The Young Turks - Trump's Economic Nosedive - May 12, 2026

Episode Date: May 13, 2026

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You're listening to The Young Turks, the online news show. Make sure to follow and rate our show with not one, not two, not three, not four, but five stars. You're awesome. Thank you. I'm Anna Kasparian with you. We are still having technical difficulties with Jank joining us from a remote location. So we're going to at least do the first segment without him. And hopefully we can figure it out after this segment is over. But why don't we just get started since we've already wasted a ton of time.

I want to get started with, well, what happened over at the political conference today. Let's get into it. As you just saw from that video, an Iranian-American confronted exiled Iranian and self-described crown prince Reza Palavi for egging on the war against Iran, which has already killed thousands of Iranians and has essentially done nothing to liberate the people of Iran, something that Palavi purports to want to do when it's. In reality, he wants to serve as the monarch of Iran, even though he hasn't been in the country since 1979, when he and his father were exiled from the country.

Now, Palavi was actually at the Politico Security Summit, where all the warmongers and defense contractors get together in an effort to maintain our current war-obsessed culture here in the United States. And before we move on any further with some of the other videos and statements from Reza Palavi, let me just note that. Politico essentially drew a line in the sand when it came to their reporters and to their staff. Essentially, they argued, this publication is pro-Israel, period. No criticism of Israel will be allowed. I'm not kidding. That is what the workers over at Politico were informed about. And so you can

imagine the people behind the Security Summit absolutely love the fact that we have entered a ridiculous nonsensical war against Iran, which is totally wrecking the global economy, but more importantly, is killing innocent people. And we still don't know what the next steps are because we are led by a buffoon. But nonetheless, Palavi was at this political security summit, and he was a little bit critical of President Donald Trump and his handling of this war. Let's take a quick listen to what he had to say. President Trump has also threatened to destroy Iran's civilian infrastructure and quote, wipe out Iran's civilization if the Iranian government didn't make a deal.

Do you think that kind of rhetoric is appropriate, even as a negotiating tactic? No, it's not because again, it's part of sending the mis-signal. Are you here to liberate us or further hurt us? What hurts our nation is, of course, civilian infrastructure. What helps us is when you hit the regime and its infrastructure. When the regime adapts in tactics to use people as human shields, as they would hide many aspects of their anti-riot forces or whatever you want to call it in public areas, including schools and hospitals, a little bit a la what Hamas has been doing in Gaza. Sometimes it's very, very difficult to have precision targeting without having every down than these instances. It's very sad, but it's war, it's conflict.

The sooner we put an end to this regime, the sooner we can in fact preserve more innocent lives from being destroyed in my country. Is he seriously trying to recycle the IRGC is using Iranians as human shields argument, which is totally unfounded? And I'm going to dive into that in just a second. But let me just begin with the beginning of what you heard there from Palavi. because he said, or he questioned Trump's motives here. Are you here to liberate us? So look, the last time I did a story on this charlatan, Rachel, the Persian princess, or what is it called,

the Persian-Jews as she goes by on X, was so offended that I'm against the idea of installing a monarch in a sovereign country. And she was so offended that I clown him that she decided to docks my husband. So Rachel, I hope this doesn't offend you too much, you dictator-loving piece of crap. But with that in mind, let me move forward on what he says about, well, is the U.S. interested in liberating us? Liberating whom exactly?

Because you're quite liberated living here in the United States. You've been living in the United States since 1979. you live a privileged life, the idea that Reza Palavi needs to be liberated is laughable to me. But let's talk about the Iranian people, because I actually care about the Iranian people and what they've been going through. And it's a diverse society. Some absolutely low the IRGC. We don't know what percentage of the current Iranian society feels that way. Some are loyal to the IRGC. But the idea that the United States of America, which is closely aligned with Israel, the country that convinced Trump to enter this nonsensical war has no interest in liberating anybody.

The fact that Reza Palavi, I mean, at first I thought, no, this guy is a charlatan. He knows that the Iranian people will not be liberated by what the United States would do if we enter a war with Iran. Like he knows, he knows. He just, he wants to be installed as the monarch, so he's pretending like this is about liberation. But no, I'm starting to think that Rezapalavi is literally dominant. enough to think that a country aligned with Israel that wants to turn Iran into a failed state so they can, you know, pursue their border expansion policy unchallenged. The idea they actually would give a damn about the liberation of the Iranian people is insane. And it again goes to

show you how ill-informed, gullible, and naive Reza Palavi happens to be. Now let's talk a little bit about the argument that the IRGC is using Iranians as human shields. Number one, citation, please. Number two, were the little girls in the Manab Elementary School that were slaughtered in the opening salvo of this war by the United States with the use of Tomahawk missiles? Were those little girls being used as human shields? Were they being used as human shields when a second strike happened? and then a third and a fourth strike happened on the Menab Elementary School? Because as far as I know, not a single IRGC member was killed in those strikes. A lot of little girls, a lot of kids, and a lot of staff from that elementary school were killed, however.

And you know, it's interesting because people like Reza Palavin never talk about that. They never talk about the innocent lives lost in this war that he's been thirsting for. because Homeboy, who hasn't been in the country for 47 years, thinks that he's entitled to a monarch role in Iran, please. The reality is that the regime, love them or hate them, I don't care what you think about them, but the facts are the facts. Okay, I don't believe in living under a theocracy, clearly. I believe in the kinds of liberties that we have here in the United States. So let me be clear about that. But nonetheless, the idea that the IRGC has been using, Iranians as human shields is totally unfounded. The reality, the reality is that Tehran was evacuated for the most part in the lead up to this war. And luckily that was the case because

the death toll would be much, much higher given the number of bombs, both Israel and the United States, has dropped on Iran. So just to give you a sense, right now the current death toll is at around 3,600 since February 28th. So since the beginning of this war. Okay. That's a lot of people, by the way. I think 3,600 people getting killed. That's a lot of people. But let's compare the death toll to the number of bombs dropped on Iran since February 28th. And by the way, the citation for this is from the American Jewish Committee. The American Jewish Committee, which loves this war, wanted this war. So they have no reason to exaggerate anything, right?

When it comes to the number of bombs, the U.S. and Israel dropped on Iran. So let's take a look at what they've cited. Over the course of the 40-day campaign, meaning the war prior to the actual ceasefire taking effect, Israel conducted more than 10,800 strikes on over 4,000 targets. But they're not done yet. the Israeli Air Force dropped over 18,000 bombs in more than 1,000 waves. And then, of course, you have the United States, which carried out approximately 13,000 strikes on Iranian, allegedly Iranian military targets.

So that's where the bias comes in, because as we know, the United States didn't just drop bombs on military targets. The United States targeted civilian infrastructure. In the opening salvo, as I mentioned earlier, they targeted that elementary school, killing 168 children. Dozens more staff members and employees at that school were also slaughtered as a result of those strikes. So the idea that anyone is using civilians as human shields is laughable to me. But here's Reza Palavi, recycling Israeli talking points, justifying the slaughter of innocent people. And this is the guy who wants to be the leader, the ruler of Iran, please, please.

Okay, don't get upset, Rachel. Don't get upset. It's just that he's a charlatan. He needs to be called out. Okay. So he says that the United States and Israel should continue air strikes, by the way, and other attacks on Iranian targets until Iranian citizens in his mind feel empowered to take to the streets and protest and topple the IRGC. Okay. The guy is totally delusional. You know what happened in Iranian society following our attacks against Iran? People rallied in support of the IRGC. It unified the country because even the harshest critics of the IRGC, I'm sorry, the harshest critics of the IRGC understand that this war isn't simply about the IRGC. It's about the future of Iran. It's about the survival of Iran. They understand that.

And so as much as they might loathe the current leadership and the system of government in Iran, they understand that these foreign actors coming in and bombing the crap out of their country, the president of the United States threatening to bomb Iran until their civilization is dead, that makes you realize real quick. Well, there's option A, which is protect your country and do what you can to change the political system without foreign interference. or you go with the foreign interference, which clearly doesn't care about the lives or the liberation of the Iranian people. Rachel's living in New York City. Homegirl's a doctor. Her husband's a doctor. You're good, girl, you're good, you're good. So what do you get out of cheering for the bombing of your homeland as you're living your cushy-ass lifestyle in New York City?

Can you explain that to me? Rachel? By agreeing to a ceasefire and talks with the leadership in Tehran, Trump was sending mixed signals. that could ultimately entrench the regime, Pallavi said during this political event. Quote, now that you have a wounded beast, he's referring to the IRGC, this is not an opportunity that you should let go to finish the job and get it over with. I'd like to get you over with, okay? This scumbag who, by the way, in previous interview says that, you know, even if I am installed as the monarch of Iran, I have a life here in the United States. So maybe I split my time. Does that sound like someone who has any interest in what's best for the Iranian people? Or does it sound like a guy who's only interested in himself and what could benefit his ambitions in political leadership?

