man to understand. In order to be an effective leader, you need to understand Iran and Iran's culture.

Iran does not respond favorably to these threats. If anything, it discourages them from engaging in peace negotiations. But this is what Trump does. He's a keyboard warrior. And it's only gotten us into more trouble as it pertains to this conflict with Iran. Jank, take it away. Yeah. So look, on the issue of Lebanon, it is super clear because Iran had a 10 point plan that Trump

kind of alluded to, not kind of, he definitely alluded to in saying in announcing the ceasefire. Now, parts of that 10 point plan are never going to happen like reparations to Iran from America, removing all of our bases in the Gulf. But the Pakistani Prime Minister's statement online that Trump very much clearly referenced as the point of the ceasefire specifically included Lebanon. It did not include the bases or other importance in that 10 point plan, but it did include not attacking Lebanon. So there's no question that Lebanon was involved in this deal. And of course, Israel doesn't comply with any ceasefires. And so they were like, yeah, so what? America's our dog. We don't listen to America. America

America listens to us. So we're going to carpet bomb them anyway, okay, in which they did, and literally. So now, the reason why this particular moment in time is so hard to decipher is because of two opposing factors. Now, normally on the show, we tell you what's going to happen. We say it with ease, and it almost always happens, right? Why? Because the script is fairly easy to follow. If you know who has the money, that's the side that's going to win every time. And in this case, the pro-Israel faction has overwhelming advantage in money. So whatever Israel wants is what we're going to do. But there's a little bit of confusion as to what Israel wants here. And that's what I'm trying to decipher. Because on the one hand, dropside news is now reporting that our munitions are very low. And so are the Israelis. These are the defensive missiles we've been telling you about the whole time. that they're getting to a perilous moment. And that is part of the reason why Trump had to pause. Because if we run out of defensive missiles, we're going to have to run anyway. Because then our ships will be sitting ducks.

So at a bare minimum, they want to buy some time. The Americans and the Israelis to reload. Their ability to reload is an open question, right? How effectively can they reload within two weeks or whatever time it might be? But they're definitely worried about that. On the other hand, Trump today tells Nanjahou, apparently, according to the reporting, he calls him and says, hey, take it easy on Lebanon. Remember, we're getting our asses handed to us and we're running out of missiles.

So don't agitate anymore. And he says, yes, sir, of course, sir. Then in Hebrew, he puts out this statement afterwards. Quote, there is no ceasefire in Lebanon. We continue to strike Hezbollah with full force. and we will not stop until we restore our security. So, Jane, sorry to interrupt you. In response to that quote from Netanyahu, okay, great.

Then in that case, the U.S. will negotiate with Iran directly. No negotiation will include the fate of Israel. We pull all weapons, all support from Israel. Israel is not a partner in peace. Israel is not a real ally. Israel dragged us into this war, which has already been devastating for the United States, devastating for the global economy. So if they want to engage in, I don't know, military suicide, then have at it. But the United States should not be involved. Now, if we had an actual sovereign country led by a government that cares about the American people and the fate and health of the United States above all else, that's what the response would be.

Instead, we have leaders who cower, who hang their heads, say yes, daddy, and do everything that the Israelis want. How is that an ally? How is this a government that represents us? No, look, again, if it wasn't for the massive intimidation that pro-Israel forces inside America have in both politics and media, this would be obvious. It'd be obvious to everyone involved. In fact, it's already obvious to overwhelming majority of the country. 60% of the country now is a negative view of Israel. 84% of Democrats have a negative view of Israel.

Nevertheless, the Democratic Party is sticking with, We Love Israel and APEC and support them fully. And why would you do that? Why would you purposely be on the 16% side rather than the 84% side if you're in the business of politics? You would do that if you're owned. And that's how our politics works. We legalize bribery.

Once you legalize bribery, all you'll have is bribery. And all you'll have is corrupt politicians working for the donor class. So at this point, no matter how much Democratic voters and now the top, you know, right-wing influencers in the country today, and we'll get to a little bit later in the program as its own story. But Trump attacking Tucker Carlson, Megan Kelly, Alex Jones, Candace Owens, everyone saying that he doesn't want any of their help. They're all low IQ. They're all, he only wants Mark Levin. So that's just political hard carry, right?

So he's committing political suicide. And we're all familiar with this on the left because the Democratic Party's been committing political suicide on behalf of Israel and the establishment for a long, long time. So until we get rid of the power of money in politics, we're all going to continue to be frustrated. So that's why not another dollar.com is about not. ever voting for anyone who gives money to Israel, because until you clean out your own parties and you can vote in your own party's primaries to do this, you'll continue to have politicians that support Israel over America. It's a guarantee. It's a guarantee unless you use your political power to end it. Okay, the second half of this will get to when we come back from the break.

We'll be right back. The biggest load that we've seen, wow. All right, guys, I'm going to read these comments blind from t yt.com engineer says i see that is down to double-digit defensive missiles and are relying on uh us and defense capabilities for their own safety seriously more freebies for israel we need to pull the plug asap and cut uh israel off cold turkey and let them fend for themselves look guys it's not an exaggeration or hyperbole to say yeah that's obvious to anyone paying attention but our politicians have betrayed us they they serve a different country country. So they're not going to cut off Israel. And if Trump threatened to cut off Israel, Schumer and Jeffries would step in and go, go, go away, buy your home to Israel. Okay?

They, they, that's, I mean, what do you think the five and a half million dollars in bribes and Jeffries was for? Progress for all says Graham Planner said at an event last week. Not only this, should we no longer send Israel any more money, we should consider stopping all association with them going forward, base statement. To me, it's base, but it's based, but it's It's also obvious. Of course, by the way, that's why Graham Planner is crushing establishment favored Janet Mills, just destroying her in that primary. I'm proud that he's now a rebellion candidate, support rebellion pack, and he's crushing Susan Collins. We're finally going to beat Susan Collins in Maine. C. Andrews 22 says, just popping in for my weekly horrible news break,

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Anna, what's next? So I wanted to kind of go back to the topic of, you know, potential peace with Iran because of the statement that Trump put out

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Learn more at aboutamazon.ca. Trump recently put out a statement on truth social that kind of went along with what he's been doing, which is issuing threats to Iran if they don't, give Trump what he wants. But in the second half of that statement, he said something that I think is worth focusing on. He says, no nuclear weapons and the Strait of Hormuz will be open and safe. In the meantime, our great military is loading up and resting, looking forward actually to its next conquest. That's, by the way, not a good look, but Trump being president alone isn't a good look anyway, but let's just talk about enrichment of uranium and the possibility of Iran

building a nuclear weapon. Now, prior to the war, there was no indication that Iran was working to build a nuclear weapon. There was a fatwa issued by the Ayatollah, who has since been assassinated, indicating that no nuclear weapons would be built. And now, why wouldn't Iran build a nuclear weapon. Everyone knows that if you don't have a nuclear weapon, you stand a very real chance, especially in that region of the world, of getting attacked by Israelis or the United States. And that's exactly what happened to Iran, even though they went out of their way, out of their way, to appease the U.S. and avoid a war. So Iran's atomic energy chief, by the way, Muhammad Islami said the U.S. will not succeed in restricting Iran's enrichment program. And I don't blame

them for feeling that way. He says that the U.S. and Israel's demands for Iran to cease uranium enrichment will not come true. He also told Iran's ISNA news agency, quote, the claims and demands of our enemies to restrict Iran's enrichment program are merely wishes that will be buried. And it's sad that this is where we are right now, considering where we could have been had we not attacked Iran. So what am I talking about? Remember, days prior to the war beginning, you had the Omani mediator who was involved in the peace negotiations, the talks between Steve Whitkoff, Jared Kushner, and the Iranians. And he had shared with Margaret Brennan that the Iranians had made a major concession

that even Obama in the JCPOA was unable to secure. What am I talking about? This is what I'm talking about. I believe is the agreement that Iran will never ever have a nuclear material that will create a bomb. So you're saying all enriched material would be shipped someplace else, not Russia, but. No, no, the current stockpiles that are still exist. The things that are still in Iraq. I think that there is agreement now that this will be down blended to the lowest level possible.

