The Young Turks - Tucker Versus Trump! - March 5, 2026

Episode Date: March 6, 2026

Donald Trump demands to have a role in picking Iran’s next leader. A veteran is forcibly removed from the Capitol for protesting the war in Iran, as more and more Americans express their anger with Trump for engaging in war. Donald Trump officially banishes Tucker Carlson from the MAGA movement. A Trump voter complains about rising gas prices as the fallout from Middle East tensions ripples through the economy. Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial today at [http://shopify.com/tyt](http://shopify.com/tyt "smartCard-inline") Just go to this exclusive web address right now to try ZipRecruiter FOR FREE: [http://ziprecruiter.com/tyt](http://ziprecruiter.com/tyt "smartCard-inline") Use less data, get paid by switching to Noble Mobile: [https://go.tyt.com/getnoble](https://go.tyt.com/getnoble "smartCard-inline") 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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And I'm comparing with you guys. The online news show. So Casper, we've got a lot on our plate today. Tremendous updates on the Iran war. The war crimes have begun. I think that the Iranians are laying a trap for it. us, I won't talk about that a little bit. And then the Mago Civil War continues. Now Trump is taken on Tucker Carlson. So huge clash, two heavyweights, which sign are people going to wind

up on? And gas prices are up. The White House is panicking over that. Christy Nob's been fired. Who's going to replace her? Why did she actually get fired? We have that information as late breaking news theoretically moved, but tons to get to obviously. So Anna, take it away. Well, we begin with the latest in regard to what President Trump is planning for Iran. And it seems to change depending on which day we're dealing with. But nonetheless, let's get into it. Well, most of the people we had in mind are dead. So we had some in mind from that group that is dead.

And now we have another group, they may be dead also based on reports. So I guess you have a third wave coming in. Pretty sure we're not going to know anybody. Well, that was our president, Donald Trump, reflecting on all the various individuals who have been killed in Iran, including individuals that he thought might be a good replacement for the now assassinated Ayatollah Ali Hamine. And now we're also learning, Jenk, that he has gone from not really having a plan for what should happen after the IRCG falls to now suddenly wanting to now suddenly wanting to

to hand pick who will be the leader of a country of 92 million people before we continue. Your two cents? Yeah, so I've got a theory as to why all the people that we wanted as replacements are dead. I want to get back to that in a minute. But most importantly in this story, the president's detachment from reality is super dangerous. So Anna's going to tell you some facts here about what he thinks. Then we'll come back and talk about why that's That's so dangerous for us. Go ahead, Anna. So Trump had an eight-minute-long conversation with reporters over at Axios. Barack Ravid is one of them. And in that conversation, Trump allegedly said that he

needs to be personally involved in selecting Iran's next leader, just as he did in Venezuela. Okay. And it's interesting because he keeps citing Venezuela, even though we're talking about two very different situations, two very different countries. And more importantly, with the case of Iran, you have Israel making demands, and that complicates the matter to say the least. Now, he believes that the likely replacement for Khamene, who happens to be Khamene's son, Mujahba, is an unacceptable person to lead Iran. Okay, so he says, they are wasting their time. Kamene's son is, Khamene's son is a lightweight. I have to be involved in the appointment, like with Delci Rodriguez in Venezuela.

Like this guy, as Crystal Ball says on breaking points over and over again, and it's true, is high off his own supply. He looks at Venezuela and thinks, I'm miraculous, I'm amazing. I can make amazing things happen. This will be easy. And I don't think that's a mistake, Jank. I think he's surrounded by yes men who gave him the false impression that this operation in Iran, regime change in Iran, would be simple.

Further, he says that Hamine's son is unacceptable to me. We're talking about a felon here, by the way. That's Trump, of course. We want someone that will bring harmony and peace to Iran. So we have our felon president essentially determining or attempting to determine who should lead, again, a country of 92 million people. And then Trump also compared the Iran succession to his intervention in Venezuela during a presser with the media recently. he talked about, you know, Delci Rodriguez and Venezuela yet again. Let's take a look at how that went down.

I mean, Venezuela was so incredible because we did the attack and we kept government totally intact. And we have Delci who's been very good. We have the whole chain of command. And they've been, you know, the relationship's been great. Now, in the case of Venezuela, Trump didn't necessarily want regime change, which is why the regime is still in charge in Venezuela. In the case of Iran, it doesn't matter what the President of the United States wants. What matters is what the Prime Minister of Israel wants,

and Israel wants full-blown regime change. They don't simply want to replace Khamene with another hardliner while keeping the IRCG intact. So this is going to be a lot more difficult for Trump than I think he even realizes. Yeah, so first, I know it's a little right. But I want to go back to him saying, oh, the replacements are dead. There's a point that no one else is making. Look, guys, how did we know where they were going to have that meeting with the Ayatollah and their top 49 leaders? Very, very likely, normally what happens in those situations is human intel. So someone on the inside is working with us or the Israelis.

And they're telling us where they normally meet, when they normally meet, and that's how we know. Right? Apparently we killed those people because they were inside the building. So they didn't wait for them to come out. They didn't wait for their favorite guys. So they're like, oh, our own guys are inside the building, the ones that we thought might take over Iran after we kill the rest of the leadership. Who cares? Who cares that they were working with us? Kill them all. Okay, I mean, you know, you've got whatever questionable morality exists in that case. I'm not even going to get into that. But in terms of strategy, Well, that's pretty dumb.

So if you had a couple of guys picked out that you thought could be your Delci Rodriguez, and you were so impatient, you just killed them all, all right, well, no wonder you don't know what the hell is going on. But now to the second point, way more important. This is not normal guys, and this is not attached to reality. So in Venezuela, apparently the CIA did good work, which is, you know, you don't often hear me saying, because they knew something we didn't know, which is that, yes, they learned from the Iraq war, the debaithification didn't work.

Well, that was Saddam's regime, and they tried to get rid of the whole regime, and it led to guerrilla warfare, insurgencies that were endless, right? So they're like, okay, let's not make that messy again. Let's go in there and make a deal with Delci Rodriguez and whoever else is second, third, fourth, and charge, so that when we take out Maduro, they'll be in charge and we'll have a deal behind the scenes. Okay, well, well played strategically. whether you again think that that was the right thing to do or not.

I don't think it was the right thing to do. But overall, strategically, I get it, and that allowed them to have a small or smooth transition. In this case, there's no such thing at all, and everybody knows it, and Trump knows it, the Israelis know it, we all know it. No, the Iranian regime is 100% against us, Israel, Trump. One of their clerics today talking about how they're gonna try to kill Trump, and they're going to try to kill as many Zionists as they can. And I love the description in the media about that they're like, there's shocking, you know, threats.

Why is that shocking? We killed all their leaders. So of course they're going to try to kill our leaders. We killed their, you know, their people. We're going to try to kill our people. And then so the regime is completely dug in. And their foreign minister has said, no, we are not interested in a ceasefire. Last time during a ceasefire was a mistake on our part.

It encouraged Israel in America and thought they thought we were weak. No, we should have kept hitting him. So from now on, no more ceasefires. Let's go all the way, okay? In fact, Jenk, I apologize for interrupting you, but the foreign minister of Iran, Abbas, Argochi, also told NBC News that they're ready for a U.S. ground invasion. So they're not even debating whether or not a ground invasion is going to happen. They have already begun preparing for it.

Yeah, in fact, he said something along the lines of come and find out. He's like, we're totally ready for you, can't wait. And it makes sense. Why does that make sense? Well, who wants a ground invasion of their country? Well, that's where we get into a quagmire. The minute you can put the troops in, what you've done is you've gift-wrapped Americans to kill over there.

So when we're here in America, the Iranians have no chance of killing us. But when we take our boys and girls and we put them into the middle of Iran, to like, oh, thank you. Couldn't ask for anything better. Much easier to kill him now. So that's exactly what happened in Iraq. And by the way, is the IDF going to go in on the ground? Of course not.

No, they're going to send the Americans to die, right? So now, guys, the most important part, that's utterly delusional to think that you could tell that dug-in regime, oh, I'm going to tell you who to appoint. Like, what are you talking about, you idiot? We're trying to kill you. You're going to tell us? You're now bombing hospitals and schools. Iran has now rallied around the flag, just like we told you they would.