He also made some questionable statements about DNA, saying that should diplomacy be given a chance? Of course it should, he said dismissively. But then again, we know by now that in its DNA, the regime is incapable of coming to terms with coexistence. with a free democratic society, it has a mission to export an ideology. There's no evidence of that, number one. Mission to export it's an ideology, aside from the proxy groups that are, you know, in the case of Lebanon protecting or attempting to protect Lebanon from Israel annexing Lebanese land. I don't know what he's talking about there.

But here's one thing that I do know without a shadow of a doubt. Iran has all sorts of ethnic minorities and religious groups within it. that the American people have been lied about. You would think that every single person living in Iran is a hardcore Muslim extremists. But that's not the case at all. Armenian Christians are a protected minority in Iran. There is a large Jewish population in Iran, and their synagogue was bombed by the Israelis, and they took ownership of that.

They admitted that they bombed a synagogue in Iran on purpose. Does that sound like liberation to you? Because if you actually lived in a theocratic society that was so extreme that they wouldn't allow any other beliefs to take hold, the Armenian Christians would be targeted. They'd be in prison, they'd be persecuted. But that's not happening, is it? This guy is a charlatan. Rachel, the Persian Jewess on X is a charlatan.

Yeah, you heard me, bitch. So the idea that we ever got involved in this war for the good of the Iranian people was always a lie. And it brings me quite a bit of shame to know that we have been front and center in causing pain and suffering to so many different countries in that region on behalf of Israel. And by the way, it's not just us that's paying the price, economically speaking. The entire globe is paying the price economically speaking. And the entire globe knows that behind this war, the cheerleaders who go to the United States into this war is Israel. So all that hostility directed toward Israel, again, has nothing to do with the religious or ethnic makeup of that country. But it has everything to do with the fact that Israel has engaged in behavior and activities and wars that everyone is suffering from, that everyone is suffering the consequences of.

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What about the pressure on Americans and prices right now? Every American understand. How they're feeling about what the pain for food? Are you listening to me? Every American understands. If the stock market goes up or down a little bit, the American people understand it. Apparently, the economic suffering of Americans has not been a factor in persuading Trump to end the war and make a deal as quickly as possible.

And for Americans who are hoping that the Federal Reserve, will cut interest rates further. Well, now, thanks to a new Labor Department report showing that inflation has ticked up to 3.8% in April, unlikely the Federal Reserve is going to cut interest rates. In fact, they're having conversations about raising interest rates. Jank, you're two cents. Yeah, I got two things out of this. Number one, obviously Trump doesn't care about what happens to you guys at all. It's not even a consideration. The Israeli donors are a billion times. more important than you guys. And I'm going to show you the price of flights and how much they've gone up in a minute and the devastation that we're feeling on behalf because we're all forced

to kneel to Israel. But the second part of it, guys, is potentially more devastating. What is Trump's comments harbinger of? What's next? Are we going to go further into the war? So we'll talk about that as well. Go ahead, Anna. So as you heard in that video earlier, Trump seems to genuinely believe that this war is about nuclear weapons. I thought he was playing along with the Israelis in regurgitating their cover story because we all know the Israelis really want regime change or a failed Iranian state. But no, Trump really thinks, oh, we need to be worried about Iran's enriched uranium. And so he insists on moving forward with this war.

So the Wall Street Journal notes that it's had a huge impact on our economy already. And this is just the beginning. This is the tip of the iceberg. So the figures reported by the Labor Department surpassed the previous months' reported increase of 3.3%. Economist polled by the Wall Street Journal had expected inflation of 3.7%. And as I mentioned, the Labor Department report indicates that April's inflation ticked up to 3.8%. So the April increase was the highest in three years. I remember what inflation was like in three years.

It was crushing the American people and it was related to supply chain disruptions and corporate greed from the COVID pandemic recovery. However, the largest factor contributing to the current inflation is, of course, the war against Iran and its impact on energy prices, which accounted for over 40 percent, 40 percent of the month-to-month increase in inflation. Energy was up 18% from a year earlier. Within that, gasoline was up 28% and fuel oil jumped 54%. And remember guys, higher gas prices, higher energy prices, typically translate to higher transportation, not just transportation of people, but also transportation of goods and certain things that we need, like food and clothing. And the Wall Street Journal also notes that natural gas prices have already

pushed up fertilizer costs. It's a real double whammy here because fertilizer costs have been pushed up by the fact that a third of the world's fertilizer is transported through the Strait of Hormuz. And right now, that's a real choke point when it comes to the global economy because of Iran's control of it and the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. And so fertilizer is going to be more expensive, not only due to fuel costs going up, but also due to the fact that there's that chokehold situation taking place. The Trump administration has a lot of the Trump administration had planned to temporarily reduce tariffs on beef imports in an effort to bring down prices. But, Jake, you're going to love this so much. By love, I mean absolutely loathe. It does reinforce

an argument you've been making over and over again on this show for many, many years, which is the fact that we are controlled by money to interest. So as a result of Trump's proposal there about tariffs, here's what happened. After an outcry from some congressional Republicans and cattle ranchers, the Trump administration said it would delay the that plan. He does have one other possible solution, and it would be an uphill battle. But before we get to that, Jank, tell us a little more about how much the cost of flights is increasing. Yeah, so that's gone up 21%, and I felt it. I'm having to pay it over and over as I travel. And about 30% of Americans have canceled their vacations. And Trump says, I don't care.

You guys aren't my donors. You don't. You don't. You don't. have blackmail on me. You're not beloved Israel. I don't care. Coffee's gone up 19%. Vegetables overall have gone up 12%. Tomatoes in particular have gone up 40%. So before on the show, we talked about leading indicators and lagging indicators. So we're in the middle indicators right now as we speak. So you already got hit with the leading indicator, which was gas prices. and some of the lagging indicators are still rolling in. But right now, food prices are getting hit real hard because they're kind of in the middle. They get hit right after the gas prices.

So obviously airplane tickets are very much affected by fuel prices. Hence, they're affected in the middle. So the middle has just begun. So gas prices is the beginning. Then all this inflation. and then the rest of the catastrophes roll out from here. And this is based on a ludicrous, insane market that believes that the war is almost over. So once they realize the war is not over, the oil prices are going to skyrocket.

And everything you're seeing here is going to greatly amplify. So if you thought it was bad that your plane tickets have gone up 21%, buckle up and brace for impact. because it's going to get much worse. Anna, the other thing I heard from that clip is it doesn't look like Trump has any intention of wrapping this up. He keeps talking about, ah, the stock market's going to go down, could go down further. If he was going to end the war, he'd never talk about the market going down. He'd talk about how it was going to go up.

And so I'm really worried that what's in his mind right now, based on what he said over the last two days is, no, this is no big deal. The markets are up. Everything's going to be fine. Everything's going to be fine. We're going to go back in. And that's because Israel has them by the testicles. And they're squeezing super hard and Israel 100% controls America.

They're squeezing harder than an IDF soldier in one of those Israeli prisons, to be honest with you. Anyway, just to give you guys a sense of just how bad gas prices already are. So let's go to Graphics 6 here. So the average nationwide cost of one gallon of regular unleaded gasoline is roughly $4.50 compared with $3.14 a year ago, according to AAA. And just a side note since we live in California, Jank. Visit BetMGM Casino and check out the newest exclusive. The Price is Right Fortune Pick.

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But it's about to get a lot worse for Californians specifically. You want to know why? Because we don't have the refineries necessary to refine the oil that we're producing here, right? It's a California thing. We don't want refineries. We care about the environment, yada, yada. We just got our last shipment of oil from the Middle East. So we're about to suffer a significant shortage. And that on top of the insanely high gas tax that we have in California, coupled with the federal gas tax, pretty bad. Pretty bad. But Trump has floated the idea of potentially suspending the federal gas tax.

Now, will he be able to accomplish that? He can't do it unilaterally. He would need Congress to act. And it looks like Congress isn't really as open to it as you would think. Okay. So Axios explains that Trump does have an uphill battle on that objective. Republican lawmakers, including Senator, I'm sorry, both Democrat and Republican lawmakers in the Senate and the House have been open to the idea. For instance, you have Senator Josh Hawley promising legislation to make this a reality. Then you have some buy-in from Democrats like Senator Mark Kelly and Kentucky Governor Andy Bashir, not that he matters that much. He's not going to be able to vote on it. But maybe he's applying pressure to Democrats in Congress to, you know, make good on what Trump is trying to accomplish by, you know,

suspending the gas tax. However, then you have the Senate Majority Leader, John Thune, who seems like he's not so open to the idea. So Thune told reporters the following. I've not in the past obviously been a fan of that idea. So let's just pause and acknowledge the fact that maybe for the first time in my adult life, I've come across a statement from a Republican lawmaker against repealing taxes. Now, of course, these are regressive taxes that affect Americans who are already struggling with this terrible economy, so maybe he doesn't care about it that much. But he says that, but you know, I've got some colleagues out there who think it's a good idea. So we'll hear them out. But then he notes the revenue loss and how it would hurt.