Okay. To a neutral level, a natural level, which means and converted into fuel, and that fuel will be irreversible. That would be significant if Iran agreed to that. It is very significant, and I think we have agreement on that. Steve Whitkoff, however, made his rounds in US media, claiming that Iran was a week away from having a nuclear weapon, which was a lie, which is a full-blown lie, not just based on my opinion, based on U.S. intelligence. So here we are. Now we're at war, because guess what? This was never about nuclear weapons. This was always about Israel's border expansion policies, the Greater Israel Project. Iran is literally the only challenge to that. So in the mind of the Israeli, we need to turn Iran into a failed state. That's what the goal was.

And that's why days after the attack happened, the war began, what's the first thing that Israel did? They invaded Lebanon because they want to take over southern Lebanon and possibly take over even more land than that. So here we are, Jake. Yeah. So let me talk about all the ways that this war has been disastrous for America. And actually, depending on how you look at it, positive for Israel. So for America, we could have gotten their enriched uranium,

they stopped their program, and even gotten their stockpiles, as you just saw. It would have been an enormous wood, right? Number two is we never had to pay a toll on the Strait of Hormuz. Now Iran is charging $2 to $2.5 million per ship that goes through the Strait of Hormuz, and that toll might be permanent. So the war actually put us backwards. So now they're never going to stop enriching uranium. And we have no leverage to make them stop because we just lost the war.

And we have to pay an extra $2 million per ship at a minimum. And so does the whole world. Like what you guys aren't seeing is that there are shortages in South Korea and in India. And in so many parts of the world, the whole world is having an economic crisis. because Israel demanded this war. And it has only strengthened Iran's leverage, and it has made the world and America weaker because of the war. So it has been a disastrous war so far,

definitely against America's interests. And if we go deeper in, oil prices are going to skyrocket. And some of the damage that has been done in the oil and gas facilities of our allies is going to take two to five years to repair. So that means the damage to gas prices and to so many other products will last for so long. So the further we go in, the more damage that'll be done and the worse it'll be for the global economy. But if we leave now, we have to pay a toll for the rest of our lives and they're going to keep enriching uranium. So we got walked into the biggest lose-lose situation. I have

ever seen. Now, why is it a potential win for Israel? Well, number one, they wanted to destroy as many of Iran's facilities as possible, and they have. And they wanted a regime change, but it looks like they're not going to be able to get that. But then their second plan B was chaos in Iran. They haven't quite gotten that, but they keep pushing and pushing towards that. What they would love to do is start a civil war in Iran so that they're distracted and can't fund Hamas and Hezbollah. And that is why you're seeing all over television, neocas pushing out the point, oh, we've got to arm the Iranians. We got to start sending arms in so that they could start a civil war inside Iran. Okay. Secondly, you get to Lebanon where Israel wanted to distract everyone while they took southern Lebanon. And that's

exactly what they're doing now. They've cleared out south of the Latani River. They've moved a million people out of there. They're bombing villages at a time. And they're planning to take southern Lebanon. So as we are all suffering, there's one other thing that Israel is ecstatic about. All those oil and gas facilities of not just Iran, but our Gulf allies are being damaged. The only thing not damaged is the Leviathan gas field in Israel. And as we showed you in previous shows, Netanyahu is now bragging about, hey, that's the only alternative you have left for energy. So Israel is going to get richer and the rest of the world is going to get poorer. and most especially us here in America.

Okay. I'm going to do something very rare, which is withhold my commentary and move on. So let's move on to our next story. We've got more in regard to this war. I actually think that is a reasonable misunderstanding, but neither us nor the Israelis said that that was going to be part of the ceasefire. The Trump administration, including J.D. Vance, have completely lied to the American people. The two-week ceasefire with Iran included a stop to Israeli aggression and Israel's assault on Lebanon. But Netanyahu wanted to continue carpet bombing Lebanon. And so as a result, he jeopardized the two-week ceasefire by doing just that. Then you have J.D. Vance and the Trump administration coming out to pretend as though the ceasefire did not cover Lebanon at all.

And that's just not true. Now, before we get to the details on this and more, Jank, your two cents. Yeah, so look, this war has been confusing, guys, especially this last part, because it's not surprising that American government would be lying. It would be shocking if the Israeli government weren't lying. And it's not like you could trust the Iranian government perfectly either. But normally, I thought in previous lifetime was that you could somewhat trust some of American media. Now the American media just does American propaganda. And so you can't get any real news from them.

So that's like, is Lebanon part of the deal? Absolutely, as you're about to see, right? But beyond that, it's really hard to get straight news out of anyone here. So follow us, follow along with us as Anna gives you the facts. And together we'll sort out what's actually happening in this war. So while Trump and Vance have been insisting that the two-week cease-fights, does not have anything to do with the assault on Lebanon. The Times, the New York Times, believe it or not, asserts that that's not true. And on top of that, to explain what's going on here,

we kind of need to go back to Tuesday, April 7th, because at 1217 p.m., the Prime Minister of Pakistan posted the following. Diplomatic efforts for peaceful settlement of the ongoing war in the Middle East are progressing steadily, strongly, and powerfully with the potential to lead to substantial, substantive results in near future. To allow diplomacy to run its course, I earnestly request Trump to extend the deadline for two weeks. Pakistan, in all sincerity, request the Iranian brothers to open the Strait of Hrabuz for a corresponding period of two weeks as a goodwill gesture. We also urge all warring parties to observe a ceasefire everywhere for two weeks to allow diplomacy to achieve conclusive termination of war.

Okay, you get the point. Then hours later, at 332 p.m., Trump announced the ceasefire. So this is what he wrote on Truth Social, based on conversations with Prime Minister Shabazz Sharif of Pakistan, and field marshal Asim Munir of Pakistan, and wherein they requested that I hold off the destructive force being sent tonight to Iran, and subject to the Islamic Republic of Iran agreeing to the complete, immediate, and safe opening of the Strait of Hormuz, I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks. Now, here's the very relevant part. We received a 10-point proposal from Iran and believe it is a workable basis

on which to negotiate. Almost all of the various points of past contention have been agreed to between the United States and Iran, but a two-week period will allow the agreement to be finalized and consummated. Okay, great. Then a little over an hour later, Pakistan's prime minister posted the following. With the greatest humility,

I am pleased to announce that the Islamic Republic of Iran and the U.S., along with their allies, have agreed to an immediate ceasefire everywhere, including Lebanon and elsewhere effective immediately. When Westcham first took flight in 1996, the vibes were a bit different.

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and actually travel with us at westjet.com slash 30 years. Pretty freaking clear. Pretty freaking clear. Okay. So in other words, Pakistan's prime minister made not one, but two separate references

to Lebanon's inclusion in the ceasefire agreement. And that is important because today, the New York Times reported that when Prime Minister Sharif posted that initial statement, the White House had already seen and signed off on it before Sharif posted it, according to a person briefed on the communication. A White House official denied that Trump wrote the statement, as some observer speculated on truth social when Sharif initially posted the statement with the header. draft Pakistan's PM message on X. But the administration did take part in crafting that statement,

meaning our government agreed with the notion that the assault on Lebanon would stop and it would be included in the two-week ceasefire. But now the administration is lying to us. The Times' reporting indicates that the Trump administration, again, was coordinating the ceasefire agreement with Pakistan. And as we have pointed out, Pakistan was very clear. Lebanon was part of the ceasefire and now Iran is refusing to back down. In fact, today the president of Iran wrote the following.

The repeated aggression by the Zionist entity against Lebanon is a flagrant violation of the initial ceasefire agreement and a dangerous indicator of deceit and lack of commitment to potential accords. The continuation of these aggressions will render negotiations, Our hands will remain on the trigger and Iran will never abandon its Lebanese brothers and sisters. And so the Speaker of the Iranian Parliament wrote something very similar. Lebanon and the entire resistance access as Iran's allies form an inseparable part of the ceasefire. PM Shabaz Sharif publicly and clearly stressed that the Lebanon issue, there is no room for denial and

Act tracking, ceasefire violations, carry explicit costs, and strong responses. Extinguish the fire immediately. Israel is the biggest obstacle, not just to peace in the Middle East, to world peace. Israel is out of control and belligerent and is carrying out war crimes left and right invading its neighbors thanks to us because we emboldened them. We fund them, we arm them, and we are now. complicit in their war crimes. We are part of their war crimes. And that's not fair to the American people because we don't want this. Yeah. Jake. So I think that the reason that Donald Trump

did the threat of complete annihilation and why he's basically capitulating to Iran now is the same reason, which is that we're out of options. We have no leverage left because we're running low on defensive of missiles. And if we obliterate Iran's energy facilities, they will obliterate the Gulf energy facilities. Oil will skyrocket. The stock market will crash. So we have no leverage. So that's why Trump desperately was like, oh yeah, the only leverage I have is total annihilation. So I might use that. But it was a sad, pathetic bluff. So when that didn't work, he backed out. It was like, okay, okay, we'll agree to your 10 point plan. When he first said that, I couldn't believe it.