And they're like, do you think you're going to dictate stuff to us? Come and find out. Come and find out. Look, guys, it doesn't matter who you think is right or wrong in terms of like, oh, maybe we'll destroy them on the ground and we hate them and all that. None of that matters. What matters and is super important is, is the president aware of reality or, is it? Is he in La La Land?

And Anna, I think his, okay, yeah, his advisor said, oh, it's going to be easy. The cash and checks from Israel and go, yeah, go push, go in, go in, go in. You're going to be the king of the whole world. You got this, right? But only a child would believe stuff like that. I mean, if I was the president, I'd go, okay, wait, do we have a deal like we did with Delsey and who's going to be next and what are we going to do? How we're going to effectuate that?

Trump doesn't ask any of those, oh, I'll tell them who their leader should be. You're at war with them. This is not like Venezuela where they gave up instantly. We're in the middle of a war and you think you're going to tell them who their leader is going to be. No, it's a big problem that our president is insane, doesn't know anything. So guys, if you don't trust me or jank in simply saying that, that's totally fine. But I always like to provide some receipts. Okay, so we have now shown you so many different polls that indicate that this is not a popular war.

the American people do not want this. Nonetheless, Trump had an interview with Politico, and I'm going to read you an excerpt from one of their pieces. Donald Trump has brushed off concerns over any backlash sparked by the U.S. Israeli military operation against Iran, saying the public is loving it. In an interview with Politico, the U.S. president said, quote, people are loving what's happening, end quote. He added, we're taking out a threat to the U.S.

United States of America, major threat and doing it like nobody's ever seen before. But here's the thing, guys. Americans are, I think, in a lot of ways, way more informed today compared to the lead up to the war in Iraq in 2003. And the reason why I say that is because a lot more people are relying on, you know, diverse sources of news. Yes, there's social media. Yes, there are some issues with independent sources not being entirely accurate. But I think one One thing that Americans generally understand is that Iran was not an imminent threat or a threat at all to the United States of America. Most Americans who are paying attention to political news or are engaged in politics know that Iran did not have the military capability or the weaponry necessary to strike the United States. And so you're seeing stories go viral of Marine veterans protesting this war in front of the Senate and getting their arms broken about it.

Those stories are getting traction because most Americans are sympathetic to what that Marine veteran is feeling. And so people know what this war is really about. It's not about benefiting the United States. It's about carrying out the best wishes of a foreign country. And we're not getting anything out of it. So this notion that Americans love it and that they're really happy with Trump because he's protecting us from an imminent threat is like one of the most delusional things I've heard him say. And that signals to me, Jank, that he is surrounded by. by people, advisors who are hardcore defenders of Israel and are literally lying to him about

what the public is actually thinking right now. Yeah, we've got two problems. One is we've got a mad king and the other is that his advisors are totally corrupt and they're diluting him. They're like, oh yeah, yeah. I mean, yesterday Anna covered a story about how Netanyahu found out through people in the White House that Donald Trump wasn't listening to him perfectly. Wait, why are you informing the other leader of a different country about what you're

secretly talking about inside the White House? That sounds like treason. It's even worse, it's even worse than that, okay? So the Israelis were spying on the US, on the administration, and it turns out that there was some concern by Benjamin Netanyahu that Trump was having secret talks about possible de-escalation with the Iranians. And Netanyahu and the Israelis were very concerned that the war would end before they finish or complete all of their objectives. Yeah.

It's amazing. So his advisors are constantly telling him, do what Nanjahu says. Do what Israel says. Oh, we got this. Sir, like, because Nanjahu wants them to keep going and going and going, trying to knock out as much of Iran's defenses as he can, to do God knows what with Iran later, et cetera. And so, but meanwhile, we're getting deeper and deeper into the war and the American people like it less and less. But since the Mad King is detached from the people and has no idea what's going on, they're like, sir, yes, of course. You know, when you tell people that the immigrants are eating cats and dogs, they immediately believe it. If you shoot someone on Fifth Avenue, they would love that, okay?

So, and of course, just tell them that the American people love this war. Of course they do. And he's like, I knew it. I knew they loved this war. But guys, but when we have an idiot like that who just can't even understand that his own staffers and insiders are treating him like a fool, then how are we gonna win a war when our commander in chief is a moron that doesn't understand reality at all, at all. And he just thinks he could lie his way through any of this.

No, no, when you're in the middle of war, lying and trying to do better marketing isn't going to help you at all. And so I'm super worried. Well, what also doesn't help is that Trump seems to have an affinity for freezing out anybody who tells him anything he doesn't want to hear, right? So that brings us to our next story. Take a look. I've reached out to several of the president's most prominent supporters in his movement. To get the reaction to this momentous decision to launch a wide scale attack on Iran. I just heard back from Tucker Carlson. And his answer, he told me that president's decision is, quote, absolutely disgusting and evil. As you can imagine, Donald Trump did not take kindly to that statement from Tucker Carlson.

And so as a result, he is retaliating against the former cable news host and is booting Tucker Carlson out of the MAGA club, thanks to his aggressive criticism of this war against Iran on behalf of Israel. Now, before we give you his full statement, Jank, your two cents. So who's going to join Tucker in this rebellion against Trump on MAGA? And who's going to win that argument? Well, there's evidence on both sides. But first, let's give you the details of this fight. So ABC's Jonathan Carl posted on X this afternoon, writing that in a lengthy conversation, just now, President Trump hit back at Tucker Carlson, who called the Iran war absolutely disgusting and evil. Quote, Tucker has lost his way, Trump told me. I knew that a long time ago, and he's not MAGA.

Maga is saving our country. Maga is making our country great again. Maga is America first, what a lie. And Tucker is none of those things. And Tucker is really not smart enough to understand that. Look, this will be fun. Let's talk about first dates. We've all been there. You're trying to figure someone out, so you ask the important stuff up front. What are you looking for? What are your deal breakers?

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Look, as much as members of our audience might disagree with Tucker Carlson, and I totally respect that, you can't call the guy dumb. He's not a dumb guy. And he is absolutely correct on the issue. of Israel and Iran. But I'm curious what you think, Jenk. Yeah, so it's now open warfare. Before, you know, Tucker's saying some nice things. He still said something nice afterwards about Trump. We'll get to that in a minute. But Trump is saying that, I'd say I'm done with Tucker Cross. I'm done with Megan Kelly. He's done with Marjorie Taylor Green. He's done with Tom

Massey. But those are for the most, you know, I was going to say true blue, but I guess true red, right? Conservatives, right wingers, MAGA, America at first, they're in. So he's based Trump is putting in his lot with the neocons and with the establishment and with the donor class. And so can he win that war? Well, Anna, so far the polling indicates that among people who still call themselves MAGA, he has huge support, okay? But among Trump voters who don't call themselves MAGA, and there might be more of them

now not calling themselves MAGA, this is. The support is down to 63%, which is unprecedentedly low for him with his own voters. So I would differentiate the two different factions in the Republican base, not as MAGA or not MAGA. It's either America First or same old neo-con traditional Republican slop, right? So the America First crowd is really upset. And that crowd significantly sides with Tucker Carlson. But one other thing that I've noticed in the polling jank as it pertains to Republican voters is that prior to entering this war against Iran, a higher percentage of Republicans were against taking military action against Iran. But once Trump made the decision, a lot of them turned around and decided to fall in line.

Now, what does that mean for the future of the Republican Party? I don't know. And I'm not even going to attempt to predict it. But I think that someone like Tucker Carlson has managed to cobble together a bit of a coalition, you know, the type of coalition that Trump succeeded at building in the lead up to the 2024 presidential election. And I say that as someone who has noticed like just looking at his audience and the type of people who tend to watch his show, there's a pretty good mix there now. Whereas before it used to be just straight up right wingers, I'm noticing a lot of independents have flocked to his program because these are the independents who voted for Trump because they didn't want to get dragged into forever wars, especially on behalf of Israel. And so it's really interesting to see. And I do think that, you know, this ongoing realignment is still happening to some extent. I don't know what it means for the Democratic Party. And I'm very curious to see how this all plays out for the next presidential election in 28.