Apparently we have a highway trust fund, which I'm shocked by Jank because our infrastructure is garbage. But nonetheless, we have some sort of highway trust fund and the gas tax is what contributes to that fund. So the research firm Clearview Energy Partners said a hypothetical gas tax waiver from May 15th through November 30th would cost nearly $14 billion. Just to note that the underestimate on how much the Pentagon is spending on the Iran war is $25 billion. It would have been far better if we just didn't enter the war, but we don't have a leader who's really smart or, you know, safe from blackmail from a foreign government. But nonetheless, according to Thune, the best thing that can happen for gas prices is for the

straight of Hormuz to get opened up again. And Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer tends to agree. He's calling for an end to the war. Let's take a look at what he had to say. Americans are paying over $4.5. For a gallon of gas because Donald Trump refuses to end this war. A dollar and a half more than when. this war started. Americans need every cent they can get right now and Senate

Democrats will work with whomever it takes to bring down costs. But Republicans need to realize that Donald Trump's proposal to suspend the gas tax is simply not enough. 18 cents of gas tax relief a gallon doesn't even come close to the buck 50 gas price increase from this war. Americans can't afford for their economy to be left on life support, which is why we need to end this war and get our economy back on track. I'm glad he said we need to end this war. I totally agree with him on that. But if anyone's under the impression that Trump is factoring in Americans' financial situation and motivating him to end the war, you'd be mistaken. You heard what Trump had to say earlier. Here's another video of

him reiterating the point. The only thing that matters when I'm talking about Iran, they can't have a nuclear weapon. I don't think about American's financial situation. I don't think about anybody. I think about one thing. We could not let Iran have a nuclear weapon. That's all. You heard it from the horse's mouth, okay? He doesn't think about Americans' financial situation. And it shows, Jake, back to you. Yeah. So look, there's two elements of this. One is how painfully stupid Donald Trump is. even if you don't care about America's financial situation, which he most certainly doesn't, at least be savvy enough to say that you do and it breaks your heart and you're really worried about it, but we need to do this, blah, blah, blah, blah, right? But he doesn't because he's a moronic

billionaire who was handed money by his dad and he blew that. And then by his second dad, Jeff Zucker at NBC. And then he's now handed money through. through crypto scams by every criminal and country in the world. And so that's how he makes his money by being a corrupt scam artist. But he's not even that good at it. That's what's so frustrating, right? Like our situation got so bad that the country was so desperate because how sick the establishment is that they trusted this obvious two-bit con man instead.

So he's dumb enough to say he doesn't care about you. But the second part, Anna, I don't think, no, it's not just dumbness. No, to me, his concern about the nuclear weapons is utter horse crap. I don't believe him at all. At not one percent. He told us the nuclear facilities were utterly destroyed earlier in the first war we did with Iran. And he said we were totally past the nuclear issue. He's bringing the nuclear issue back up because it's the easiest way to scare the 80-year-olds that watch Fox News. And to be honest, I've seen new polling showing how much people. still watch mainstream media, it's not just 80 year olds watching Fox News. Tons of people still get totally brainwashed and manipulated by local television, radio, and cable news. And those people, they don't know anything because the cable news and all mainstream media 100% do propaganda for Israel. So all they, they don't have any idea how bad it is right now. And so Trump, and they have no idea that no, we said we destroyed the nuclear facilities. What the hell are you talking about? What are you talking about with the news? No, he doesn't care about that. He's only using that

because to me at this point, it has become completely obvious that Israel has blackmail over him. Because there is no other explanation for I will purposely and obviously destroy the U.S. and world economy on my own watch, destroy my own legacy. I'm in the low 30s and I'm going to drive it into the 20s and I'm going to make sure my party loses and my legacy is seen as a miserable failure. There's only one reason why you would do that if the alternative is worse and the alternative is the blackmail that Israel very likely has on Donald Trump. That is why we're all being forced to go into this war and it's guys. Can we like maybe do you think this country has the capacity to maybe, I don't know, raise political leaders who aren't disgusting

perverts? Is that possible? Do you think we can maybe accomplish that? Why does our political system seem to attract or incentivize the scummiest, most disgusting people to want to be part of it? Well, I know the reason. Why, the two things we talk about all the time. One is the donors want the least moral and by the way, least intelligent blank slates they could find. Hey, who's a total moron who has no moral compass at all and will do exactly as we order him to do. Well, if that's who you want to order, George W. Bush is perfect. Donald Trump is perfect. All of these empty suits, Chuck Schumer, Akeem Jeffries, Mike Johnson, you think those guys are smart? They're some of the dumbest, most immoral people in the country. They're the ones who raised their hand and said,

I'll work for money. I'll sell out Americans. You're a foreign government, your corporations, I'll sell you out. I mean, I'll support you and I'll sell Americans out. So then the media comes in and goes, oh, the incumbents are great. They have such important experience and they can do a terrific job of kissing Israel's ass. And they're the greatest, right? And they lie to you and lie to you and lie to you until they trick your 85 year old grandmother to vote for an establishment, Democrat or Republican, who's going to drive you into one of Israel's wars, rob you of all your money, give it to ExxonMobil, give it to Pfizer, give it to Israel, and make sure that your prices go up. You think Chuck Schumer's against the war?

He's not against the war. Israel loves this war. So Chuck Schumer loves this war. He's just playing politics. They haven't done a single thing to end this war. Not a single thing. So now we were going to get cuts at the Fed for an interest rates. anymore. In fact, they'll probably raise interest rates, which will then hurt the economy even

more because inflation is already out of control and we just hit the iceberg. We just scrape the iceberg. Wait till we get a breach in the hole, right? So guys, the reason my hair's on fire is because I swear to you that you don't realize the economic catastrophe headed our way. If we go back into this war and it's now almost not an if anymore. Trump keeps talking about, you know, oh, the market could could go down 20 or 25%. I thought oil prices were going to get to 150, $2,900 is not that bad, he said today. First of all, $99 is bad. That's why we have the inflation that we have now. And on top of that, he's going back in. So that's why he's saying, yeah, oil's going to go up to massive numbers. The market is going to crash. I can't stand the

idiocy of Wall Street. I mean, today prices skyrocket, gases through the roof and those morons, they're still buying. They're still buying. They're the dumbest people in the world. So okay, guys, here's a marker for you. Me versus all of Wall Street. And I'm going to tell you right now, all of Wall Street is dead wrong. And that market is going to crash like we haven't seen in our lifetimes. Maybe they know something we don't know, Jane. No, no, hold on though. Maybe they know something we don't know, right? So there's been a lot of insider trading taking place. So all the people propping up the markets right now, maybe they know when it's time to sell. I mean, maybe they're privy information. And look, we know insider trading is happening. We know that the markets, there's funny

money, there's all sorts of weird stuff taking place. The people that I worry about are normal people who are not, you know, day traders, who are not involved in, you know, managing people's money or any of that stuff. I'm worried about people who are dutifully contributing to their retirement accounts, doing everything right, and then they get screwed in the end anyway. They get screwed in the end anyway. And by the way, this is a side note, but it's an important side note. This is why maintaining and protecting and, in fact, bolstering our social security program is, essential because that is the only retirement money that is not tied to risk. That is not tied

to the stock market. It's fixed income that our retired people here in the United States can benefit from once they're ready to retire. I mean, if you do away with that, all of our retirement is just it hinges on the stock market, which is totally distorted right now. Yeah. So look, I hate to say this to you, but I think your 401ks are going to get obliterated. Because to Anna's point, will some rich people lose a lot of money when the market crashes? Yes, okay. But a lot of them will know when to sell and then when to rebuy and when to take advantage of this opportunity, as they'll call it. You and your 401K will not have that opportunity.

Instead, they'll take all of it. So much of it from you, from you. They'll destroy your retirement savings and then laugh in your face. And I'm not that concerned about America's financial problems, as Trump did today. Yeah, Israel's more important than your retirement. Americans, shut up, don't retire. Work to your 70, 75. Israel needs more wars, needs more death and destruction on our behalf and paid for all by us.

So guys, when this economic calamity hits, remember the three or things that you should be furious at. Donald Trump, because he sold you out just to protect himself and whatever sick thing that he did that the Israelis have on tape. And he's taken over $300 million in bribes from Israel supporters. That is an empirical fact. You think he doesn't care about $300 million? Is that what mainstream media is telling us that the most disqual? disgustingly corrupt president we've ever had, doesn't care about the $300 million that the Aedelson family alone gave him an Israeli family that loves Jonathan Pollard, the traitor who betrayed

America and gave him a party in Israel. Okay, so that's number one. Number two is the establishment. The establishment didn't do anything to stop Donald Trump. The establishment is the one that guaranteed money in politics and the disgusting corruption that is destroying our country. So if there's an establishment Democrat or Republican, you would be out of your mind. You would be insane to vote for them. Do not ever vote for an establishment figure. They will do this to you every time. And the third and most important one is Israel.