Like, wait, the 10 point plan has us taking all the bases out, giving reparations to Iran, et cetera. So, but again, in the statements, super clear that not attacking Lebanon was part of it, right? Even if the other two things that I just mentioned aren't. So basically, Trump is giving in and saying, yeah, we're not going to get your uranium. And we might even have to pay a toll to straight a hormone.

moves because we basically lost, right? So now, that humiliating defeat brought to you by our special ally Israel. But I'm going to go a little further here, and I'm sure that the good folks in the establishment will find this controversial. But I think that Iran should get credit for defending Lebanon. 100%. Are you kidding me? 100%. 100%. And also the Palestinian. Yes, that's what I was going to get to as well. So I know that in American media, you have to call all Muslims terrorists and you have to denounce Palestinians and Lebanese and Persians and you have to say they're always the bad guys. But no, Israel committed the genocide in Gaza and the only one who was trying to help the Palestinians were the Iranians. Israel is committing ethnic cleansing in southern Lebanon right now. And the only one trying to help them are the Iranians. And everyone else sitting there and, standing by as you see genocide after genocide, well, you know, the old quotes about the Holocaust still remain in effect today. You know, if you did nothing, then how complicit are you? So the one country that gets to say that they did something about Israel's genocides was Iran.

And by the way, if you don't know, they've been putting out messages to the rest of the Muslim world shaming them. Yeah. Oh, you left, you left our fellow brothers and sisters. to die and get slaughtered by Israel, you cowards. And it turns out when Iran fought back, not only did they fight back for Iran, but they're now fighting back for Lebanon. Like I'm not naive, I get it, they have proxies there and they have political interests there.

That's definitely also true. But the effect of what they're doing is fighting back to protect the Lebanese, which no one else on earth is doing. But for me, I think that they deserve credit for that. I totally agree with you. All right, we gotta take a break. When we come back, we'll talk about the magical thinking that we've seen from the defense secretary, Pete Heggzith, in regard to how this war has been going.

There's been a massive expose showing that he's actually put our soldiers in harm's way, while he pretends as though things are going real well. That and more coming up, don't miss it. All right, let's go to super chat first. Schroedergan says just took a calculus test for a new job went good. Calculus is derived from counting small pebbles a la Isaac Newton. Hegzith and Trump can't seem to count or care about the pebbles, the dead humans vote out this administration worst ever in history. We're going to get to how little Hegsv cares a little bit later in the show and how he left our guys to die because he's too busy protecting Israel.

L.A. and Z pieces of Aalachia and Ghalyab are mistaking for going to this. They will be tracked and be sent wherever Larajani went as soon as U.S. years, no. Yeah, I don't know that they're actually going to go in person. Like, yeah, I mean, look, of course, they know their lives are in danger. The most endangered people on earth are anyone who's trying to negotiate peace because Israel will murder you, because they want war. Lord of the hamstrings glory says, okay, if criticizing Israel, then here is a gazillion times F. Zio Nazi apartheid state,

F anti-Semitism, because they literally using this to promote anti-Muslim rhetoric. Literally, I will say, till Israel, Zio-Nazi are held accountable. So that's that brother's opinion. I'm reading it blind. Let's go to YouTube members. Bok says, I tend to stay away from Megan Kelly, but Anna was son, so I had to. And I was happy to see how positive the comments were love and out here putting it work. So we will put that up on t-y-t.com slash press very soon.

And DeAngelo Jones says, I fear they'll just make rules to hide who's donating. Oh, yeah, that's coming next. We'll be back. All right, back on TYT, Jen and Anna with you guys. More news. Well, we got to talk about what Pete Hagsit is claiming about how this war against Iran is going. and what our soldiers actually have to say about it. Let's get into it.

This U.S. soldier was part of a crew of about 60 troops stationed at the installation, tasked with managing the movement of equipment, munitions, and personnel across the Middle East. We are putting you in shadow, but there's still a risk for you speaking that you could be identified. Why do you want to take that chance? For me, I think telling the truth is important. U.S. soldiers who survived a March 1st Iranian attack against them while they were in Kuwait are blowing the whistle on Defense Secretary Pete Heggzeth and the lies he's been telling the American people and very likely President Donald Trump in regard to how this war is going.

In fact, they feel that Pete Hegzth has put them in harm's way and did not prepare them appropriately for this war before we get to the details and what they're saying. Jank, your two cents. Yeah. So first of all, there's a fact in this story that lets you know definitively who's telling the truth and who isn't. And secondly, I want to talk about why Hegzeth chose not to defend these soldiers. So Anna, give us the facts.

So during his March 2nd press conference, this attack happened on March 1st. The next day, Pete Hegzeth holds a press conference. And he described the Iranian drone attack as a so-called. called squirder that allegedly squirted, I'm sorry, it's a serious story. I apologize, squirted through a fortified unit inside Kuwait. Let's watch. As it pertains to the U.S. casualties, that particular incident was, you know, you have air defenses and the lots coming in and you hit most of it.

And we absolutely do. We have incredible air defenders. Every once in a while, you might have one, unfortunately, we call it a squirder that makes its way through. And in that particular case, it happened to hit a tactical operation center that was fortified but these are powerful

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I want people to know the unit was unprepared to provide. any defense for itself. It was not a fortified position. In fact, why don't you hear a little more of the truth in this next clip? What fortifications existed there? I mean, I would put it in the none category from the, from a drone defense capability. None. There were no fortifications. None. What you're describing can be very painful for a lot of the families of the fallen heroes, a lot of the families of the injured. I'm very sad for their loss and it's something I'll carry with me for the rest of my life. We moved closer to Iran to a deeply unsafe area that was a known target. So what was the reason that you were told for why you needed to be there? I don't think there was a good reason

ever articulated. The attack was Iran's deadliest strike against the U.S. in five weeks of war, killing six American soldiers and injuring dozens more. Were these deaths preventable? In my opinion, absolutely yes. Now again, this was in Kuwait. There was another attack against our military in Kuwait that was friendly fire by the Kuwaitis. That's separate. That was when our jets were shot down by the Kuwaitis.

This is an entirely separate incident that took place in Kuwait and ended up killing six of our service members. And when it comes to a fortification, you know, you have to consider what the, what the threats used to be thought of in the Middle East, right? Things like suicide bombers. But warfare has changed since then. And so when we're talking about a drone strike from up above, these buildings need to be fortified in a completely different way. CBS reports that the hours before the attack, by the way, missile alarms had indicated

to a crew of about 60 troops to basically take cover in like a cement bunk. However, and very sadly, around 9.15 a.m., an all clear alert sounded, and officers returned to their desks in this like wood and tin workspace, meaning that it wasn't fortified. And it's about the width of three trailers. So about 30 minutes later, everything shook, one soldier told CBS news. And it's something like what you see in the movies. Your ears are wringing. Everything's fuzzy. Your vision is blurry. You're dizzy. There's dust and smoke everywhere. Now, there's been some other reporting to kind of reinforce the notion that Pete Heggzith is, well, just not qualified for the job he's doing and he is lying to the American people. But before we get to that, jank your two cents or actually your thoughts. Yeah. So there's a difference between optics and substance. And this is where the rubber hits the road. So Trump picked based on optics. So is he good on TV? So Hegzith goes out there and he's like, We're so masculine and I can do push abs and I don't want anybody with beers or pot belly.

And yeah, but brother, that's all window dressing. When we're going to war, your window dressing isn't going to help anyone. You need to actually be prepared and experience and nowhere to put your troops. Otherwise, you're going to get them killed. And you did here. So how do you know who's telling the truth? Well, number one, was it tin and wood in the area that they were staying at? That was the walls of the compounds?