Yeah, I think I'm pretty sure. So look, there's the terms are confusing because they used to all be united around the term MAGA. But now if you go online, there's tons of America First people going, Maga's dead. We're done with MAGA. MAGA's just the like the dead enders supporting Trump. And so there's a cleave there. And then America first gets confused because sometimes Nick Fuentes uses it. And then you're like, wait, wait, wait, not that America first, right? And so, so I think. I think that what it really breaks down to is establishment versus the populist. And when you look at it that way, within the Republican Party now and among the voters, that's not a contest. The populace are gonna win. We already had that. We was Trump versus Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis. How'd that turn out?

I mean, it was- Yeah, that's a good point. It was a slur- That's a good point. Right? And there's more. So on Monday, Trump hit back for the first time at both Tucker Carlson and Megan Kelly, to your point earlier, Jank, who had expressed. concerns about Trump's decision to go to war with Iran. And so Trump said of the two pundits,

I think that MAGA is Trump. Maga's not the other two. Maga wants to see our country thrive and be safe. And MAGA loves what I'm doing, every aspect of it. This is a detour that we have to take in order to keep our country safe and keep our countries safe, frankly. So I guess in the second part of that he's referring to the United States and Israel. Again, it bears repeating, Iran did not pose any type of security issue for the United States. This is all about Israel. And Tucker Carlson has been repeatedly saying that, which I'm sure Trump is not a fan of. And then he continues to say, Trump, Megan was opposed to me for years when I ran the first time and nothing stopped me. And so, you know, some people are against and they always come back.

She came all the way back, but now I guess she maybe doesn't like the idea of this war, but I do because I have to keep nuclear weapons out of the hands of the Iranians. Now, I got to say, this is not a great time for the nuclear disarmament crowd, because we now have multiple case studies that show nuclear weapons tend to serve as a pretty good deterrent. Okay, it could have been a deterrent when it comes to Russia invading Ukraine, but Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons at our behest in the 1990s. And then you look at Iran, do you really think Iran would have been invaded by the United States? Would it be bombed by the United States and Israel, knowing that they have a nuclear arsenal? Probably not.

Although the Israelis are a little crazy, so who knows? But as for Tucker, Trump insisted that his criticism doesn't bother him at all. Carlson can say whatever he wants, it has no impact on me. And after Trump's attack on Tucker today, Marjorie Taylor Green came out in passionate defense of Carlson saying that she supports Tucker. Trump doesn't even know what MAGA is anymore and turned it into MIGA, meaning make Israel great again. Trump is not America first.

He's donor first. I know you love that, Jank. Tucker would beat Trump if he ran for president. and Trump tried to violate the Constitution and tried to run again for a first time, for the third time. Tucker himself wasn't willing to go nearly as far. In fact, he told reporter Oliver Darcy the following, there are times I get annoyed with Trump right now, definitely included, but I'll always love him no matter what he says about me. Tucker does this thing. I don't know if it's disingenuous or not. To me, kind of comes across as disingenuous, where he'll like pretty viciously trash someone,

but then he'll be like, it's just the nicest guy. He's the nicest guy, you know. He's a vicious warmonger and has committed war crimes and should probably be tried at the Hague. But he's the nicest guy I've ever met in my life. I've known him my whole life. Yeah. No, I got to admit.

I don't believe Tucker when he says that. So, look, it's okay. We agree on war in Israel and now don't. owners and a bunch of things and wonderful will take it. Still plenty we disagree on and yeah, I don't think he loves Donald Trump. I think he's just being political there and fine, whatever. People are allowed to be political. But okay, so a bunch of clarifications that are important.

So Anna said, this is a little side one, but Miga, you know, it means make Israel great again and that's versus MAGA. But Trump once said, oh, no, it means make Iran great again. And the mainstream media, Anna, I've now seen articles, thinks that that's what it means. No, it doesn't mean that at all. God, they're so clueless. Anyway, small point. And another one that's a little tangential but important in that statement that Anna read

you about Trump saying, oh yeah, yeah, this war's for us. I mean, he's a little detour and it's for us and other countries. Wait, there's two huge admissions there. One, he said it's a detour. And detour by definition means not the road. we were going on, not the path we were on, clearly, right? So, and then the second part is, he says, us and other countries. So he's admitting, yeah, this is definitely at a bare minimum also for other countries,

meaning of course, Israel. So Trump is not likely to say that, right? I mean, those are confessions for him, just because it's so true that even he can't help but say it. So we're asking on t.y.t.com, who do you think? is sticking to the Maga Policies more, Donald Trump or Tucker Carlson. It's kind of funny to ask, you know, left leading and independent, and now some right wingers watching this too for sure.

But I am curious what you guys think, because it isn't about whether you're right wing or not. It's about, hey, we all have eyes and ears. I remember, I'm old enough to remember a year ago when Trump was saying anti-war and America First, and he is most clearly not doing that. I think a really important part of actually making America great again is trying to get back to a place, because I do think this existed at some point. I think I remember it. Getting back to a place where both sides can just be honest and then engage in good faith policy debates. You can't do that when one side or both sides are lying. So in this case, Trump is just trying to lie to us. How are you supposed to take that seriously? How are you supposed to take that seriously? How are you supposed to? to make the country better and unite fellow Americans when one side and one leader is being pretty viciously dishonest about what the motivations for war with Iran happen to be. So that's the distinction that I draw because look, if a right winger who's in favor of the war

with Iran comes to me and wants to get into a debate and is at least honest about what the motivating factors, the real drivers of this war happen to be, okay, great, I can have a conversation with you. We might get into a heated debate. There's no question. But I can't take people seriously when they lie to your face. And there are a lot of people in the Trump orbit who are very happy to lie in our faces. Yeah, look, last thing on that is, as always, you know, we're fair on both sides. And what really sent me off yesterday was a whole bunch of the Democrats, a big chunk of the Democrats who were speaking out against the war.

I can't believe we went to those wars or outrageous. They're gonna go vote on it, they're gonna vote to fund it. Yeah. There's such liars. And why are they lying? Because they literally, it's not hard to solve. They also get paid by the Israeli lobby, literally, completely. So all of this is a game, it's theater.

That's why I get so mad at the media who keeps playing along with the play as if it's real world. It's not the real world. Trump is getting paid by the Israelis, so are a lot of Democrats. lot of Democrats, they're both lying. So that's why in this whole struggle, if you say to me, Marjorie Taylor Green and Tucker Carlson, we're largely being honest, even when certainly on the things we disagree with them on, too, like, they're not hiding any of their opinions. So there's like, you know, they're very harsh on some of the things we disagree on. And then on the ones that we agree on, well, they've been more consistent. There's no question that they were

anti-war and state anti-war. Trump has not been consistent. And, you know, and Trump, of course, When you're talking about liars, I mean, he's a legendary liar. So he's kind of ironically perfect for politics. And I say ironic because originally Maga liked him because they thought he wasn't a politician and he was one of them. And that was probably the thing they were most wrong about. Getting ready for a game means being ready for anything. Like packing a spare stick. I like to be prepared.

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Thank you for the contribution on Superchat. We appreciate it. By the way, notice is the 250th anniversary of independence. We should do it again. We'll talk more about that as the year goes on. Timi D. says every position in Iran's government is elected. Yes, even the Ayatollah by a Supreme Council. It's not up to stupid Trump who becomes the Ayatollah.

So that's literal guys. So it doesn't mean that there's democracy in Iran. It means that they have small elections within themselves, the Mullahs do. And then there are other rings of elections around that. So as they're voting, they're not going to be like, oh, what is the guy who attacked us and killed all the people sitting in these seats earlier think? Let's just do what he wants. That's not a thing. He's just so detached from reality.

It's maddening. Balkan Mountain writes in, Yo, Jank, I just wanted to say, I love you. Right back at you, brother. I saw the Piers interview. These gaslighting dumbasses will do anything to justify dragging us into this war. After propaganda industrial complex. Yeah, so I did an interview with Mario Nafalun.