When your retirement is destroyed, when your prices go up, there's only one reason it happened. It happened because Israel controls our government and our mainstream media completely. And they drove us into this war. They drove us into disaster and destruction. And you should be furious at Israel. Anyone who isn't furious at Israel is not paying attention. And by the way, is immoral. I mean, how many genocides, how many wars, how many ethnic cleansings,

how much economic destruction can Israel do to America and the world? And then we just sit by and go, oh, no, no, no, we're all going to be called anti-Semites by the bullies, the thugs, the Gestapo that run our media. I just talked to Chris Hedges. He's here. He said the same exact thing that we're saying, which is the job of mainstream media is not to do news. It's the bully people who would challenge the government narrative. Once you get the so-called news media to actually attack anyone who threatens the government or challenges the government,

you destroy all news, all journalism, all serving the American people, all on behalf of the donor class. And right now, the most evil donor by a lot is Israel. All right, we got to take a break when we come back. We've got more news for you, including, you know, a discussion on, well, what Pete Heggzeth is currently saying about the costs of this war against Iran and the future of the Strait of Hormuz. We'll be right back. Hey, Andrew, what's up? Hey, Jank, you ready to make the switch? Yeah, I guess.

I promise it's easy. Universal, basic, and you get income. Yeah, you keep saying that. But you sure I'm going to have coverage? Of course you will. You think I would have bad service? I'm Andrew Yang. Of course I have good service. Alright, let's try. But I'm so bad at tech. So, wait. Should I do this thing of the hashtag business? Andrew, you're still on, right? Yep. Oh, I see it. You crazy. Oh, wait, I don't see. Oh, yeah, I do see it. Here we go. I actually did not realize that you'd be searching in real time, but I love it.

How much do people actually normally say? Yeah, the average American is going to save between $500 and $1,000 a year on Noble. Yeah, no. You know what I'm going to do, Andrew? Are you ready to become a Noble member? The two buttons are do it and go back. There's no going back. We're doing it.

We're doing it. Here we go, Noble Mobile. Oh, my gosh, I just called you and are you now on Noble and not Verizon? Why didn't you tell me it was going to be super easy? I know, man. Now you just stay away from your phone and watch the money roll in. I can do that. You can go phone, yeah.

What the f- Jank, you still there? Andrew? Oh, Prue. Well, at least I got Noble Mo. It was really just one tape. The whole thing is wild. It's in my shoes.

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When pressed to back up this source, he said it must be accurate, because the watermark said it was made by a scientist. So your move, truth. All right, back on the Young Turks, Jank and Anna with you guys. Sid Life 365 is a YouTube member. He wrote in, Human Life means nothing, Anna.

Yeah, well, for our elites here in America and for Israelis, there's only two sets of lives. There's Israeli lives which are worth a billion other lives. And the rest of us are just useless. They don't care about us at all. So maybe we should just all move to Israel and that way our government will take us seriously. Anyway, no, no thank you. They won't let us in anyway.

Good. I don't want to go. I have no interest. If they let me and you and they would instantly murder us. Bill Maher, I have an answer for which country I would not want to live in in the Middle East. That's Israel because they'll murder you. How's that for an answer? All right, what's next to then? I want to read a quick super chat from Dav Mill. It's an entirely different topic.

but I actually agree with the sentiment here. Repeat offender, multiple felonies, carried out a shooting in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with rifle banned as an assault rifle. Yet again, gun control fails. Betts on how fast he'll be freed to carry out more of the same. I don't know about that last part. I understand your sentiment, though.

It depends on which city or state we're talking about. However, no, we do have a crisis in this country, and I think that what's motivating people to carry out, out these acts of violence is what needs to be addressed, right? And you're seeing more and more of this. People are dealing with mental episodes and all sorts of things. But seeing what has gone down in the West Bank has been an eye-opener for me and made me realize how important it is to maintain our Second Amendment rights. That's where I stand on that, especially since you can't trust our government. Anyway, so let's move on to our next story. You said just a few moments ago, Mr. Secretary,

we control the strait. But it's clear that reopening the strait of Hormuz for commercial traffic eludes us in no small part because Iran retains a robust stockpile of cheap lethal Shahed drones. And they are getting help from our adversaries in rebuilding them. What is your plan for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, Mr. Secretary? I would just note that the majority of your question was highly disingenuous and loaded with. with suggestions that I very much don't agree with. Pete Heggzith is a moron.

Jank, back over to you. What's your two cents? Yeah, I mean, he's deeply embarrassing. And even the Republicans clowned him. And Lindsey Graham's frustrated, hey, how come my dumbass war isn't working well enough? It must be your fault. No, it's Israel's fault and your fault, Lindsay Graham. But go ahead, let's get this drunk Fox News host, weekend hosts,

to tell us how the war is going when he's the least equipped person in the country to be our Secretary of Defense. The only thing accurate about it, Anna, is renaming it to the Department of War. Yeah, Trump's a giant liar. The anti-war my ass. All he wanted was war for Israel. That's why he renamed the Department of Defense's the Department of War. Go ahead. So today, as you just heard, Secretary of War, Pete Hegesith, was unable to explain how the United States would force Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which is unsurprising, right? I mean, of course, he immediately goes to criticizing tone or the so-called disingenuous framing of the question, totally ridiculous. Now, there's more where that came from, by the way. So let's watch Hegsith attempt to explain why the U.S. could possibly have any leverage. over Iran right now. Take a look.

The idea that they control anything, you can terrorize something. You can hold it at issue with piracy, as I've talked about at the Pentagon podium time and time again. That doesn't mean you control it. We control what goes in and out, and we control whether or not we have to restart conflict. The president does as well. I concern, Mr. Secretary, is that you've achieved a series of tactical successes, but are on the verge of a strategic loss because we are now negotiating a demand. Just to get so foolish. Here we are in a committee in the United States Senate. Senate, 74 days in, and you're talking about strategic loss, we have the ability to defeat a 47-year

threat of a pursuit of a nuclear weapon. We have more leverage than we've ever had. We've had incredible battlefield successes. And you're talking about a strategic loss, cloaked and disingenuous questions. Mr. Secretary. This is how you undercut efforts that could otherwise and are otherwise being very effective. I am not your enemy, sir. I am not your adversary.

I share your goal of preventing Iran from ever having a usable nuclear weapon. I want Iran to have nukes. I want Pakistan to give Iran nukes right now. That's what I want. I want this to end. No one is worried about Iran's nukes. No one. Coons isn't worried about it. Hegseth isn't worried about it. Israel isn't worried about it. No one in the United States is worried about nukes. It is a freaking cover story to scare Americans into agreeing to enter a war that has been devastating for our country and the global economy. God, I can't stand the fact that we are being. ruled by the dumbest people in the country right now. Pete Hegzith is clearly one of the dumbest people in the country. Oh, Iran doesn't control the strait of Hormuz. We control the straight of

hormones. Sure, buddy, sure. Go ahead and tell yourself that, you freaking piece of crap. I just, I don't know what to do about this, Jank. This is going on and on and on. All of us are suffering from it. And the people who get to make the decisions about where we go from here is the idiot you just heard from. Yeah. So there's actually two idiots you just heard from. Chris Coons, the reason why he said to Hegs, he panicked there. He's like, okay, I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. I know you're doing the war for Israel. And so I'm so I'm not your enemy. I'm not your enemy. Yeah, yeah, I know. Chris Coons is one of the seven snakes in the Senate who joined the Republicans to make sure that Israel got more 1,000 pound bomb so they could murder more children and grandmothers,

and civilians. Scumbag. And they gave them armed bulldozers to destroy innocent civilians' homes and to murder them if they're anywhere nearby. That's why I told you, it's not just Trump, it's the establishment, the unit party. They love and support their donors. And right now the number one donor class in the country is Israel. So Chris Coons also wants the war.

Now back to Hexon, we're controlling the straight. That's what this moron is saying. This pathetic excuse for a human being is saying, we don't control the straight. Why do you think oil is at $100 an hour? $100 a barrel. And it's going to go much, much higher if we keep going in. Why aren't we already done? He's like, oh, we're only 74 days in.

You told us it was going to take two to four weeks. I remember when you said that. Now he's like, it's only been 74 days. Now, as you'll see later in the program, well, the Israelis and the Americans are saying, It could take three months. It could take three years. You'll have to shut up and take it because we bow to Israel is what Hegs of is saying. And Coos is like, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I will bow. I will bow. I'm not your enemy. I love Israel too. Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. This is pathetic. We do. The straight of Hormuz is not ours. We do not control it. Pete Hegsiff is 100% lying.