Yes. Number two, were they protected from the air? No. Now, how do we know that? Well, the drone easily landed and blew up. And six people died, over 20, terribly injured. And so there's no question that, that Hexeth is lying when he said it was, quote, fortified, right? And the troops are very patriotic and they keep talking about how, you know,

these folks died as heroes, et cetera. But they were sent on a fool's errand by a guy who has no idea what he's doing. And Anna, why were they not fortified? Why was there no protection and no interceptor missiles in that base? Because we were obsessed with protecting Israel. So we were spending almost all of our time, energy, and resources protecting a different country instead of our troops. And it's unconscionable. And not only that, Jank, I'm sorry, but why was Pete Higgseth chosen, nominated, appointed to be defense secretary when his only experience? Yeah, he was in the military. I don't really care. He has a history of abusive behavior, alcoholism, and was like a weekend anchor at Fox. But Trump likes the way he looks. So he thinks he's

qualified to be defense secretary, which is insane. He is not capable of fulfilling this role, you know, in a way that would protect our troops and make smart decisions. And it turns out that he has made all sorts of ridiculous boastful assertions that aren't based in reality at all. So U.S. officials and analysts argue that Hegsit is actually doing damage to the military by making these untrue claims to the public, which include that the, The U.S. has control over the Iranian skies. Does it look like the U.S. has control over Iranian skies? Or that the airspace over Iran is uncontested.

Okay. So making matters worse, he's not being honest with Trump. Okay, so that was something that was percolating in the media just last week. Susie Wiles was basically telling people in Trump's cabinet, like, yo, you guys need to be a little more honest with Trump about how this war is going. And one administration official told the Washington Post that Pete is not speaking truth to the president as a result. The president is out there repeating misleading information. Though Hegzith has claimed for weeks that Iran has no air defenses and could do nothing about U.S. air incursions, Trump acknowledged during his White House news conference Monday

that a shoulder-fired heat-seeking missile downed an S-15 that left two U.S. airmen temporarily stranded deep inside Iranian territory. Quote, he got lucky. It was a lucky hit, Trump said. Now, we covered that so-called rescue mission on the show. I genuinely think that considering how deep within Iran our service members were, considering that they were in a very mountainous region of Iran, and considering the insane number of aircraft and military assets that were in the area at the time, they weren't there for rescue mission. I think they were there to try to get the so-called enriched uranium and that special operation failed.

That is my speculation, because things don't add up. And to be quite honest with you guys, I don't trust anything that's coming out of the Trump administration. They've already been caught in so many lies. Iran also shot down an A10 attack plane last Friday. Luckily, the pilot survived and made it back to safety. Heg's analysis also contradicts what General Dan Cain, who's the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has been saying. He does not believe that the U.S. military can use Iranian airspace without fear of attack. So it is terrifying that our Secretary of Defense is just engaging in magical thinking and lying not just to the public,

but to the president of the United States about what is currently going on. That puts our service members in harm's way. Yeah. So when Pete Heggis says we have uncontested control of Iranian airspace, well, this facts speak for themselves. So not only was that 15 knocked down, but another plane was hit as well. Luckily, they got to safety before the pilot ejected in an allied country. And then the operation that Anna is talking about, we long. lost at least two C-130s and two helicopters.

And they say it's because they landed in a place they couldn't take off from again. Maybe, maybe. But it's also possible that, yeah, they were going for their enriched uranium and they got shot down. So, I mean, we've lost at least six vehicles over Iranian airspace within the last week. doesn't seem uncontested to me. So yeah, there's no question that the Iranians still have capabilities, and Hegsef is lying through his teeth. That's exactly right.

All right, there's a lot more we can get into, but just be skeptical of what you hear from government officials, especially when it comes to a war that's being fought on behalf of a foreign country. For now, we're going to take a brief break when we come back for the second hour. Melania did something curious today, and she did so without informing Trump that she intended to do so. He was surprised by it. And it has to do with the Epstein files.

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Is Trump engaging in this cover up because he's in the Epstein files? I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff. So as the government keeps selling us, yeah, there's other people. Yeah, and they rape those girls. So what? We're going to cover up for them. Why are you guys so mad?

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It's the largest online news show in the world. I watched you guys before I had a channel at all. And I watched Jenks. So Jenks really the start of it all. Big shout out to Cheng from Young Turks. Jenk Yugar, founder of TYT, a man who probably needs no introduction. Jenks, so great to talk to you. Great to talk to you, David.

Sanny worked for a long time, man. Anna Kasparian is one of the most followed and influential progressive women online. of Anna. Your presence has been essential for me to really grow. Do all of you know the young Turks? This is why what young Turks are doing is so important. I've watched you for many years. You are insightful. I thank you for that. I was going to introduce myself, but it sounds like you guys might know. Let's go. Come on. Get in. Let's go, PWA. TYT, Jank and Anna with you guys. Best way to get the content during the commercial breaks is go to t yt.com slash join and annual membership gets you a couple months off as well all right anna what's next what's next is this question jank is trump

screwing up the war with iran so badly that he's looking to distract from it by refocusing on the epstein files ask yourself that question as you watch this i call on congress to provide the women who have been victimized by Epstein with the public hearing specifically centered around the survivors. Give these victims their opportunity to testify under oath in front of Congress with the power of sworn testimony. First Lady Melania Trump has broken her silence on the Epstein files. And this came as the Trump administration very clearly does not want to focus on the Epstein files. So what exactly is happening here? She is calling for Congress to hold a public hearing with the survivors. Jank. What are your two cents? Yeah. So there's two possibilities here.

What is the war is not a distraction from the Epstein files. As Anna pointed out, The Epstein files might be a distraction from the war now. But the other possibility is that a story is about to come out saying that Melania and Donald Trump were set up by Jeffrey Epstein. So that's the main reason you would try to get ahead of the story by doing something like this. And so let's get the facts. And also Donald Trump's reaction is very relevant here.

It sure is. Now, I actually want to get to that right away. because everyone was wondering, like, did Trump know about this press conference that the First Lady's doing? And it turns out, according to MS now, Trump did not know that she was issuing this statement. Jaram's. All right. But let's get to more of what she had to say because it was a surprise move from the First Lady. However, she denied having any connection to Epstein. Take a look. I never been friends with Epstein. Donald and I were invited to the same parties as Epstein from time to time,

since overlapping in social circles is common in New York City and Palm Beach. To be clear, I never had a relationship with Epstein or his accomplice, Maxwell. My email replied to Maxwell cannot be catarized as anything more than casual correspondence. I am not Epstein's victim. Epstein did not introduce me to Donald Trump. I met my husband by chance at the New York City Party in 1998. Now Melania has always maintained that an Italian modeling agent by the name of Paolo Zambole is the person who introduced her to President Donald Trump back in 1998. A man who also appeared in the Epstein files numerous times and did business with Epstein though. So that's not great.

But going back to her statement, she then went into detail about the first time that she actually met Epstein. Here's what she had to say. The first time I crossed paths with Epstein was in the year 2000. At an event, Donald and I attended together. At a time, I had never met Epstein and had no knowledge of his criminal undertakings. Numerous fake images and statements about Epstein and me have been calculated. on social media for years now. Be cautious about what you believe.

I'm not a witness or a name witness in connection with any of Epstein's crimes. I have never had any knowledge of Epstein abuse of his victims. I was never involved in any capacity. I was not a participant. never on Epstein's plane and never visited his private island. Now Melania's name does appear in the Epstein files because of emails that she had with Geelaine Maxwell. She described as casual correspondence. In a 2002 email written to Maxwell, a woman named Melania wrote to Maxwell to praise a profile of Epstein in New York

magazine. Maxwell called Melania Sweet Pee and Melania signed her email Love. And again, right now, obviously, we don't have a shred of evidence showing any wrongdoing that Melania was involved in or anything like that. Melania's never been charged with the crime. I think it's important to know that. But what befuddles people is why she put out the statement in the first place. And we are hearing some talking points from a lot of people, some claims from a lot of people online. that, you know, she had this relationship with Epstein. Maybe there was something shady going on. But again, no evidence of that.

But where things get really interesting, one more clip here, Jank, is her calling for Congress to act and do something that, to be quite honest, Trump's voters overwhelmingly wanted him to do, but he didn't do. Take a look. Now is the time for Congress to act. Epstein was not alone. Several prominent male executives resign from their powerful positions after this matter became widely politicized. Of course, this doesn't amount to guilt, but we still must work openly and transparently to uncover the truth.