He's big on X these days. And did two different ones, both this week, because everybody's talking about the round war. And one was with Cornicus, that's the one that Anna called the terrorist that she was totally right about, 100% factual. And so I had a big shouting match with him. Then I didn't interview with him just one on one with Mario. And guys, it's like such a relief to be able to have a normal human intelligent conversation

facts back and forth without some Israeli thug jumping in and go, no, there, you're, We're doing this to help the Iranians. I mean, we killed them all, but that's the way to help them, right? Yeah, let me let me just say, let me just say, people get on our, people get on our asses because we yell, right? But do you guys understand that like we're trying to be calm, but we every time we go on Pierce Morgan's show and we start talking, the pro-Israeli person inevitably interrupts again and again and again. So you have no choice but to speak over them. And it drives me insane. So if you don't want to hear me yell, get on their asses about how they keep interrupting.

100%. And so here's what's not going to happen. They're not going to talk over us. Okay. So, so the Israelis are used to bossing people around. Well, they came to the wrong place for that. Chess Viking 90 says, here, here, F Israel, off topic. But what do you guys think of Katie Porter for governor of California running on a populist message? Is she? I haven't heard anything from her. I don't know why she wouldn't want to come on a popular show to pitch her message. It's not about being bitter about her not coming out. I don't care, none of them have come on. And I don't, I don't know who I'm gonna vote for, but they haven't even made a case. She defends money in politics, so.

Yeah. Okay, whatever. No. Yeah, look, I got, I'm totally open to who I'm gonna vote for, because none of them have made a case at all to our side, popular side, progress or so, whatever the side is. They're just such standard politicians. It's annoying. Anyway, YT Pernude said, this is just embitter Iran against American ideas, of course.

With a gal, says, Jenkinana, in case you're unsure of your value, my hubby had a heart attack on Monday. Oh my God, as soon as he was stabilized, he wanted TYT to keep up with what's going on. He loves you too. Oh my God, I hope it gets well. That's amazing. Back on TYT, Jank and Anna with you guys, but also Sammy B-tube and Montaine for hire. Thanks for joining guys. We appreciate it. They hit the join button below on YouTube. Everybody, you can do it at t-y-t.com

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updates on how the American people are feeling about this war that we've gotten ourselves into on behalf of a foreign country. So without further ado, let's get into it. Stand up. Let's go for America. No one wants to fight for Israel. Why are you here? Why are you getting arrested? Free Palestine from the halls of Manzoupa to the Georgia, Tripoli. Palestine will be free. We just witnessed a Marine veteran interrupting the hearing and they broke his arm. Why did he interfere? Because there is a war in Iran and our military brothers and sisters are going to die for Israel. And we are here to say no.

Important to know that Iran is preparing for the U.S. and Israel to carry out a ground invasion. something tells me that it's going to be mostly American troops who risk their lives in this operation. And that's precisely why U.S. Marine veteran Brian McGuinness was protesting the war in Iran and was forcibly removed from a Senate Armed Services subcommittee hearing in the Capitol just yesterday as a result of his protests. Now, Jank, the war is incredibly unpopular with the American people. Poll after poll has demonstrated that. And senators are literally breaking bones if our own veterans protest this war. What are your thoughts? Yeah, so we're gonna get to the numbers on how unpopular the war in Trump has become. But I just wanna say that man right there was a patriot.

That's what patriots look like. And I've got a warning for the establishment. There's a lot more patriots to come. Okay, there's going to be a political price to pay for not serving. American voters. So I love McGinnis and I love what he did. Absolutely. So Montana Senator Tim Sheehi, he actually assisted the Capitol officers in removing McGinnis. And as you can literally hear in the video, which we're not going to play this part of it because it's horrific. You can hear McGinnis's arm snap, his bone break as they're forcibly removing him from the chamber. Now,

Guinness is the one who now faces multiple charges, including assaulting an officer. And if you look at the way legacy media has framed this whole incident, they're just making him seem like an unhinged violent person who like physically assaulted people. The Capitol police officers were treated for their injuries, according to ABC News. But, you know, no reporting on, you know, what happened to Homeboy's arm? Is he okay? And McGinnis, if you're unfamiliar with him, he's a 45-year-old Senate candidate who is running in the Green Party. But what really warmed my heart, Jank, is the fact that people across the political spectrum have been defending McGinnis. And I'm talking about far, hard right-wingers who know that he's a Green Party candidate.

They're like, I don't care about his politics. Okay, he's a Marine veteran. He, you know, he has served our country. And for him to be treated that way is unacceptable. And to people who are defending him across the political spectrum, despite political differences, I really love and respect you for sticking up for what's right here. Now, he was expressing in pro, what he was expressing in this protest was sheer disgust that the United States is engaging in a war against Iran that no one voted for, including, by the way,

members of Congress. Now, unfortunately today, the war powers resolution vote failed. It doesn't look like Congress has any interest in maintaining even a modicum of a check on the executive branch when it comes to war powers because they don't want to be held responsible for voting in favor of wars that go sideways, you know, kind of like what happened in Iraq and what's very likely going to happen in the Middle East now. So the war against Iran is not popular with the American people and the Israelis know it. And so I want to take you to, I Isaac Herzog, the president of Israel, who in a sit-down interview with CBS News, acknowledged how unpopular this is in America. What do you think this war does to the U.S. Israeli relationship going forward? And I ask because it's not a popular war in America. I understand it's not a popular war in America, because usually people do not know the intricacies of the war.

and they also compare it to previous and other wars. This is a unique wall. And I listen very carefully to Secretary's Rubio's statements yesterday in Congress. It's a unique wall. It's a focused wall. It is a war that comes in a time where you can really bring real change in the Middle East for the future. Where are my gloves? Come on, heat.

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Now, what does that mean? Now, this war isn't actually all that unique when you think about it. I mean, it's more unique in that Iran is not a joke. I mean, it's a country of 92 million people. I think a lot of Americans have been misled into thinking that it's like some third world country, when in reality it's a sophisticated society with incredibly intelligent people. And they also don't know about the various political differences and factions among the public in Iran. They seem to think that, you know, Persian Jews and Beverly Hills, California represent the entirety of the Iranian population, but that's just not the case.

And so, yeah, it's unpopular. And the only thing that makes this war unique is that it's an instance of a country like the United States, a military superpower, getting dragged into a war on behalf of a tiny Middle Eastern country that we don't benefit from at all. So I guess it's unique in that way. But what do you think, Jank? Yeah, so first of all, just it's trippy that the Green Party is now filled with like veterans who are against war. Anthony Aguilar, retired lieutenant colonel, who's a whistleblower on the Gaza humanitarian foundation. Those are the people killing the Palestinians while they were getting food. He's also running in North Carolina and the Green Party.

So, I mean, that is a hell of a turn. Like the political spectrum is so cool, like it's like gone. I don't know what's left, right, or middle anymore. It's fascinating times. Now, meanwhile, Shihi, of course, is an Israeli goon. What I mean by that is he's pretty young to the Senate, new to the Senate, and he's already gotten $641,000 from APEC at a minimum. All the APEC tracker numbers are the bare minimum because they also get dark money and money into their super PACs that they can't track. So an Israeli goon comes in and breaks a US Marines arm for protesting a war that Americans are

going to die in for Israel. I mean, this is crazy. And so that's why they're so intensely unpopular. And Anna, you're right about that last sentence from the Israeli president. He's basically saying we're remaking the Middle East, and we know why they're remaking it. They want greater Israel. They want every one of their neighbors to be defenseless. And now, an interesting thing, one of the top businessmen and

You know, folks who have a lot of power in the UAE came out today saying, what did America do to us? Why are we in the middle of this war? Just because Israel wanted it? Now, UAE is like the top ally of Israel in the Gulf. And even their top folks are going, what's going on? Why are we getting hit for Israel's war? I think the UAE thought that Israel was on their side.

Israel isn't on anybody's side. It's only on Israel's side. So they'll use the UAE for as long as it's convenient. They'll use America for as long as it's convenient. And again, in the interview I did earlier today, with a guy who's actually based in the UAE, we're talking about how they're going into the Indian government now and agitating against Indian Muslims to rile up India to support America. They're starting to jump from here to there because they think they need a new superpower to help drive this stuff. So in the Middle East, they're remaking it for themselves.