Prison. I want to see this. He should be in prison. Okay. All of these people, okay, who have engaged in this illegal war to the detriment of the American people should be in prison. They should be prosecuted for their war crimes. They should spend time in prison anyway. So there's even more. So later in this hearing, Senator Chris Murphy challenged the Trump administration's insistence that Iran will eventually capitulate to our, our economic pressure. Take a look. And you just confirm for the committee that there, There is not a military mechanism or means to reopen the strait. There most certainly are military means by which we could open the strait, both targets on land

and also with what we do with our naval capabilities, not to mention our naval blockade. Why haven't you, why haven't you done? If that's true, and that's not what has been testified to us in private briefings, why haven't you done that already? Ultimately, a preferred long-term approach would be a deal where they open it up. Your own intelligence estimates, as has been reported, suggests that in fact, the Iranians are in a position to hold out for potentially years. This is a high-risk strategy to hope that this economic pressure will eventually cause them to voluntarily reopen the strait when there's plenty of evidence from military history to show that countries that are being attacked or invaded or occupied are actually willing to put up with a whole lot of economic misery in order to preserve national pride. Well aware, we've looked at all, we understand all of those historical case studies, and it's not

just economic pressure. There's military pressure, diplomatic pressure. We certainly have a lot more military pressure we can bring to bear if the president were choose to do so. You are a drunk moron, okay? A weekend Fox News anchor. That's what you are, Hegsith. Okay, there isn't a military option. And by the way, I'm not a military expert. Okay, I'm not just pulling this out of my ass. I actually care about what the options are. So I research like crazy and based on what colonels are saying, okay, Daniel Davis, we're going to have them on the show tomorrow and I'm going to ask them about this, about the military option that allegedly exists. It doesn't exist. Our soldiers would be slaughtered. There isn't a military option.

And by the way, Colonel Douglas McGregor says that. Colonel Daniel Davis says that. If there were military option, you don't think we would have deployed it by now? And the whole notion of economic pressure working to get Iran to capitulate to our demands, we've been applying economic pressure against Iran for decades, and it hasn't worked. This is a dumb war, and we need to find a way to get out of it now before more damage is done. By the way, the global economy, yes, but also to us, Americans? Why are we suffering to fight a war on behalf of a foreign country? Insane, Jank, absolutely insane. Yeah, one last thing that's really important. We actually already tried to open up the straight-of-hor moves militarily. We tried to ram through

the blockade that happened just about a week ago. That was, remember, Project Freedom and lasted for about 36 hours maximum. And what happened was we got hit. Our warships got hit by Iran and then we had to tuck tail and turn around. And so it's not like we didn't try to open up straight at Hortmoos, we couldn't do it. And then we ended it immediately because it was a spectacular failure. So I'm just, look, I get it that our politicians lie like approximately 98% of the time. I loathe the way mainstream media plays along with that theater, like as if the politicians aren't lying when they're universal liars. And Bush and Cheney lie. us into that Iraq war in just what I thought was a historic way. But now we're at a different

level. We've totally Israelified our government. And that means there isn't a single thing they're saying that's true. Like every sentence is a lie. And like outrageous Baghdad Bob type of lies, right? I can't stand the disrespect. Sorry Anna, one last thing. When Baghdad Bob said that Saddam Hussein and Iraq were winning the war right in the beginning when we first attack, and you see the tank strolling, American tanks rolling behind him. That's how ridiculous we look now saying the Strait of Hormuz is open and we're winning this war. It's just infuriating, Jenks. So many people are already, so many people were already suffering prior to this war, economically speaking.

These people disrespect us on a daily basis and I can't stomach it anymore. So meanwhile, the cost of the Iran war, unsurprisingly, keeps climbing. Now, Israel's not paying for it. This is a war for them. They're benefiting from it, but they're not paying for it. We're paying for it. We've sacrificed our troops for it. We've sacrificed military weaponry for it. So we're bearing the burden of these costs. And I want you to know that. I want you to absorb it and really feel it. And next time, Netanyahu claims that people hate on Israel because they hate the Jews or they're anti-Semitic, Just remember what the real reason is.

The fact that we are suffering on behalf of their needs, which is an expansionist project to steal land from their neighbors and not have to deal with the challenge from Iran or its proxy. So let's get into the cost because here's Jules Hurst. She's the national financial officer for the Pentagon. She's going to weigh in on how much this is costing us. Mr. Hurst, on April 29th, as you indicated to the ranking member, you said that the Iran war had cost $25 billion in total. You reaffirmed that today.

Do you have any other updated costs or projections since that testimony that you've given? Outside reporting estimates have indicated that the war costs could be a billion dollars a day. Do you have anything to share? Yeah, thanks for the question, sir. So at the time of testimony in front of the ask, it was $25 billion. But the joint staff team and the cop trailer team are constantly looking at that estimate. And so now we think it's closer to 29? Yeah, okay, Jules.

Don't insult our intelligence, okay? Oh, we thought it was going to be $25 billion, but it turns out, oopsie, it's only going to be $29 billion. No, it's going to be a lot more than that. So it turns out that Dr. Justin Wolfers, a professor of public policy and economics at the University of Michigan, argues the following. My math suggests that the Iran war will cost hundreds of billions of dollars and very possibly trillions.

Well, past experiences in fighting wars on behalf of Israel certainly shows that to be true. We've spent $8 trillion as a country fighting Israel's wars in the Middle East. Congratulations, America. What a special ally. So let's let me break down that math a little bit, Jenks. So people understand how he came to that conclusion. Because for one, this war could create a prolonged spike in oil prices. So futures prices for oil at the end of 2026, 2027, and 28 are all still sitting well above where they were before the start of the war.

Indeed, the November 26 futures price of West Texas intermediate hit a new high this week at $86.12 a barrel. Then you have the war creating economic uncertainty. So businesses are less likely to make long-term investments and hire more workers in periods of uncertainty. So Americans are suffering as a result of that as well. According to two economists over at the Federal Reserve, their estimates suggest a cost of about $200 billion with a million fewer Americans working in a year. Couple that with the AI revolution and Americans are in for a world of hurt. Three, the Federal Reserve seemed likely to cut interest rates, not no more, not no more. So now they're probably thinking about raising interest rates.

A reasonable guesstimate informed by the Fed's own models is that raising rates will cost the economy about $200 billion. Finally, while the stock market is still very high, Wolfers believes that it would be even higher were it not for the Iran war. He says my estimate is that stocks are about 5% lower than they otherwise would be, suggesting that the war has wiped out about $3 trillion off the value of these companies. I've got a little more information for you, Jank, but why don't you jump in? So Young Turks is the oldest show in the Internet history. So we were on the air during the Iraq war. And I remember covering the Neocons estimates for how much the Iraq war would cost and they said 1.2 billion. It costs well over 2 trillion, well over 2 trillion. So they're

100% lying to you. The reason they lie to you in the beginning is because they want to sucker you into a much larger war if all of Israel's allies in America, which is almost everyone in power, came and told you, oh, we're going to cost you $2 trillion and gas is going to skyrocket and inflation is going to skyrocket and we want you to be our suckers and pay for all this, well, you wouldn't say yes, you'd say no. So that's why they have to lie to you and pretend that, oh, it's only going to be 25 billion. Well, by the way, what do you mean only 25 or only 29 billion? So I have a great idea. If it's only 29 billion, then why doesn't Israel pay it? Wait, why do we have to pay for Israel's war? Like, why is there no conversation around,

Hey, Israel, you wanted this war. 80% of Americans didn't want this war. You keep begging us for our military. You keep telling us that our guys have to die for you. You're not going to put in any ground troops. You're going to make Americans die for you. Then at a bare, bare minimum, why don't you pay for the war? And in Washington, that's considered outrageous and totally anti-Semitic.

If you don't give us all your money, give me your wallet, give me every. everything you have, if you don't agree to this robbery, then you're an anti-Semite, and you're a terrible person, and they're gonna try to get you fired, right? That's how the Gestapo in this country works on behalf of Israel. So no, it's not gonna be 29 billion, it's gonna be 10 or 100 X that, and they're gonna make all of you pay for it, every single nickel, Israel is gonna put in any money, and then at the end, you know what they're gonna do? Five, ten years, maybe two years from now, they're going to go, Turkey's got weapons of mass destruction. Hey, Jake Tapper, tell them again. Hey, all of Wolf Blitzer, all of cable news, just like we lied to them in Iraq,

the most obvious, stupid, pathetic lie that you shove down their throats on behalf of Israel. Great job, all of CNN and all of Fox News and all of you on cable. And then you did it again in Iran, and then you'll do it again in Turkey. And then we'll invade Singapore, because Israel's got no one left to invade. And after we've lost every single dollar in America, they'll come by and spit on us and go, you A.T, Semites, we have no more use for you. Now we're going to India and robbing them blind so they could pay for 28 more wars for Israel. They're never going to be satisfied. The Israelis are never, ever, ever, ever going to be satisfied until they get annihilated in a war. I don't mean destroyed completely. I mean hurt bad in a war. Otherwise these fascists are never going to

stop. Germany didn't stop until they were clobbered in World War II. No one ever stops when they're fascists like the Israelis. So us giving them money to enable their fascism, people are going to look back in history and go, oh my God, the people who ran the country, but even worse, the people who were in mainstream media were the biggest, most immoral monsters. They're the gobbles for Israel's fascism today. Preach. Special thanks to Jazzy Jedda Jay, who made a contribution to TYT through Super Chats.