I call on Congress to provide the women who have been victimized by Epstein with a public hearing, specifically centered around the survivors. Give these victims their opportunity to testify under oath in front of Congress with the power of sworn testimony. Then and only then we will have the truth. Thank you. Thomas Massey loved that message and said, First Lady asked Congress to bring Epstein survivors in for testimony with all due respect. That's Todd Blanche's job. But he also says that Rocahn and I have already gave brave survivors a chance to tell their horrific stories on Capitol Hill. Pam Bondi

wouldn't even acknowledge them, prosecute. And the reason why I say Massey loves this is because it puts this issue front and center at a time when the war against Iran has really sucked up all the energy, all the attention in the country, and people have kind of forgotten about the Epstein files, or at least they're not focusing on the Epstein files. And so now there's a shift back to this issue, which I'm sure Trump is not happy about. This is not something that he wanted, but who knows? Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe there's something, maybe there's some sort of scam going on here. I have no idea. But, Jank, what do you make of this? Yeah, so I have a theory. But first, just on a personal note, I remember when I was poor for most of my life and a nerd and an outsider, I remember.

I'm still all of those things. Anyway, and this is the part I used to think. I was a little bitter about not get invited to the cool parties. Oh, thank God I wasn't. Totally. Yeah, these parties turned out to be disgusting. Jesus Christ. So, all right, the Melania doing this is the equivalent of a guy coming into a room and screaming,

I'm gay! Okay. Okay. We don't want to said that until you started screaming it. So it does make you wonder. So normally somebody gets out of a, gets in front of a story by doing a revelation like this. And how would they know that a story's coming out? Well, a reporter will call you right before they published a story and ask you for,

a comment. So when they ask you for a comment, then you know the story's coming out and you do oppressor like this. So we don't know that that's going to happen yet, but that's usually the reason why something like this happens. Okay. Now, in terms of, is it possible that Epstein introduced them? First of all, of course, of course it's possible, right? So F.C. introduced a lot of girls to a lot of rich people. So now some of them were young girls and, you know, city, you know, private areas, et cetera, but some of them were young woman. And so she was introduced by an Italian modeling agent or something. Now, you remember the French modeling agent who got Epstein, a lot of the underage girls who then was arrested and committed suicide in prison

after Epstein did. So a lot of those modeling agents, their jobs were to, cure women for wealthy, powerful men. So I don't think that that's the when she thinks it is by telling us that that's how they meant. So now they're keeping a real portion of our programming. Okay. Now, I don't know that this applies to Melania at all because you need real facts and evidence to say that. But is there a concept of what we can call semi-pros? Well, of course there is. What does that mean? So, like, if you're a person who is a sex worker, there's a simple transaction, right? You know, you, the John, the client pays a certain amount of money and they get the woman for a certain number of hours or the night, et cetera. Now, the semi-pros don't work like that.

You cannot pay them for the night. In fact, they'll be deeply offended by that, okay? But if you are good to them, they will be your girlfriend for a while, right? And sometimes do the idiot, much older wealthy men fall in love and then marry that semi-pro? Happens all the time, okay? Is there a little cottage industry of guys like Epstein and the modeling agents who introduced the semi-prose to high society? Yes, there's no question about that. Whether Melania and Trump met that way is an open question. But does that happen? Definitively it does.

Of course it does, which is why I have chosen the path of working 12 plus hours a day to not have to be with someone as disgusting. and repulsive as Donald Trump. But anyway, let's move on to one other update that I wanted to do before we go to break. And it has to do with yet another lie told by President Donald Trump. So let me set this up. The White House has released a statement today about Iran and the fact that they have been charging tolls in the Strait of Hormuz. If oil tankers or any transport is to happen through the Strait of Hormuz, Iran is charging

tolls. They didn't previously do that, but they started doing it after Trump decided to begin a war with Iran. Now, the statement that the White House has put out today goes as follows. Trump says this. It's a truth social post. There are reports that Iran is charging fees to tankers going through the strait of Hormuz. They better not. And if they are, they better stop now. Okay, he put out that statement today, which is interesting because yesterday, Jonathan Carl from ABC News had spoken to Trump about the fact that Iran controls the strait and has been charging tolls. So are we really going to engage in a ceasefire or is the war really going to end when that's still the case? And here's what Jonathan Carl shared with the American people yesterday.

This morning I asked President Trump if he's okay with the Iranians charging a toll for all ships that go through the Strait of Hormuz. He told me there may be a joint U.S.-Iran venture to charge tolls. Quote, we're thinking of doing it as a joint venture. It's a way of securing it, also securing it from lots of other people. It's a beautiful thing. So why is he pretending like he just found out that Iran is charging tolls today? And why is he wagging his finger and telling them,

you better stop when just yesterday Jonathan Carl disclosed that Trump sees this as a business opportunity for the United States. Like what? He thinks we're stupid. He thinks we're stupid, but we're not. And so it's important to call out these disgusting lies that insult our intelligence. Jank, your thoughts. Yeah.

So I think that he got used to the idea that he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and get away with it and that his base would never question anything. He says, oh, they're eating cats and dogs. Sure, they're eating cats and dogs. So he's like, yeah, they dare not charging a toll. Everyone knows they're charging a toll. You can go on CNBC and see the giant headline about how they're charging a $2 million per ship toll. Although I've also seen $2.5 million per ship, right?

So they better not. Well, so wait, they better not. Why? Because they are. Otherwise, why would Donald Trump put out that statement? And so he's like a child going, you better not do it. Yeah, but what are you going to do about it, big guy? right? And so then the whole joint venture thing is hilarious, just totally made up out of whole cloths.

The Iranians are barely talking to us. The only reason why we have kind of a ceasefire now is because we almost completely surrendered. Trump said, okay, we'll take their, you know, we're considering their 10-point plan, we're almost done with this war. Their 10-point plan is everything Iran wants, nothing we want, right? So, It's almost a complete surrender, which fine, fine, let's get the hell out of there, right? But the one thing we have to do is reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and he couldn't even negotiate for that. By the way, if you do want to negotiate for it, there's actually a really easy way to do it. You say to Iran, hey, Israel's got nothing to do with us.

You guys sorted out with them, but reopen the Strait of Hormuz for us and our allies minus Israel, and Iran will take that deal. So, but no, no, no, no, we have to kiss Israel's ass and sacrifice ourselves at the entire world economy on behalf of Israel. So yes, there is definitely a toll, which means the Strait of Hormuz is not open. And so what did we get out of the ceasefire? Honestly, nothing. And I'm still close to okay with it as long as we don't get deeper into the war, lose more good American. men and women and lose our treasure. And by the way, we're running out of defensive missiles as we keep telling you.

So if we stay there longer, this is only going to turn into a bigger disaster. But Trump having tantrums publicly is not helping. It's only reducing our leverage. And it's also embarrassing the American people. Oh, I just found out that they're charging tolls. You better stop that. Just please stop. Please stop.

Like someone take the phone away from him. more social media, stop embarrassing the American people. All right, when we come back, we actually have more Trump tantrum to get to because he has really turned on the very people who helped him get elected in the first place. Come right back. How does Santa go down? Does he go headfirst? Wow.

All right. Let's go to members on t.com on goose dragon says, I would imagine that Americans will not be welcomed to a hell of a lot of countries in the near future. Yeah, yeah. But I think that a lot of the world understands that the American people are not a favor of this war either. And there are politicians that betrayed us and worked for a different country because a lot of the European countries have similar problems. So nerd Ferguson says it's like randomly walking by a cop and saying, wasn't me that killed that guy. That is a proper analogy for what Melania just did.

On Twitch, Prime Angry Com says, what would happen if we stopped funding Israel and back to Iran? I don't know, we would have peace and things would be much better. But of course, everybody would be like, I dare you on television. The Muslims are terrible. You must support Israel. All right. Semperfire dog says, Jenk doesn't sound so good. Hope you're feeling okay, good, sir.

Love you, TYT. Love you back. Thanks for your concern. I'm sick, but a brick wall couldn't stop me, let alone being sick. Octo Squitty says, you know how the US can. get out of the world by leaving, by leaving and saying my bad in dealing with the consequences of our actions up to this point. But that would require self-reflection, self-respect, respect for human lives, self-awareness, et cetera, et cetera. You're absolutely right.

We do have one thing we need. Reopen the strait of hormones with no toll. But you have to negotiate that. You can't just say I'm going to either totally destroy you or I'm going to completely surrender. Like it was just such a dumb strategy. I can't begin to get into it. DeAngelo Jones says on YouTube member section, I fear, oh, I read back on to you IT, Jen and Anna with you guys. Melody loves music.