We have no interest in remaking Iran. Iran had no chance of reaching us with non-existent nukes that they didn't have and ballistic missiles that had absolutely literally physically no chance of reaching us. So this is Israel's war, and we're all being made to pay the price. When we come back from the break, I want to talk about some of the new polling on public opinion within the United States in regard to this war. But I also want to talk just briefly about, you know, what the U.S. and Israel seem to be targeting in Iran, what kind of buildings they're going after. And it looks like Iran has done some pretty significant damage when it comes to important, you know, military equipment, including THAAD missile defense batteries. We kind of need that for the interceptors that we're running low on. But anyway, I'll give you that and more when we come back. Let's go to impeach for peace saying today's stock drop was courtesy of the Iranians closing the Strait of Hormuz.

An analyst predicted that Trump's donors would force him to negotiate a peace if the markets dropped by more than 10%. The Iranians are like, you can kill our leaders, but we can kill your economy. I'd love to see Trump's ass handed to him in this way. If U.S. corporations had to decide between Trump and their precious stock market, I can tell you which one they would choose. Yeah, of course. And so look, that's part of the real politic of the situation, which is how long can America, with stand a war. So, and the problem, that's the problem with having a moron president, who didn't think any of this through, didn't plan it out, let Israel drag him into this war.

And now, yeah, the stock market is finally crashing. The gas prices are sky high, and America is not going to have a high tolerance for that. We're gonna show you the polling on it in a minute. CB1 says Trump is Trump first, last and always. That is the most correct statement ever read on air. Yes, America first. Trump. No, Trump does he, the only reason why he's listening to Israel is because they've given him hundreds of millions of dollars and I would be shocked if they didn't have blackmail on him. Shocked. That's why Netanyahu comes over personally, doesn't want to say it on the phone. He's come over seven, eight times. Now remember Trump. Every time Trump starts the waiver,

Nanjahou comes in and slaps him around a little bit and goes, I'm going to sit there and bleed all day. And he's go, okay, I'll do anything you say, Beebe. So, and that's the only. Only still because he's looking out for himself. Dragon slowly says, any politician who oppose genocide, war, pedophilia, sexual assault, while fighting for populist economics would destroy their opponent, regardless of party. Of course, by the way, first revolving pack candidate has won. Richard Ojetta won the primary in North Carolina. So there's a guy who fits that description perfectly, he won the primary comfortably.

Will support Ojetta and North Carolina 9? Teddy Lucy Linda says, I'm definitely not a fan of Tucker Carlson, but I support him, speaking out since he's on the right side of things. And because of the reach he has with the right, maybe some of them will listen and actually processed the information Tucker is putting out there, we can only hope. Yeah, they're definitely listening. And Tucker has started a rebellion over there, you know, on the issues we care about, war and Israel, and I think he's done amazing work there.

Yes, you're right that on other issues, we still don't agree. SEC 86379 says, after 10 years, Jen still thinks Trump is a populist. on what universe he's establishment on steroids. So I'm- That's not what you said. No, I know, I know. That's why I wanted to read it and clarify it. Guys, I get that as we go quickly, sometimes you are not, you know, there's a communication issue, right?

I never ever said that Trump was a populace. Not today, not a year ago, not telling you, it was-never, right? He's a fake populist, but he's trying to go in the populist lane, right? That's what I'm saying. So what, and in fact, the main argument, one of the main arguments we made against Trump in this election was, guys, he's lying to you, he's a fake populace, he's actually one of them, he's the elites, he's the establishment, he wants all that stuff, and he, and he's going to do exactly what they, in fact, brother, you should see this exchange I had with

Stephen Miller in October of 2024. So that went a little viral online the other day, because I, he was like, oh, we're against war, and you're from war with Kamala and Biden, and I'm like, all right, and I told them, no, you're gonna go to war exactly as Israel commands you. And like what happened was sorry, but it's true, word for word, exactly what wound up happening with them. So like no one knows that they're fake populace more than we do, that's why we want the populace to come to the right side.

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What do you think this war does to the US-Israeli relationship going forward? And I ask because it's not a popular war in America. I understand it's not a popular war in America because, you know, usually people do not know the intricacies of the war and they also compare it to previous and other wars. This is a unique war. And I listen very carefully to Secretary's Rubio's statements yesterday. in Congress. It's a unique wall. It's a focused wall. It is a war that comes in a time where you can really bring real change in the Middle East for the future.

Well, it turns out the American people are not buying it. You just heard from Israeli President Isaac Herzog. And, Jank, it turns out that more polling has come out, which indicates that this war against Iran is deeply unpopular with the American. American people, your two cents? Yeah, I want people to see how bad it's going in terms of this war with the polling. But I also want to talk about how bad the war is going in terms of the bombings, because they've now begun a genocide in Iran as well. So it's not a genocide yet, but they're doing the same exact tactics they use in Gaza. We'll talk about it in a minute.

Yes, now as for public opinion, the Guardian did something really interesting. They reached out to their readers and they asked their American readers in particular, you know, what are your thoughts on the fact that we, you know, are now at war with Iran? And they spoke to a lot of interesting people, including, you know, Persian Americans, Iranian Americans. And I want to start off with 66-year-old Iraj Roshan, who is a retired cardiologist. He was born in Tehran, but he's been in the United States for many decades. He's a U.S. citizen. And here's what he had to say. I don't have any love loss for the Ayatollahs, but these wars are won by narrative, which I thought was a really interesting point. He continues, I don't see any way this war is going to end in a way that the U.S. can declare victory without putting boots on the ground or without arming the Iranians themselves. I hate to see that so many American kids are going to be eventually dragged into a war that we cannot win, at least by. by any definition that we could write down today. So he's being very real about the risks that are being taken and he does not have a rosy outlook in regard to how this is all going to play out.

Then you have another Iranian 18 year old Sharam Shammagam from Texas who identifies as a Republican and in fact loaths, absolutely loosed the regime in Iran. He called them controlling and horrible. However, he did say this. The U.S. is not doing much to minimize civilian casualties, and we have no real plan after we finish this operation. What will replace the government of Iran? And will we have boots on the ground?

Is there any guarantee that this won't be our generations, Afghanistan or Iraq? And you know how we feel about that. You know how Jank and I feel about that. Now 41 year old Meg, who's a small business owner in Brooklyn, told The Guardian, for a lot of my Muslim friends, this is their favorite time of year. So to have this renewed tragedy strike in the middle of that, and of course she's referring to Ramadan, as someone on the outskirts who cares about people in my community and in my circle of friends, it breaks my heart.

You have 74-year-old Barb, a retired mental health counselor based in North Carolina. who told The Guardian, we can be sure that Trump has launched this war for selfish purposes, whether to flaunt his power to control the headlines away from Epstein or to entertain himself, this needless war is not for the benefit of the Iranian people, nor is it to the benefit of the American people. So let's be clear about that as well. But outside of these individual, you know, testimonies and anecdotes, you know, the broader public opinion, also shows that this war is not being handled well by the Trump administration. At least that's what the majority of Americans think. Now, let's go to the CNN poll, which found that about

60% of Americans disapproved of the attacks, according to a CNN poll conducted immediately after the strikes. Two other polls by Reuters and Ipsos and the Washington Post had similar results. For instance, a majority of Americans, 56% said that President Trump was too willing to use military force to advance U.S. interests. That was in the Reuters Ipsos poll. Then you look at a new Fox News poll, and that also had some pretty interesting results. Currently, 43% approve and 57% disapprove of the job Trump is doing as president overall. But then you take a look at, you know, some of the specific issues. So another six and 10 say he is focused on the wrong things. By comparison, And 54% said Biden had the wrong focus in November of 2021.

So at the same point in Biden's presidency. And then when you look at Trump's ratings, they're underwater by 35 points on the cost of living. 32% approved, 67% disapprove. He's underwater 27 points on tariffs, 23 points on the economy and healthcare. 20 points when it comes to foreign policy. He's underwater 19 points on taxes. 13 points on jobs and six points on immigration. Back to you, Jank.