Thank you for your generosity. And we have a comment from Arjun Freeman, one, who says, because I kind of, I need to cheer myself up, Jenk. I'm obviously very furious. Anna, Anna, you have balls. I don't have balls, but I hear what you're saying. I wish more men had your courage. I would love to be your friend at heart. You are the Joan of Arc of this century.

Okay, let's not go too far. But thank you. I appreciate it. Very, very sweet. And thank you for the super chat. Well, Anna, then I'll jump in as well. First of all, Pakistani, American Hawk Sentinel, thank you for upgrading through the join button, which everybody can do on YouTube.

Makes a big difference because Israel attacks this show more than any other show on planet Earth. And our families. Their supporters are, of course, terrorists. So they try to terrorize us and destroy us and destroy our families, because that's the kind of thugs that mainstream media loves in this country. Mainstream media in this country is terrorist sympathizers. Anyway, face Scott Smith, thank you for the shout of. She said, I've had Noble mobile since January and I love it. Yay!

Use my phone less. Oh, Faye, that's perfect. TYT.com slash switch, guys, tyt.com slash switch. I'm telling you, everybody who gets it loves it. All right, Anna, what's next? All right, this next story is really difficult. So I just want to give everyone a warning. I'll do another warning in a little bit.

But it does have to do with sexual assault. Anyway, so let's get into it. New York Times columnist Nicholas Christoph is facing major backlash and potentially lawsuits overtelling the truth over a report he put out regarding the sexual abuse and rape of Palestinian detainees by Israelis. Now before we get into this story, we'll give a trigger warning. It's really important because we're going to be discussing pretty graphic accounts from survivors of this abuse, which of course may be unsettling for some of you. So I just want to give you enough warning ahead of time.

But with that said, here's a video that Christoph put out to, you know, draw attention to his reporting. Take a look. When Israel was attacked on October 7, 2023, officials were quick to condemn the sexual violence of Hamas. You've heard of the rape of Israeli women? Where the hell are you? Women raped, assaulted, paraded his trophies. uses rape as a weapon of war.

Sexual violence as a weapon of war by Hamas. I went to the West Bank to talk with Palestinians who experienced sexual assault firsthand by Israeli soldiers, settlers, and prison guards. Their harrowing accounts backed by lawyers, surveys, and international reports suggest that sexual violence by Israelis against Palestinians is widespread. And that raises the question. Where is there revulsion against sexual assault now? So, Jank, I want to hear your two cents in just a second.

But first, I want to share part of a post on X that Christoph made after the article was published because he did get a lot of backlash from Zionists and Israel defenders. He says, whatever our position on the Middle East, we should be able to agree on being anti-rape. Sexual assaults were horrific when Israeli women were targeted on October 7th. And they're equally horrific when Israeli authorities use them against Palestinians day after day after day. We should be able to find common ground in opposing rape. For that, Christoph has my respect because he might be the only person in legacy media who has made that point,

which is something worthy of condemnation when it comes to our legacy media overall. But he stands out as someone who, you know, breaks that rule. And I appreciate that. Jake your two cents. Yeah. So what you're about to hear is some of the most depraved things I've ever heard in my life. So since there is no accountability for the Israeli guards, they're allowed to do the most sick, fascist things you've ever heard.

And that is not a hyperbole, as you're about to see. and shout out to Nicholas Christoff. And by the way, we always give credit where credit is due to the New York Times for publishing this today. Yeah, I can't believe it. I literally can't believe they published this. But you're right. They deserve credit for doing so. Okay.

So look, I'm always happy to give credit. I wish I could give New York Times and mainstream media credit every day. But this is the exception that obviously proves the rule. And the fact that it's so groundbreaking, even though we've told you for months that this has happened, But the rest of the media absolutely refuses to print and to talk about Israel's war crimes. And they're sick, sick fascism. So Christoph deserves a world of credit. But Anna, let's tell them what the Israelis have done. So Christoph specifically reported out of the West Bank, where he spoke to numerous assault victims, including men, women and children who were brave enough to come forward with their stories. And they did so despite being warned that they would be killed or raped again if they did share their stories.

So Christoph maintains that there is no evidence that Israeli leaders ordered the rape of Palestinians. However, according to a United Nations report from last year, it became one of Israel's standard operating procedures. They used that wording. And Sari Bashi, an Israeli-American human rights lawyer, who is currently the executive director of the public committee against torture in Israel, told the times the following. Rampant sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners is a thing. It's been normalized.

I don't see evidence that it has been ordered, but there's persistent evidence that the authorities know what's happening and are not stopping it, which I would venture to say is just as bad, because you are allowing for this abuse to be normalized, knowing that it will continue happening over and over and over again. Yeah, I want to clarify one thing. When the authorities do not arrest people for this kind of abuse or have any kind of punishment, that is the equivalent of ordering it because that's saying, yes, it's totally acceptable

for you to do this. And that's why the rape and the sexual assault by the Israeli guards are an epidemic. They're massive, massive. They won't stop doing it because their commanders have told them it's totally okay. There'll be no punishment whatsoever. So back to you. So I'm going to read the account of Sami Al-Sai, a freelance journalist who was detained in 2024. Now, after being taken out of his cell, a group of guards threw him to the ground.

And here's what he told Christoph, quote, they were all hitting me. and one stepped on my head and neck, he said. Someone pulled my pants down. They pulled down my boxers. And then one of the guards pulled out a rubber baton used to beat prisoners. They were trying to force it into my rectum, and I was bracing myself to prevent it, but I couldn't, he said, speaking with increasing anxiety. It was so painful.

The guards were laughing at him, he said. Then I heard someone say, give me the carrots, he recalled, adding that they then. used a carrot. It was extremely painful. I was praying for death. He was blindfolded as they were abusing him like this, but he did hear someone say in Hebrew that don't take, don't take photos. Because these sick people, as we learned in other instances, like to tape it, like to record it, or like to take photos of it. Sometimes IDF soldiers incriminate themselves by brazenly posting abuse online and, you know, that's how normalized it is. Because a majority of Palestinian prisoners are men, most of the rape and sexual violence is directed at them. However, you shouldn't

mistake that as no women or children have been treated this way because they have been. So save the children commissioned a survey last year of children ages 12 to 17 who had been in Israeli detention, more than half reported witnessing or experiencing sexual violence. Save the Children said that the true figure was probably higher because stigma left some unwilling to acknowledge what had happened to them. I'm going to give you one other story involving a survivor in what she went through. So one woman who was arrested after the October 7th attacks told Christoph that soldiers who arrested her threatened to rape her, her mother, and her young niece.

Her prison ordeal began with a strip search conducted by female guards, but then a male soldier came in when I was completely naked, she added. For the next few days, she said she was repeatedly stripped naked, beaten and searched by teams of male and female guards alike. The pattern was always the same, several guards, men and women together, would come to herself, forcibly strip her naked, handcuff her hands behind her back, and bend her forward at the way, sometimes forcing her head into the toilet. In this position, she would be beaten and groped all over, she said.

They had their hands all over my body, she said. To be honest, I don't know if they raped me because she sometimes lost consciousness from the beatings. And according to one journalist who was also detained in 2024, no one escaped sexual assaults. Not all were raped, I would say, but everyone went through humiliating, filthy sexual assaults. On one occasion, he said the guards zip tied his testicles and penis for hours while beating his genitals. For days afterwards, he said he urinated blood. This is the country we are supporting, funding, literally going into more debt in order to support. These people are monsters.

And I don't know, Jane. How do we get away from them? Like, how do we decouple? Like, we need to start having serious conversations, strategic conversations about making that happen. I will work with anyone. I don't care. Okay, this needs to stop. I don't want my money going to these demons.

Okay? Anyway, back to you. So they also use dogs to rape men. So 50% of their kids, a huge percentage of the men and the women. and they thought, ha ha, they'll be so ashamed. They won't tell anyone. Plus, as they were leaving the facilities, the Israeli guards would tell them, you better not tell anyone, otherwise we'll kill you and your kids and your parents.

Why? Because they're terrorists. The Israeli government is the biggest terrorist organization in the world by the definition of terrorism. It's not hyperbole. It is just an empirical fact. Their civilian kill ratio is the worst in the world. They kill a hundred times more people than innocent civilians than Hamas or Hezbollah. And they do the most sick depraved sexual assaults and rapes of their detainees. And by the way, we call them detainees.