Thank you for gifting five memberships on YouTube. You're awesome. And everybody remember, ring the bell, helps you keep up today with the show, and it helps the show. You guys are great for doing that. We appreciate it. Casper.

Well, we got to talk about Trump's temper tantrum today. Well, there's been multiple, but this is the one that focuses on the people who got him elected, who are now criticizing him for reneging on his campaign promises. Let's get to the details. So this afternoon, President Donald Trump went pretty nuclear, actually, on some conservative critics of his, specifically individuals who helped him get elected and are unhappy with the fact that he reneged on his campaign promises, including dragging us into more Middle East wars. And that includes Tucker Carlson, Alex Jones, Candice Owens, and

Megan Kelly. Jake, before we give you his statement, Mark Levin is going after you because of your statement about this on X. Your two cents? Mark Levin. Okay. So this is political suicide for Donald Trump. So he is cutting off the most popular broadcasters on his own side.

And he's going with the least likable person in America. Mark Levin. He'll be down to about two voters by the end. So Tucker and the rest are doing something smart. They're trying to save the right wing from Donald Trump in the future. But right now, the GOP is in a world of trouble. Because I'm going to tell you something after Anna gives you the facts about this temper tantrum as to why this will affect the midterms so, so much. You have to hear why that is. So Anna, give us the facts. So please bear with us as I go through this very, very long post by President Trump.

It does seem as though his former supporters have really struck a nerve here. But here's what he says. I know why Tucker Carlson, Megan Kelly, Candace Owens, and Alex Jones have all been fighting me for years, especially by the fact that they think it is wonderful for Iran, the number one state sponsor of terror, is to have a nuclear weapon because they have one thing in common. Low IQs. Right, right, low IQs. Now look, I'm going to keep going and read the rest of a statement.

But like, even if you disagree with everything Tucker Carlson has to say, to argue that he has a low IQ, especially relative to Donald Trump, is maybe the funniest thing I've ever heard in my life. Okay? Same goes for the rest, honestly. Even Alex Jones. Alex Jones might be a lunatic, but I think he's even smarter than our president. I genuinely do.

And that's not a compliment for Alex Jones, but it's definitely an insult toward our president. Let me continue. He continues by saying that they're stupid people. They know it. Their families know it. And everyone else knows it too. Look at their past. Look at their record.

They don't have what it takes. And they never did. Well, they were never stupid enough to get manipulated by the Israelis to enter a devastating war that you are now desperately trying to exit but can't. But I continue. He also says they've all been thrown off television, lost their shows, and aren't even invited on TV because no one cares about them. They're not jobs, troublemakers, and will say anything necessary for some free and cheap

publicity. A few of these people have never had, actually several of them have never had to tell. Alex Jones has never had a TV show. neither did Candace Owens. But okay, Candice Owens got fired from the Daily Wires Network because she had the audacity to criticize precious Israel. Now they think that they get some clicks because they have third rate podcasts, but nobody's talking about them. And their views are the opposite of MAGA. Or I wouldn't have won the presidential election a landslide. By the way, all four of these individuals helped Trump get elected, not just the first time around, but also

the second time around. Maga agrees with me and just gave CNN a 100% approval rating of Trump, not hand flailing fools like Tucker Carlson, who couldn't even finish college. He was a broken man when he first got fired from Fox and he's never been the same. Perhaps he should see a good psychiatrist. Or Megan Kelly, who nastily asked me the now famous only Rosio, question or crazy Candace Owens who accuses me or accuses the highly respected First Lady of France of being of being a man when she is not and will hopefully win lots of money in the ongoing lawsuit. Actually, to me, the First Lady of France is far more, is a far more beautiful woman than Candice. In fact, it's not even close. I got to stop for comment, Jenk, I got to stop for comment.

There's more, believe it or not, there is more. Yeah. So, yeah. So he's proving how high IQ he is by getting into a debate about who's prettier Candice Owens or the First Lady of France. Yeah. That's relevant in the middle of a war with Iran, et cetera, very stable genius. So literally everything he said about them, low IQ, nut jobs, losers, and even supporting Iran is nothing but projection. That is exactly what he is. He's a loser, low IQ nut job. And how is he supporting Iran? He's just got Iran $2 million a ship through the straight of whore moves. Iran's going to be loaded. He couldn't have helped Iran anymore if he tried. He's a moron of epic proportions. So look, I'm going to get to again why this is going to affect the midterm so much of this act. But one more thing here.

Trump, Israel first has gotten into what Joe Kent and I talked about when I interviewed him here on the Young Turks. They've gotten into what the military calls is Udalaup. And an Udalupe is the things that surround a person, right? Their sphere of experience. So something huge might be happening, but if you're not aware of it, then it's not in your Udoloup, okay? And that's an acronym, military acronym. So in Trump's world, he's not seeing how popular Tucker Carlson is and the rest because he only watches TV and mainly watches Fox News.

So in his Oodaloup, everything is, oh my God, the Israelis are the greatest. And my God, the whole country loves Israel and wants you to only serve Israel, right? So he really thinks that's what's happening in the country. And he thinks, oh, since I'm not seeing them, they must be tiny and irrelevant now. So he's attacking them with what he thinks is impunity because he thinks they're not that relevant anymore. He has no idea that only boomers like him are left watching TV and that they're the now tiny minority compared to everyone else watching shows online in another place. That's why he's among the reasons why he's so incredibly clueless. Yes, absolutely.

In fact, I don't know about Alex Jones because the whole Sandy Hook shooting debacle might have really hurt him in his business. But for the other three, they're bigger than ever. Their online audiences are far larger than they were previously. Certainly when it comes to Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens had a sizable audience when she was at the Daily Wire. only gotten way, way bigger since leaving the Daily Wire. So, I mean, these claims are absolutely ridiculous. Same with Megan Kelly. Megan Kelly has a huge audience.

So with all of that in mind, let's get to what he had to say about Alex Jones. He says, or bankrupt Alex Jones, who says some of the dumbest things and lost his entire fortune, as he should have, for his horrendous attack on the families of the Sandy Hook shooting victims, ridiculously claiming it was a hoax. Look, I actually agree with that excerpt. I think what he did in the Sandy Hook situation was disgusting, and he should have been, he should have suffered the consequences of terrorizing those poor parents who lost their kids. But let's get to the rest of it. Now, fake news CNN, the failing New York Times and all of the other radical left news organizations are hailing them and giving them positive press for the first time in their lives. They're not magna, they're losers. Just trying to latch on to Maga. As president, I could get them on my side anytime I want to.

But when they call, I don't return their calls because I'm too busy on world and country affairs. Don't say country. You couldn't care less about this country. You're too busy, you know, dittling around with the Israelis causing all sorts of havoc all throughout the Middle East. So back to you, Jank. Yeah. So now let's get to the midterms. So the polling is misleading, guys, because so here's, the polling is not inaccurate.

Let me explain. So the Republicans are losing to the Democrats in the polling, but the Democrats are not doing that well because their leadership is also despised and also compromised. So people look at that and go, oh, maybe the elections will be close. No, they won't be. The Democrats will win huge by default. Why? because elections have a second factor that is not talked about nearly enough, which is voter turnout.

So ain't nobody going to go out there and get excited to vote for Trump and the Republicans when they're defying everything that they said before. So Trump is attacking all of the most popular broadcasters on his side. He's attacking the idea of no more wars, which is what he ran on. I mean, so for us, what he said about Alex Jones is completely correct. And but for a lot of MAGA, they don't like to hear that, right? About how he's attacking Alex Jones. They don't like how to hear how he's attacking Candace. So even though we might disagree with Candace on the, you know, we do disagree with her on

the first lady of France, et cetera. I mean, he is punching his own voters in the face so hard. And, you know, if you think that they're all going to do. going to show up and vote for them as excited as they were before, you're out of your mind. So the Republicans are going to get slaughtered in the midterms because barely any of their voters are going to show up to vote? What are they excited about? Are they going to be like, oh my God, I hope we get another war in the Middle East. I hope gas prices are even higher, right? No, there's going to be no excitement at all in the Republican base. This is political haricari,

I mean, he's just going deeper and deeper into, you know, thrusting the metaphorical sword into his own gut. I mean, he's got a lot of room to go. But so this is as devastating as it gets for those. And by the way, look, you got to give credit to some of these folks. There's massive disagreements we have, certainly with the Alex Jones of the world, et cetera. But when the push came to shove, are you going to stick with your? principles of no new wars, no Middle Eastern wars, America First, or are you going to just lick Donald Trump's boots? A lot of MAGA and a lot of their influencers chose to lick Donald

Trump's boots, but some didn't. And principled among those were Tucker Carlson, Marjorie Taylor Green, and Tom Massey. And by the way, who's coming out the winner? New poll out, Tom Massey, with a double digit lead against his his opponent backed by Donald Trump. Donald Trump did a rally in that district in Kentucky against Massey. And Massey's still leading by double digits. And by the way, Donald Trump is so gone that in this post, he called Marjorie Taylor Green, Marjorie Trader Brown.