Yeah, so I want to give you guys context. When we started the Iraq war, was it popular or unpopular? It was actually very popular. Why? Because the American people were lying to. They were told that there was weapons of mass destruction. And this is a really important one. They were told that Iraq attacked us on 9-11.

And that's just not true at all, not even one percent true. In fact, they would attack al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda was also opposed to Iraq. And 69% of Americans believed that Saddam had personally attacked Assad 9-11. They were lying into war in that way. So hence, when we started the war, it was at a 72% approval. This war, when it starts, is already at a 60% disapproval. So that is all the difference in the world.

Iraq got super unpopular through like a series of debacles and disasters through many years. This one starts out deeply unpopular. And guys, when we start a war, even if most people were against it, like there was two different polls before the war started. One had it at 70% of Americans opposed. Another one had it at 85% of Americans opposed. But once the war starts, you usually rally around the flag and you get a little bit more popular. The war gets a little bit more popular.

In this case, barely moved, still 60% unpopular. So America hates this war, doesn't want it at all. And neither does Iran, obviously, based on one. And I read you and let alone what you're about to hear next. And no, there's only one country in the world that wants this war, and that's Israel. Now, the thing that's really concerning, Jank, is the fact that Trump seems to be under this delusion, that the majority of Americans actually love that we're at war with Iran. So Politico spoke to Trump, and I just want to give you an excerpt from their piece where they say that Donald Trump has brushed off concerns over any backlash sparked by the U.S. Israeli military operation against Iran, saying the public is loving it.

In an interview with Politico, the U.S. president said, quote, people are loving what's happening. We're taking out a threat to the United States of America, major threat, and doing it like nobody's ever seen before. Now, most Americans don't buy that excuse for military intervention against Iran. Most people know that this is being fought on behalf of Israel. But to your point, Jank, why don't we take a quick look at some of the issues that have already come up when it comes to the U.S. Israeli attacks on Iran in particular? Because it turns out that the civilian casualties are really starting to increase significantly, the total number of reported civilian deaths stands at 1,114, including 181 children.

The New York Times published their investigation into the elementary school, the all-girls school in Manab that was part of the opening strikes against Iran. And it turns out that their investigation found that the United States did carry out those strikes, which is incredibly devastating. You know, you have an incident. Like the death toll in that strike keeps changing, but there's evidence that a double tap happened, double strike, and that, you know, as many as 160 little girls were killed as a result of these strikes against the school.

Anyway, now there's more because there's a new report in the UK publication known as the Telegraph. And the title of the piece, if you want to read it for yourselves, is Tehran, an apocalypse of hospitals in flames and children buried beneath the rubble. Certainly sounds a lot like Gaza, doesn't it? The report indicates that Kamran, a Tehran resident, told the telegraph that the United States and Israel have been bombing endlessly with no care about where or what they're striking. He says, quote, they are striking buildings where families live. After each explosion, people rush to help. And then another bomb hits the same area. And again, it bears repeating, these double tap strikes were carried out against the girls' school in Menab.

The girls' school in Iran, where 165 people were killed by an apparent U.S. Israeli attack, was hit with two strikes with the second missile killing, sheltering survivors. Two first responders and the parent of a slain child have told Middle East I. And according to Kamran, going back to his statements, remember he's the guy who lives in Tehran. He says many people are trapped under the rubble. Hospitals are filled with injured patients and staff are overwhelmed. They are even striking hospitals where the wounded are being treated. And hospitals certainly are being struck.

A hospital in the southern bush air area have been destroyed. Then you also have the emergency workers who have been seen evacuating newborn babies from that hospital, which suffered the terrible strike, you know, trying to get those newborn babies out into safety. The Gandhi Hospital in Tehran and multiple other medical facilities across the country were also struck by the Israelis and the U.S. Ashkan, a mother, or I'm sorry, another Tehran resident told the telegraph, quote, an apocalypse is unfolding here.

Today has been the worst day. Those who had cars fled. Those of us without cars are left here under the bombs. So the bodies are piling up and it's absolutely devastating, Jank. And what also should be reported, but isn't really reported in U.S. media, unfortunately, is the fact that the Iranians have actually carried out some strikes on important military installations and military capabilities that we have in the region. So for instance, to be fair, CNN did do this investigation. They found that Iran has destroyed a key U.S. radar system supporting a THAAD missile

defense battery at our base in Jordan, more than 500 miles away from Iran. The radar, a critical component used to detect and track ballistic missiles for interception appears to have been completely destroyed during the early days of this war. That's not a good sign for the United States, certainly, and it's not a good sign as the United States runs low on these interceptor missiles. Yeah, so let me add a couple things to that. A refugee crisis has begun. A lot of Iranians starting to move to Turkey, and from there they'll probably move into Europe. Israel driving yet more mass refugee and immigration crises towards the West. Number two, we're trying to make a deal with the Kurds to have them do a disastrous, basically

incursion from Iraq into Iran, and they'd get slaughtered, but they're trying to ferment a civil war. They were waiting for the green light from the Americans. Marco Rubio said, we haven't armed them, but I can't speak for the Israelis. So that means the Israelis have armed the Kurds, which by the way then leads to another problem. The Turks are not going to be happy at all about the Kurds being armed very near their border. So they're going to be even more irate about this and pushes them closer to Iran on it.

So now guys, this entire epic disaster, especially on the Iranian people, brought to you by the same Israelis who told you we have to attack Iran because they care so much about the Iranian people. The protesters were killed and the Israeli hearts broke over it. So they had to go in there and kill them more. So I want to address that real quick because I think that there are a lot of well-meaning people who even watch our show. In fact, I got a lengthy email from one of our viewers, a longtime viewer of TYT, who seems to think that we are defending the regime in Iran. That is not the case. I am against U.S. and certainly Israel's involvement in what's going on because they don't care about brutalizing the Iranian people. In fact, in Tehran, they have

been brutalized from the very beginning of this war. I mean, the opening strikes killed hundreds of little girls in an elementary school. So do you guys understand where I'm coming from? I'm not, I'm not rejecting this war because I don't care about the Iranian people and I want them to suffer under a regime they don't like. I think that the situation will be far worse with U.S. and Israeli involvement. Because as we've heard Pete Higgs that say, now in multiple press conferences, there are no breaks on the car. They don't believe in war crimes. They don't believe in being held back by international law, meaning they don't care about killing civilians. How is that liberating the Iranian people? Please explain that to me. That is not some,

you know, default support for the Iranian regime. I just know better. As an Armenian, okay, Armenian American, I was born and raised in the United States, but nonetheless, I care about Armenia. I would rather put a gun to my head than encourage the U.S. military. to do an invasion into Armenia for any reason. Because I know it's not going to end well. So I just don't get it. I don't get how people don't understand this. I don't get how people can see what Israel has carried out in Gaza and think that the Israelis

would care to protect Iranian civilians. And so far, all we've seen is civilians getting battered and killed. Yeah. So look, I know people are so frustrated with the regime. the Iranian diaspora that they think anything to change it, anything. And I want to go back, I want to be with my family, or I want to be able to visit. And I'm gonna trust the Israelis. Oh no, never trust the Israelis, are you crazy?

I mean, just because you want regime change doesn't mean that any way to do it makes sense. Okay, what if North Korea said, all right, great, your wish is our command. We're gonna do regime change in Iran, and we're gonna start by new king them. Well, how would that help? Like I guess what you're saying is, well, obviously Israel is not North Korea. They have our best interest. Oh my God, do you think they have your best interest in mind? No, no, they don't.

So which brings us to today. So what's happening, as Anna told you, here we go again. They're bombing schools, hospitals, apartment buildings. So I was debating this on Pierce Morgan yesterday. And Matt Schlapp, the head of them, you know, one of the largest schools, you know, one of the largest conservative conferences, about the 165 girls killed in the elementary school, he said, well, if they'd grown up, they were going to wear burkas anyway. Yeah, he's a disgusting, despicable excuse for a human being, honestly.