And when they're hostage. When Hamas took hostages, we call them hostages. But in reality, Israel arrests tens of thousands of Palestinians on no charges. And for a lot of them, they never charge them with anything at all. But they do beat them. They starve them in those prisons. They oftentimes get diseases in those prisons. They rape them in those prisons. And that's what they do to their hostages. They're hostages because they never charge with any crimes. Israel takes 10 times more hostages than Hamas does. And they abuse them much worse than Hamas does. But they have a bunch of terrorist sympathizers in America that are all the cable news anchors and almost all of mainstream media. And their job is to protect. the fascists. Their job is to protect the terrorists so you don't find out how they're raping people with dogs. Because that's what the Israelis are doing. Guys, this is not about ethnicity, religion, or race. Fascism goes around the world. And it was in Germany before, it's not

endemic to Germany, it's not there anymore. It wasn't there before, it's not there after. It's same thing in Serbia, same thing in Turkey, and now it's in Israel. And the reason it happens is really important for you to know because that's how we're going to stop it. Because if you don't know why, you're never going to be able to stop it. It comes from two things. One is enormous victimhood complex. The Germans thought after World War I that they were the greatest victims in the world. And they've been so badly abused and they needed to protect themselves.

And against two, against the entire planet. What does that sound like? It sounds identical to Israel. We're the biggest victims in the world and we have to protect them. protect ourselves by murdering all of our neighbors. And then you hear the lunatics say it all the time. Because once fascism sets in, there's zombies. So they say, well, if we let the Palestinians be free, they would kill us all.

No, they wouldn't. They wouldn't do what you're doing because they're not fascists. Now the reason they're not fascists, most of course countries and ethnicities, et cetera, aren't, is because they're lacking the second problem. So the Palestinians are plenty victim enough at this point. But the second issue that leads a fascism is out of control extreme power. The Germans wound up with an enormous military and they easily conquered Sudan land, Belgium, France, almost all of Europe super easily.

And Israel now seems to have unlimited power. And who's enabling that? We are. We give them infinite money. We make sure that no one on planet Earth is allowed to hold them accountable. That is literal. We go to the UN and go, don't you dare criticize them for genocide? Don't you dare criticize them for starving Palestinian children to death?

Don't you dare criticize them for any of their wars? So we protect them with Iron Dome physically. We protect them politically, diplomatically, financially, and we give them hundreds of billions of dollars again, that is a literal fact, and trillions of dollars in warfare on their behalf. So with this kind of unlimited power and the matter, victimhood complex that they have in Israel. Fascism is inevitable. So how do you stop it? You stop it by taking their power away. That's what's encouraging them and aiding and abetting them in their wild, out of control, rogue state that they are now. Cut the funding entirely,

not 10 years from now. I can't believe our media is giving Netanyahu credit. Oh, he's so generous. He only has for 10 more years of funding. That is not generous. That is a robbery and the robbery. So not one more dollar to Israel and we'll be on our way to fixing it. But of course our politicians and our media are way to corrupt. So they're going to keep stealing your money and handing it over to Israel for more and more rapes and sexual assaults and murders and terrorism. That's all the Israelis have now. All right, micrograms in our Twitch subscribers community says that the IDF occupier that smashed a Jesus

statue supposedly faced more consequences than any of these lunatics did. And he's right about that. He's right about that. And Anna, can I just say something? No, hold on. Let me finish my point. Micrograms, the real question is how many Americans are informed about what the Israelis are really up to? Because I'm going to skip ahead real quick. I want to go to the Dana Bash video. That's a video for here. Here's what Dana Bash says of the Palestinians versus the behavior of the Israelis. This is back in December of 2023. Here's what she says on CNN. Rape is horrific, sexual assault is horrific.

I think that it happens in war situations. Terrorist organizations like Hamas obviously are using these as tools. However, I think we have to be balanced about bringing in the outrages. against Palestinians. 15,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli air strikes, three quarters of whom are women and children. And it's horrible, but you don't see Israeli soldiers raping Well, Dana, I think we're not, we're not, I don't want this to be the hierarchy of oppressions. Oh, the precious Israeli soldiers. I mean, they're a gift from God to the rest of humanity. They would never do anything bad. They would never rape like those dirty Muslims, right Dana?

Are you going to correct the record on your show? Didn't think so. Back to you, Jank. Yeah, the reason why the Jesus statue got so much more attention to is because it was in the spotlight. Once this is in the spotlight, then Israel apologizes as if it's an aberration, like a wild, wild aberration. Because people like Dana Bash make sure that you don't hear all of their other crimes. That's their whole point is to make sure they protect Israel at all costs. And here, easy way to prove it in this case, too. So did Danabash come out now? And by the way,

these stories of the rapes have been around for a long time. It's just that the New York Times published it today or yesterday, right? So that gives it like, oh, it's legitimacy. We saw it from the Israeli press. There's nothing illegitimate about the Israeli press. So why didn't you report it then? No, shh. But even so, now the New York Times has reported it, so is Danabash going to come out and apologize and say, I'm so sorry, you're right. Actually, the Israeli soldiers do. rape and sexual assault way worse than Hamas. Based on the evidence, based on the empirical evidence, the number of cases that are proven, it's not close. The Israelis do systematic rape and sexual assault. So is Dan Abash going to come out

and apologize and say, I'm so sorry I misled you. Zero percent chance of that. Instead, she's going to call everyone an anti-Semite and so you're not allowed to talk about it. But the second thing, at that time is you remember, or you just saw on the clip, there was 15,000 dead Palestinians. Now there's at a bare, bare minimum, 73,000 dead Palestinians. And the entire time, Danabash has been saying, well, it's no big deal, it's no big deal, it's no big deal, it's no big deal. The only people complaining are anti-sides, right? Well, these sick fascists that I see all over cable news, protecting their fellow fascist friends in Israel. So now, Dana, when you were like, 50,000,

it's a, it's a slight problem. Now, are you going to come back and go 73,000? I can't believe they murdered tens of thousands more people. I'm so sorry for covering for them, for lying on their behalf, for pretending they were the victims. Are you going to do any of that data? No way. She's going to come out and lie for Israel more so you could, she could steal our money. So her friends in the Israeli lobby can take another $300 billion off of us and murder more Palestinian children because it's never enough for Dana Bash. It's never enough how much money we have to give to Israel to slaughter and rape more people. Those are our facts that she won't deal with facts. Instead, all they do is character assassination. You know, anyway, look, I agree with you

wholeheartedly on everything you said. We got to keep pushing. So let me, let me move on real quick. And just note that Israel is trying to punish Nicholas Christoph for doing this report. So let's go to the Glenn Greenwald post. He says America's most fervent Israel loyalists are trying to invent some mechanism in America that lets them or Israel sue the New York Times and Nicholas Christoph, if not execute them, for Christoph's column on Israeli abuses of Palestinian detainees, abuses long-documented and well-documented. These people are not our friends. These people are vicious, barbaric, and we should have nothing to do with them.

We shouldn't support them. We shouldn't fund them. We should condemn them. And until we do that, we are complicit in these crimes against humanity. Raping children? I mean, we saw a gang rape of a Palestinian hostage on camera. And when there was going to possibly, possibly be consequences for the IDF soldiers who engaged in that gang rape, by the way, the victim there spent months in the hospital recovering because of his internal injuries. The society in Israel protested the mere consideration of consequences for those IDF soldiers.

There's a sickness of virus within that society right now, and we should not be supporting it or funding it. Yeah, so look, guys, last thing here, you send all your love to Nicholas Christoff. And in fact, as much as I loathe the New York Times and the 99% of the articles on this are trash, you send some love their way because they publish this. The only thing I care about is facts and reality. Okay. So they deserve credit for it. So if you can on whatever social media you're on, you know, shout out to Nicholas Christoph and tell them.

not because he's supporting Palestinians, but because he actually supports the truth and is a real journalist. And God, we appreciate that. And then go and tell all the phony journalists, pretty much every cable news anchor, I'll minus Chris Hayes barely. Okay, but tell all the rest of them. They're terrorist sympathizers. I'm not joking. Go on social media and say, when are you going to stop advocating for the terrorist government of Israel? They kill more civilians than anything on earth, any group on earth.

and they have the worst civilian kill ratio. Doctors, emergency aid workers. Yeah, they're terrorists. It's not simple. They're terrorists. Our mainstream media are a bunch of terrorist sympathizers, and they should know that. You should shame them. You should shame Dan Abash and Jake Tapper and Wolf Blitzer and all of them, all of them,

Rachel Maddo, everyone on Fox News, all support terrorism by Israel, all support a fascist state murdering and raping the Palestinians, now the Lebanese and the Iranians. And history will judge them as, again, the gobbles of Israel's propaganda here and their efforts to destroy civilizations next to them and murder everyone in their path. And the gobles that allowed that to happen are your cable news anchors in America. They disgust me. Tell them that they're all terrorist sympathizers because they are. Okay. Pakistani American Hawk Sentinel in our super chat says, remind me if October 7th happened. here, meaning in the United States, or the real apartheid, or the real apartheid state, the umbilical cord and obsession with Israel is part of USA's, the United States, our country.