What is that? Like, he just has no idea what's going on anymore. Yeah, the markings of an actual low IQ individual. That's what that is. Anyway, let's take our final break. When we come back, we'll talk a little bit about a debate, if you will, that took place on Pierce Morgan Show featuring Dave Smith and an opponent who's a little more formidable than Adam Sosnik. We'll be right back.

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DeAngelo Jones writes in on YouTube member section. I believe Iran, for any peace deal, should ask that Israel have no nukes. True. I mean, I hear you guys, and I love the suggestion. But that's the most unrealistic thing I've ever heard. Of course, Israel is not going to agree to that. Rio Han says, did Melania, this is now a super chat, did Melania say when she met Maxwell, seems relevant given she cited correspondences over email to her.

Now I'm sure people will look into that very aggressively. Don't worry, we'll get the answer soon. Gargoyle dragon said, my parents asked me what Zionism was. So I told them that it had two definitions, basically. One, to bear bones, Israel has a right to exist. And two, Israel has a right to expand. I told them that Israel has co-opted the first to try to get to the other. And that is a really good description.

Yeah, there's one thing is to say that it has the right to exist. The other is to say, no, I have a right to infinite expansion and killing all my neighbors and taking their land. Avengers Dragon 89 asks on Twitch, why does he always say low IQ? Because he's low IQ. That's what's running through his mind the whole time. Remember, he hides his grades all the way back to high school because he's low IQ and he knows it. Okay, and I'm out of time. Okay, we'll be right back.

I'm a very stable genius. I'm back on T.YT, Jane Canana with you guys. More news. Just real quick update on something I shared earlier in the show where Trump pretended like he found out for the first time today that Iran has been charging tolls. for transport through the Strait of Hormuz. He had said that, you know, they better not. And if they are, they better stop. The Iranian embassy in Bulgaria has responded by saying,

begging is adorable, but the key is still in our pocket. Just spanking them, spanking them left and right. All right, let's move on to our next story. Does Israel have nuclear weapons? Yes, almost certainly. I mean, I don't think they haven't officially claimed it, but almost certainly. Why don't we know for a fact? Because they don't want to say so, because there's American statutes.

Why do they get a pass? Why do they get a pass about that? Well, because they're our ally and Iran's our enemy. Ah. See, it's because we're the good guys. Okay, Iran's a bad guy. A very interesting omission. So our friends don't need to be transparent about their nuclear capability, but our enemies. Yeah, it's good to be America's friend.

But our enemies do? Yes. Wow. That's exactly how it works. Well, it's just because we have the B2B1 and hypocrisy, isn't it? No, it's only hypocrisy if you don't have a normative view of whether the United States is good Iran is bad. That was conservative Will Chamberlain, and the answer is yes.

Those who defend Israel when Israel is indefensible do sound just as stupid. Jake, over to you. Yeah, so I like that we've moved on to the portion of our programming where we admit that we're hypocrites who serve Israel. I know. Right, like, we're just saying it now. Almost saying, like, what are you going to do about it? We already own all your politicians and all of your mainstream media.

Well, there's a lot we can do about it. So Anna, give them the details here and how I love the way that the person who wasn't in the debate got humiliated. So tell us all about it. So as always, Pierce Morgan likes to bring people together to debate. In this case, it wasn't a panel of like 56 people. It was Joe Kent, who just recently resigned from the Trump administration over this war against. Iran and Will Chamberlain, who disagrees with what Jo Kent has to say about the pernicious impact, the, you know, the pernicious relationship of Israel's alliance with the United States.

And so let's get started with Pierce Morgan, you know, moderating this debate between the two. And Morgan, of course, frequently took Joe Kent's side. Because how could you not? When one side is making hypocritical arguments and the other side is making principled arguments. It's kind of hard to take the hypocrites side. But he did push back against Chamberlain. Sadly, we didn't have time to cover every single spicy moment. Highly recommend you watch the full debate. But we'll start with Kent triggering Chamberlain by explaining how the U.S. can restrain the Israelis. Ooh, God forbid, by restrain the Israelis from escalating this war further, which of course Israel wants to escalate. Let's watch. It's great that we got the ceasefire. We need to maintain that ceasefire. And we have to actually withhold things from the Israelis, which we can do. The Israelis do have a modern air force, but they rely on us for a lot of the logistics, the refueling in order to be able to reach into Iran. So we very much are in the driver's seat of what we provide the Israeli. That's not true. That's just obviously false because we didn't help them with. No, it's 100% true. They can't reach into, they cannot reach into Israel. I was actually, I've actually been in the military, man. I've been part of these operations.

Then explain how they did the 12-day war without refueling. If we weren't participating in the offensive operations- We helped them out a good- We helped them out a good deal with logistics. They can't sustain operations without us. They wouldn't be able to continue to sustain operations all the way into Iran with conventional military forces in any meaningful way without our support. Does Will Chamberlain think we're stupid?

Does he think we're stupid? Okay, so we points to. one thing. Oh, you didn't help the Israelis refuel. Bitch, we're the ones who bombed the nuclear sites on behalf of Israel. That's what we did. That's what we did. Oh, we didn't do enough. We give that damn country tens of billions of dollars just over the last two years so they can prosecute these genocides and these land grabs in the Middle East. Oh, it's not enough for precious Israel. Jesus Christ, Matt. Go ahead, Jenk. Yeah. So one quick point here. So it's not just that we do the hardest jobs like destroying the nuclear facilities, Israel assigns the most dangerous

jobs to us. Exactly. Yeah, because they don't want to get their precious Israeli citizens hurt. That's what the Americans are for. We're cannon fodder. By the way, the mere fact that we were even involved in the 12-day war, Israel should be down on their knees thanking us, worshiping us. Israel was never a threat to the United States. They didn't have nuclear weapons, and they also don't have missiles that have the capacity to hit the United States. Not a threat to the U.S. We should have been involved at all.

And if Israel is complaining that we didn't help them refuel, they can shove it. But anyway, let's get to the next clip. So Kent triggered Chamberlain again later in this debate by debunking the notion that Iran was gearing up to nuke the entire world. Take a look. We had a regime inside of Iran, although. they were not the best. It's not exactly what we wanted. They had a prohibition on building a nuclear weapon, and they were involved in active negotiations with us. They were closely adhering to

a strict escalation ladder. Their proxies were not attacking us. No, that's exactly what happened. They had 60% in the Russian. What do you think they were using that for medical purposes? If they wanted a bomb, they had decades long before President Trump ever became the president to develop a nuclear weapon. There was a prohibition by the Ayatollah, which was a a reasonable and calculated approach. They didn't want to become like Libya. They didn't want to become like Saddam. In fact, I believe that fatwa that was issued by the Ayatollah who has now been assassinated,

was a mistake. I think it would have been far better if Iran, much like Pakistan, had a deterrent. They believe that 60% enriched uranium would be a latent deterrent, but clearly it was not. And so, like, Will Chamberlain, I mean, who are you going to believe here, right? The person who actually served in the Trump administration, served in the military, knows what he's talking about, or will freaking Chamberlain, who seems to be very devoted to defending Israel no matter what, even including the fact that they have a clandestine nuclear program and are not part of the nonproliferation treaty, like other nuclear powers. Back to you, Jank. Yeah. So when Hamas puts in their charter that they would like to theoretically, hypothetically destroy Israel, they're like, that is. So important, that's the most important thing in the world. If they write something down like that, we have to believe that it is 100% true. Then the Ayatollah issues the most important

religious edict in Shia Islam and says, we are not ever going to develop a nuclear weapon. The guy, I don't believe it. So wait, which one is it? If they write it down and say it, is it true or not true? Oh, conveniently, when it's something that you don't like, oh, it doesn't count. When it's something that you really, really want to emphasize, you find a sentence and go, that's everything, right? These are propaganda tricks. And you think Will Chamberlain doesn't know why they were enriching uranium to 60%. They were doing it for leverage, obviously, right? Like, come on, Will, you don't know that? Okay, of course they, and he knows that. And guys, this is like really important for you to understand. Why did the Ayatollah issue that Fadwa? Because he's not an idiot.