Like, these people disgust me, absolutely disgust me. And it's just, it's pure evil. Like, these are the people who are going to liberate the Iranians. They don't even see the Iranians as human beings. They think that they're all, like, religious extremists. worthy of slaughter, including little girls. So I apologize to people who are offended that I don't want U.S. and Israeli involvement or intervention in Iran.

And it's not because I don't care about the Iranian people. It's actually the exact opposite of that. I don't want them to be slaughtered. Yeah, beware of Israelis bearing gifts. They're usually bombs. Okay. So, and by the way, as Anna pointed out, the double taps have begun. So why do you do a double tap so that you murder the rescuers

that came in to find the wounded and save their lives. Only the most evil people do that. And that's inarguable. A double tap is incredibly evil. It's to kill the ambulance drivers, the medics, the doctors that show up. So this is to help the Iranian people. We told you. I mean, God, I wish we could help the Iranian people in some other way.

But if you're looking for the Israelis to help you, well, listen to Basel Smotrich. Now, one of the most important people in the Israeli cabinet, he said, we're going to turn Iran into conunis. That's in Gaza. So they basically saying, Lebanon, Lebanon. Oh, sorry, Lebanon. Yeah. But I mean, the point remains. I mean, they're not just focusing on leveling Tehran.

They're going to do the same to Lebanon and they're saying it out loud. And by the way, at this point, I think it's pretty obvious when the Israelis tell you they're going to do something, you should believe them because they do it. Yeah, especially when they tell you that they're gonna do something terrible. And finally, so just saw a little earlier huge rallies in Iran. Guess for who? For the regime. Why? Because they're burying 165 girls and everybody sees the graves 24-7 and burying the kids there.

So now as expected by rational human beings, they have rallied around the flag. And now they hate America and they hate Israel. even more and they're gonna resist changing the regime with everything they've got. So it had the exact opposite effect, just like we told you. Well, the war is already having an impact on our economy. And when we come back from the break, I'll show you how. Every day, the young Turks delivers two hours of solid, fact-based, timely news and progressive commentary on all the day's most important stories.

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You confused everyone. Okay, sorry, I thought it was clear. We're going to have to take a break now. You can turn me to Dr. Manhattan as long as I get what Dr. Manhattan's packing, okay? The liberal mom says, Mark Thompson, have you ever thought about doing one of those tapes that soothe people asleep? Like, Mark Thompson reads the phone book. I'd buy it. If you'll buy it, I'll do it.

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I usually get grandmothers. The other day, I broke a mic just by being too loud. Just by talking. Just by talking. Chemical castration when we return from the break. I hope that, you know, who they choose for the White House isn't just a borderline clansman. That's all we got to help. Is that a Ferrari?

Yes, I'm getting to that. Why wouldn't I want to be on a show with you guys? You obviously have very scrupulous and discerning listeners in your audience. Did Anna comment on my tan yet? No. No, she hasn't. You're a good boss. But Anna did say that I come in here today with a fresh mind.

That's all I'm about. I'm about a fresh mind. I can't with you right now. She just can. She can't, but nonetheless, we have to for another three hours. I'm back, baby. Let's rip in the Republicans. See, don't miss the live show.

That's great. Tell people, if you remember, you get the whole live show whatever you want. Because this stuff doesn't go into any of the clips. Jake Weiger has the morality of a cockroach. Oh, what a big man you are. Let me buy a pack of gum. I sure you got to chew it. NTIJ, Jank, Anna, and Kevin Romero.

Kevin, great to have you, brother. So appreciate it. All right, Anna, what's next? We got to talk about the economy, especially now that we have been dragged into a war in the Middle East again. I'm a truck driver. And on Monday, I fuel diesel. And today I fuel it again. I paid 67 cents a gallon more in diesel.

And I have, you know, 300 gallons I put in. So that's a lot of money. I mean, Americans are, we're struggling. here. We need help. And we're supposed to be America first. That's why we voted President Trump in. I voted for him every time. And I voted him because he was America first and grew out of the illegals. And it's not happening. This war is going to be costing us. And we're all going to start paying more for everything. Maybe the illegals weren't really the heart of the problems that we're dealing with here in the United States. But nonetheless, that was a three-time Trump voter who clearly is not happy with the president now that we are at war yet again in the Middle East, which might explain why the White House is now scrambling to course correct before the economy goes kaput.

But I don't think we're dealing with people who are competent enough to maybe pump the brakes and reverse the damage. I could be wrong. Jank, you're two cents. So the market started to crash today. Dow lost 800 points. So Pam Bondi is going to be heartbroken. So this is a double whammy. Not only is the war going disastrously, but now it will also cause the economy to go disastrously. And Anna, after you give us all your facts, I have a new breaking news story that also affects this.

Oh, goody. I love it. Okay. So Sean Hannity, who has been cheerleading war with Iran, suddenly finds himself apologizing to his callers. Why? Well, because the war has already translated to higher prices at the gas pump. Take a look. President Trump has stopped nuclear weapons from being in the hands of an absolute madman. And that was the not just the biggest thing. It was absolutely essential. He had to open the Straits of Hormuz or the world oil shortage would have been devastating.

for everybody. We're already up again over $4 a gallon, by the way, in diesel and gasoline, or at least diesel. Gasoline, I think, is still saying under a... By the way, I'm very sorry about that because that means less money in your pocket and that makes your job harder. The only thing I can say that maybe will give you hope, I think this will be temporary. That's my guess. It always is with President Trump. He always knows the right path back to prosperity for us. Hannity, your guess is garbage. And the reason why I say that is because you're not an idiot

and you know what's going on in the Middle East. Iran has struck some of the oil infrastructure in the Middle East, which is going to be disastrous and not just the oil infrastructure, also gas infrastructure. So Cutter's, you know, LNG production was targeted. And now it's offline indefinitely. So that's going to hurt. We don't even know when they're going to be online again.

You know, the Saudi oil fields were targeted. It was blamed on Iran. Iran has taken responsibility for some of the strikes that have been carried out. They didn't take responsibility for that strike, which makes me think it might have been a false flag carried out by the Israelis. But nonetheless, the point remains. The oil fields are being targeted. Oil infrastructure, gas infrastructure is being destroyed. Yeah, that's going to cause prices to go up at the pump.

And that has a, hey, you know what? This is an actual trickle down effect because if the price of oil and gas goes up, that translates into higher prices for everything. But, Jank, you know, there's a Fox News poll that shows that in the past week, the average price of gasoline has jumped more than $25 to $3.25 a gallon, which would be quite a bargain in California. But in the rest of the country, that is a higher price, of course. That's 13 cents higher than on former president. Joe Biden's last day in office. And Americans were really concerned about the cost of living before we went to war against Iran. So those concerns, of course, haven't been addressed and aren't going away anytime soon. Only 22% of voters say inflation is completely or mostly under control. 57% rate their personal finances negatively. Half of voters identify the cost of living

as the most important economic issue facing the country far ahead of government spending at 18%. I wish that number was a little higher, though, because our debt is insane. Jobs at 10%, income inequality at 9%, tariffs at 8%, and taxes at 4%. And Politico spoke to several anonymous energy industry executives with knowledge of the Trump administration strategy or lack thereof. And the White House is apparently looking under every rock for ideas on improving energy prices, especially gasoline prices, said one of the executives, how about we don't go to war in the Middle East and risk, you know, either destroying or damaging oil and gas infrastructure in oil and gas producing countries in the Middle East? Like, this isn't difficult. Energy Secretary Chris Wright and

other advisors focused on energy policy, including a council led by Interior Secretary Doug Bergam are getting are getting screamed at to find some good news on bringing down prices, the same executives said or same executive said. And shockingly, Politico reports that the Trump administration had no plan, no plan at all for how to keep energy prices low when they launched this war. Secretary of St. Marco Rubio and other hawkish members of the administration were leading the administration's planning, but other administration officials who would normally argue to keep oil prices low had initially been told to take a back seat. And per one of the other energy executives, the faction of the White House that would care about $80 to $90 oil per barrel, of course,

was being silenced. There were louder voices winning at the moment. So that's what we're dealing with, Jenk. I mean, I just, this is not an administration that, seems to care about planning ahead. And not only are we getting dragged into a war we shouldn't be involved in at all, there are price, there's a price that we're going to pay, both when it comes to potentially losing more soldiers, but also when it comes to bankrolling this war and the impact it's going to have on gas prices. So we're already starting to see the beginning phases of all of that. So I'm going to get to the breaking news in a sec. But first, gas price is 13 cents higher than under Biden, it's an epic disaster.