This connection has to be snapped and disposed with or away. APEC really does hypnotize. Yeah, I mean, look, when your government is controlled by moneyed interests, yeah, that's when you open up the floodgates for foreign money to come in or a lobby that's far more concerned with what's in the best interests of a foreign country to come in and buy our politicians. And that's exactly what's happening. In addition to blackmail, I think. Okay, look, here's another empirical fact. All of mainstream media highs from you that all of these lobbyists buy our politicians and then our politicians vote with them every single time. And the lobbies give hundreds of millions of dollars, collectively

billions of dollars. Those are all bribes. They're not for the general welfare. They're not for charity. They're not for the American people. It's so that Exxon Mobil can rob us. It's so that Pfizer and Johnson and Johnson can rob us. It's so that Israel can rob us. But the mainstream media says, don't tell anyone about the robbery. Otherwise, our beloved friends who are in the donor class won't be able to rob every single American of every dollar that they have. Our news media in this country does not do news. It does the exact opposite. It buries the news. It gives you overwhelming propaganda. It is the most corrupt institution in this country. They're sick and they support terrorists and they support robbing you every single day.

And not just Israel, all of the donors rob you. And your so-called news media never tells you about it. Instead, they protect the donor class, the lobbyists, and the scum politicians that run America. All right, let's get to the next story. Cases are rising. Families are hurting. Americans know exactly who is making it worse. A CNN poll this morning said 77% say Trump has raised their costs. What is the GOP response? A billion dollar ballroom, fancy, gold-plated.

It's outrageous. I double the size of it, you dumb person. How does it? You are not a smart person. A billion dollar ballroom. These are the ballroom Republicans. At the very moment, Americans are pleading for relief. Republicans are telling them pay for Trump's palace first.

That's right. Americans are getting crushed economically due to Trump's incredibly stupid. incredibly stupid decision to attack Iran and start a war, which has led to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, thus robbing the globe of 20% of oil and gas that is transited through that street. But rather than help Americans, Trump wants to divert more of our tax resources toward his gold-gilded White House ballroom. Jank, your two cents. Yeah, so of course the ballroom's a robbery for Liberace 2.0. I don't know why Trump is so obsessed with decorating everything. He's like the most fabulous president we've ever had. And so I get it, I get it. You're like obsessed with interior design. But that's not what we hired you for. But I want to tell you guys in a minute, I have a proposal that could fix this entire thing. Now remember, his buddies, his rich, rich, buddies like Miriam Edelson were supposed to pay for that ballroom. So they lied to you.

Now they're saying, we're gonna get it from you instead. Miriam's busy buying us for Israel. Okay. So, but I have a solution that could fix all this. But Anna, give them the facts first. Since Senate Republicans hold a slight majority and Democrats are unlikely to vote in favor of a billion dollar ballroom funding bill, the GOP would have to pass that legislative. through the reconciliation process, meaning a simple majority. Now, in order to do that and not run into the issues with the legislative filibuster, which requires 60 senators to vote in favor of something in order for it to pass, the reconciliation process would require Senate Republicans to redirect funding from something else

to the ballroom. That's how reconciliation works. And so Senate Democrats argue that the money violates the strict budget. reconciliation process, which would lead to it being stripped out of a $70 billion immigration enforcement funding bill. Now, I personally don't have a problem with that. I mean, I have a problem with funding the White House ballroom to the tune of a billion dollars. But for the conservatives who might be watching this right now, the conservatives who voted for Trump because you care about, you know, mass deportations or harsher immigration enforcement, How do you feel about this news?

How do you feel about the fact that Senate Republicans are ready and willing to redirect $70 billion or money from the $70 billion immigration enforcement funding bill to Trump's Golden White House ballroom? Anyway, and if they don't redirect that funding from someplace else to help fund Trump's billion dollar ballroom, Senator Rand Paul admits that I have a feeling that it won't be in the bill or it won't pass the bird test. So the bird test is what requires, you know, this whole funding mechanism under the reconciliation process. He also said that his preference is for no more taxpayer money to go to this ballroom. He wants to authorize the project and have private money funded, just like Trump

had promised. And Senator Susan Collins agree. So it looks like there are some Republicans in the Senate who are, you know, wavering on this. And he is, again, referring to the procedural viability. liability under the bird rule, funding for the White House ballroom has to come from someplace else, right? So where is it going to come from? Let's take a look at the next video. Not pay for the ballroom at the White House. Why should taxpayers now be on the hook for a billion dollars for that project? Well, they're not. Because that's for many other projects. That's for projects having to do with safety in a certain section of the White House grounds. That's not all for the ballroom. And we're putting a $400 million. to do the ballroom section of the ballroom.

We are putting that up privately. I am doing it along with other patriots that love our country. But they want to do certain things. So, Jank, on a day when I hosted the show alone, I had covered what the issue is with the ballroom funding. Okay, so Trump had the public believe that it was going to be privately funded. But it turns out that he's also building an underground bunker for, I guess he's expecting some sort of apocalyptic event to happen.

Because when a federal judge forced the administration to pause construction on the ballroom, it was because of the fact that Trump was using taxpayer money that's meant to fund the underground bunker for security reasons on the golden ballroom, which you can't do. You're not supposed to do that, especially when it's supposed to be funded through private means. Then the White House correspondence dinner happens. The would-be assassin does his thing. Trump immediately exploits that horrific event for his ballroom propaganda. And immediately you have Republican members of Congress talking about the need to fund the ballroom.

But I thought the ballroom was being funded by private money. So, you know, today when a reporter asked Trump why the cost of the ballroom has doubled in price, Here's how we answered. We have a ballroom that's under budget. It's going up right here. I've doubled the size of it because we obviously need that. And we're right now on budget, under budget, and ahead of schedule. I double the size of it, you dumb person.

Trump, brother. You are not a smart person. And of course, Trump never misses an opportunity to tell us what his real priorities are. One more video and then back over to you, Jank. It's not possible for us to take care of daycare. Medicaid, Medicare, all these individual things. They can do it on a state basis. You can't do it on a federal.

We have to take care of one thing, military protection. Military protection and of course Trump's ballroom. Back over to you, Jank. Yeah, so first of all, they said that they'd pay for it and Miriam Edelson would cover it because she's so generous and lovely to Americans. But apparently she spent all of her bribes, you know, getting Trump to attack Iran. And now they're gonna take it out of your hide as always.

Okay, so it's way more expensive than he originally promised. And the buffoon destroyed it, the East Wing before asking anyone, before getting permission, before getting a permit, before figuring out what to put in. Because he's a child and he's a destroyer, not a builder, okay? And all he ever does is destroy things. Okay, so what's my idea? If you want this nonsense to stop, say to Trump, okay, we'll fund it, but you're not allowed to touch the project at all.

Other people will design it. They'll be in charge of it. And you won't be able to touch a single drape or tapestry in the ballroom. He'll die. Like, that's what he lives for. He'll be like, oh my God. What do I do? I wanted to design it so much. I wanted to cover it in tacky gold and all the stuff that I just love, right? I mean, look, is Trump non-binary? I don't know.

Come on. Okay, I don't know what he is. Okay, I don't know what he is. But why he's just obsessed with interior design? What, what happened to? Oh, tough guy Donald Trump. Okay. And he's like, oh my God, I can't wait to do interior design in the new ballroom. Okay, I got you, bro. But But like now, just because you had to get your fashion and interior design game on, we have to pay a billion dollars. Well, if you're going to take a billion dollars from us, no, you don't get to design the ballroom. If you do that, I swear to you, he will cry and cry and cry because it isn't about the ballroom. It isn't about the bunker. It's about him wanting to get his rocks off on like doing all of the things he always imagined in a ballroom. That's what this is about.

That is what this is about. And look, there are some Republican senators who aren't buying it. And remember, so look, there are, I believe, 53 Republican senators. And so they can only afford to lose the support of three Republican senators. So if they can get 50 Republican senators of vote in favor of the billion dollar funding bill for Trump's precious White House ballroom, J.D. Vance will come in. He'll be the tie-breaking vote. But already we know that seems like Lisa Murkowski isn't buying it. John Thune is like, I want to see how Trump intends to spend this money. And then I'll make a decision about it. You have Senator Todd Young, a Republican from Indiana, who told Semaphore that he's generally supportive of the idea of the ballroom and increasing White House security with Trump's beloved underground bunker. We know from his first term how much he loves those bunkers.

But he said he wants to learn more about how the money will be used. So we'll see how this plays out. But at the end of the day, Trump shows us what his priorities are and it's not the American people. So Operation Joy is next shank. You want to give us a little preview? Yeah. So guys, I want to give you a preview for a bunch of things. Roe Conna is going to be my guest host on Friday.

So make sure you're checking that out, 6 o'clock Eastern. Don't miss it. It's going to be really interesting. And Roe was just attacked by Donald Trump yesterday twice. but he accidentally called Roast Smart. It was hilarious. So we'll do that on Friday. I'm going to be in London the first week of June.

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