He knows that if Iran developed a nuclear weapon, that let alone whether they used it, even just having one, would have probably gotten Iran nuked. And they don't want to die. They don't want 90 million Iranians to die. But in our racist, bigoted media, they always say like, they're religious zealots, and they'll do anything just to murder Jews. Yeah, they're going to kill nine. They're going to let 90 million Iranians get killed just because they're so insane.

That's how Muslims are. They're so insane that they're willing to get nuked themselves. No, that's a bunch of lies. I actually disagree with you on this. Let me ask you something. Is there any threat that North Korea is about to get nuked or Pakistan? No. No.

Why is that? Is it because they have nukes and it serves as a deterrent? Well, no, no, no, Anna. But there's an important distinction there. They have nukes and they're not neighbors of Israel. Sure. If North Korea was a neighbor of Israel, like if they got to 2% enriched uranium, we would have already declared war against them.

But since they're not a neighbor of Israel, we let them develop as many nukes as they like. I don't know. I really think that this whole war with Iran wouldn't even be something we're discussing right now if they actually had a deterrent like that. But maybe I'm wrong. I don't know. Anyway, what I do know, though, without a shadow of a doubt, is that the attack on Iran, despite the fact that they went out of their way to prevent war, they went out of their way to engage in peace negotiations, even after the dishonesty displayed by the United States shows me that you really do need some sort of deterrent. And it shows other countries they need to deterrent, which is why you have Greece, you have Saudi Arabia, you have all these other countries thinking about developing nukes. So this war is actually going to lead to more nuclear proliferation for those who. who are concerned about nukes. We'll end on this.

Chamberlain and Morgan ended up trading blows over Trump's threat to end civilization in Iran. Apparently, Chamberlain, it was okay with Trump's statement. Let's take a look. When you say America is

when you say America is benevolent, how does that sit with the President of the United States two days ago talking about the imminent destruction of an entire civilization? Oh, you mean like death to America, death to Israel? Right? Like, we've dealt with 30 years. Trump throws one post out and everybody loses their crap in the middle of a negotiation and signs a ceasefire within eight hours.

I'm talking about Donald Trump threatening to annihilate 90 million people. In his own words. McFarland had it right yesterday. In his own words on his post. Do you not care about that? I just see it as negotiating bluster. Trump's been doing this stuff for 40 years. It's a threatened genocide.

I mean, that's exactly what the Iranians have been doing to us. They had a clock in the middle of their downtown saying that they're going to destroy the entire country of Israel. America should be amoral, if not as immoral as its enemies. So you're saying? We should be sufficiently ruthless to get our like negotiated pieces that actually make sense, which we seem to have done here. Apparently this focus of the Iranian's mind and maybe they didn't realize they should come to the table. Are you aware that threatening to commit an act of genocide in itself could be presented as a war crime? I think that would be frivolous.

It is capital, deserves capital punishment if anyone utters something like death to America. But the president of the United States threatening to nuke an entire country and wipe out their civilization in a single night, that's totally okay. Let's defend him as he says things like that. Just so shameful, disgusting. Yeah, last two things here. So guys like Will never explain to you why they say death to America. And they make it seem like, oh, they irrationally hate Americans for no reason. No, they hate us because we're supporting the occupation of the Palestinians and we have for 58 years.

And so it is an enormous injustice to Muslims. And that is why Iran is livid about it. They also hate us because we overthrew the democratically elected government. But they pretend that Muslims are so irrational and full of hate. And that's where it comes from. That's not where it comes from at all. But again, his stunning admissions of hypocrisy are amazing. If they just say death to America, that's the worst thing in the world and we should declare war against them and kill them.

But if Donald Trump says we're going to annihilate every Iranian, no big deal. I mean, how could that be true if you're a person of principle? But he's not a person of principle. He just keeps saying I'm maniacally biased and I don't care what Israel does. And Israel's allowed to do anything they want. And their neighbors and opponents and Muslims are never allowed to do anything, including defense. defend themselves. So I mean, that's, and Will Chamberliss speaks for all of mainstream media and all of our politicians. Let's be honest. And Anna, real quick, did Sosnik show up for a second debate with Dave Smith or no?

So the debate featuring Dave Smith did take place. I believe today it was published. And no, there were some scheduling conflicts for Sosnick. So he wasn't the one who ended up debating Dave, which is what Dave was hoping for. He said, I was nice the first time around, not going to be nice the second time around. So if Patrick Bet David cares about his friend Adam, he would discourage him from doing this debate. Oh, that's so embarrassing to love like that. I know, it's great. It's great. Anyway, we have one more story that I really want to get to, and it's Trump's latest statements on NATO. So, as we all know, Trump has been very salty toward NATO. and what made the matter worse is the fact that our NATO allies refuse to get involved in this war against Iran.

Because it turns out that other world leaders are smarter than our world leader. Okay, way smarter than Trump who got manipulated into entering a devastating war against Iran. Now, he pleaded with our allies to get involved in help the United States. They didn't do that. And as a result, he has been posting all sorts of. things on truth social, including that NATO wasn't there when we needed them, and they won't be there if we need them again. Remember Greenland, that big, poorly run piece of ice. Okay? And then this morning, he wrote, none of these people, including our own, very disappointing NATO,

understood anything unless they have pressure placed upon them. So the head of the NATO alliance is somewhat concerned that Trump might pull out. And honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if he did. So for instance, the Wall Street Journal reported that while the U.S. is not explicitly leaving NATO, the Trump administration is apparently exploring punishments for those who didn't support the war, including moving some of the U.S. service members that we have based in NATO countries, out of those countries, and then moving them into places that are more supportive of the United States. The plan would also involve closing the base in at least one European country like Spain or Germany. The plan would result in putting more U.S. troops closer to the Russian border, an outcome likely to antagonize Moscow.

Now, those supportive countries include countries like Poland, Romania, Lithuania, and Greece. And according to the Wall Street Journal, the plan has already gained some support among senior administration officials. But I want to talk really quickly about why there's this seems like concerted effort to dismantle NATO. Now, I have my criticism with NATO. There's no question about that. But here's what you won't get in mainstream media reporting, including over at the Wall Street Journal. Joe Kent posted this. It's important to know about it. Unfortunately, leaving NATO won't be to avoid foreign entanglements. We'll be leaving NATO so that we can side with Israel when Turkey and Israel eventually clash in Syria. This is after we helped topple the secular Syrian government and installed a former al-Qaeda, ISIS leader as president. Time to stop playing arsonist and fireman in the Middle East.

And I just want to show you what the Israeli press has been publishing lately. Here's an op-ed published in the Jerusalem Post. Opinion. Continue to label Turkey as a reliable NATO ally is dangerous. As Ankara's ambitions erode the very ill. line structures that have long sustained Western security. Jank, your thoughts? Yeah, so Neftali Bennett is one of the leading candidates in Israeli elections later this year.

And he is threatened Turkey. And he's saying they're the next on Israel's hit list. And once they're done with Iran, they'll move on to Turkey. And he's not alone. Several prominent Israeli politicians have said that. So, of course, that's being kept from you, as Anna alluded to, from by our mainstream media, which are basically just Israeli propaganda outlets. And so you can't attack Turkey if Turkey's in NATO and we're in NATO.

How do you solve it? Well, you add NATO. You take America out of NATO. That way, it's not a problem when Israel attacks NATO. So there's a second part of this to Anna, which is Israel wants us isolated. Yes. feeling like we're the only ally we have is Israel so that we're even more beholden to them and only them. And that they've also attacked the United Nations. And by the way, all the propaganda you've ever seen, the anti-Muslim propaganda your whole life, anti-U.N., anti-NATO

propaganda, it all comes from Israel. Because the UN keeps sanctioning Israel. So they want to destroy the UN. They want to destroy NATO. So they can keep attacking as many countries as they want. 100% I totally agree with you. Israel to the United States is like an abusive husband. Isolate your wife from all of her friends and family and just use an abuser. That's what they've been doing. All right, revolution is next.