So he used to, oh, gas prices are too high, gas prices, oh, well, I'm not gonna go into any war, so I'm America first. Now he's violated all of his promises and the economic ones are the most important ones. Why? So when people go to vote, there's two things they care most about. The two things you should look at most. One is which way are independence leaning? The other is, what do people feel about their economy?

So those are your two most important indicators of who's gonna win an election. So for example, right now if you looked at the approval ratings of the Democrats in Congress and the Republicans in Congress, the Democrats are still lower in approval rating than the Republicans. So you think like, oh, so it didn't affect the Republicans? No, that's not right. The reason why the Democrats number is lower is because there's a ton of internal dissatisfaction within the Democratic Party.

They don't like their own leaders and they are very right, right? So they're disgruntled with their own party, but when you go to see who are people going to vote for, independents are leading massively. to Democrats, just to get away from the Republicans, not because the Democrats have done a great job of bringing them in, but also as you just saw from Anna's numbers, the economic numbers are terrible. Those are the kind of economic numbers that I thought would near guarantee a loss for Joe Biden, and so that turned out to be, you know, right?

It was in a lot of ways, right? And now Trump is in the same exact kind of trouble, in fact, a little worse. So then that leads me to the news story that I just saw. The Gulf countries, here, let me read you the headline from Financial Times, and they have an exclusive on this, Gulf states could review overseas investments to ease financial strains caused by Iran war. So there's a hidden meaning in there. So what they're saying is, look, we now have all these costs. We've got apartment buildings being bombed, and this is because of America and Israel. And as I told you earlier in the show, I was on a show that was based in the UAE right this morning.

And they interrupted for breaking news of one of the top billionaires in the UAE going basically, I thought we were going to be protected. That's why we did the deal with Israel and America. Now it turns out, no, we're in greater danger. So what was the point? And why did America choose to go into this war, knowing allies like us would get deeply hurt? So now when those very wealthy Gulf countries take away their overseas investments, what of course they're referring to as Israel and America, well, that's going to hurt our economy too.

But the hidden meaning is overseas investments in the Trump family. Yes. Oh, yeah. Okay. Oh, finally a silver lining. Yeah. Give it to me, Jane. Give me more.

Give me more. So the Gulf countries were told by Israel and America, especially UAE and Saudi Arabia. Don't worry, sign the Abraham Accords and we'll put our bases there. And you'll be because of us. you'll be perfectly protected. And now they find out that it was all a lie. Now, of course, we could have told them what was a lie from day one. It's stunning how little some world leaders know, right?

And they feel super burned right now. And remember, of course, there's the $400 million plane that was given to Donald Trump. The Saudis gave $2 billion to Jared Kushner to invest. And then there was a talk of a new deal with the Trump team, not talk. There was a new deal with the Trump team, and they were gonna get a couple more billion dollars from that. Now if all that starts to go away, then Donald Trump's gonna be in a cold sweat panic. So that is a very interesting threat.

But also goes to show you, those countries are super pissed at us for starting this totally unnecessary war that has hurt their countries and their interests. So now even our allies are looking at hurting our interests, which is only going to make the economy worse. So Anna, I'll give you a second silver lining here. As those countries begin to put pressure on Trump and we start to run out of interceptor missiles, at some point we're gonna have to withdraw our ships from the Gulf. Otherwise without interceptor missiles, they'll be sitting ducks. So what if Trump in a couple of weeks goes, well, I said four weeks and this thing's

turning into a disaster, gas prices are sky high, my beloved stock market has crashed, and And now the sheiks won't even bribe me anymore. All right, Israel, we got to go. And then Israel's- That'd be great. He should do that now. He should do that right now. In fact, it would have been, like, there's actually a pretty clear exit ramp right now where he could theoretically, even though we know the truth, but, you know, for people who aren't paying close attention, I think they'd fall for it.

He could claim victory. I took out the Ayatollah, obliterated Iran's nuclear facilities. We're done here. But yeah. You remember I said that in like the second day of the war. I was like we already killed Ayatollah, we already destroyed their nuclear facilities. Mission accomplished. At that point, no one in, no American had died, right?

So now we get six dead. And guess what? Now Republican senators are beginning to say the same thing we were saying. They're like, wait, are you sure the mission isn't accomplished? I mean, they'll get upbraided by their Israeli handlers. But so the only reason we're in here is because Donald Trump feels some sort of loyalty for certain reasons to the Israelis. I don't think it's loyalty.

That man isn't loyal to anything other than himself. I think for Trump, there's something going on. And I don't know what Netanyahu is hanging over his head, but he tends to get more and more extreme in favor of Israel's cause after Netanyahu visits. So with that information, what you will. Yeah. Yeah, real quick, last thing on that. So look, Trump loves money.

The Israelis gave him the most amount of money in these elections. The Adelson family did, et cetera. But the UAE and all these other Gulf countries, Saudi Arabia, said, we're giving him even more money. So now they're threatening that. But I think it's, I'm just going to say it. I've been saying it, I think it's blackmail. Because if he wants more money, he would definitely go with the Gulf. And now the Gulf countries have turned against Israel in this reporting.

So if it's money, he'll definitely leave, right? But it seems like he didn't want to do this war in the first place. He called it a detour. He said it is for other countries. So I think they've got something on him. But if he does leave, like it's gotten bad enough and he's thinking I'm cooked anyway. And he withdraws our troops and withdraws from the war and leaves Israel by himself. Then we'll definitely find out if we were right or wrong.

Because at that point, Netanyahu will definitely release whatever information he had on Trump, if he had any. We got to take a break. When we come back, we'll talk a little bit about some staffing changes over at DHS. And then hopefully we'll have a little bit of time left later in the show to discuss how angry Ben Shapiro is at Pierce Morgan's platforming decisions. We'll be right back. You knew damn well I was a snake before you took me in. All right, back on TYT. Don't forget Noble Mobile. Make sure you switch over. TYT.com slash switch.

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These are YouTube members now. Jank needs to open up with down goes Chris. Well, hold on. We're doing that next. Wall of Gratitude says, I've got a high energy today, so watching it real time for a change. I love it. I love one you guys watch live. The raging atheist says, what's the point of having the Geneva Conventions if no one's

going to hold countries guilty of war crimes accountable? Where are all the adults? Well, really, Israel has almost single-handedly destroyed the Geneva Conventions and international laws and international laws about war crimes. The deepest irony there is. And the Israelis can't even argue with that one. And they'll tell you, well, we hate international law. International law is stupid. It's for other people, inferior people.

Israel's above the law. We don't, we'll never follow it, right? International criminal court hate it, UN hated, NATO hated. War crimes love it, laws against war crimes, hate it, right? So yeah, and they're dragging America along. We created this system of international law. And now the Israelis are forcing us to destroy it. It's disgusting.

The Faye Scott Smith says, Gassimai town has gone up to 50 cents a gallon. In the past three days, I personally cannot afford this war. You're not alone, Faye, and a lot of people are getting pissed about it. American Viking 73 says, Nick Fuentes has even posted that he's off the Trump train. Maga is just crumbling now. Yeah, Fuentes now says, stay home. Don't vote for Republicans.

They betrayed you. They said anti-war. They said America first. And they're obviously not doing that. Now, we don't agree with anything Fuentes says otherwise, but he is for his followers, getting them to make sure that they stay home. And there's logic to that particular equation, which is if your politicians betray you, you'd be nuts to vote for them again.

Democrats seem to have finally maybe, I hope, gotten that message after us saying it for 25 years in a row. Why are you rewarding your politicians for constantly betraying you? Anyway, Rusty Jones 59 says, Smokers said that Beirut is going to become the new conunis. We talked about that. He says, not sure that was one of the objectives on the list. It wasn't for us, but it was for Israel all along. They had planned to invade Lebanon from day one when the war started.

That's why they're ready to go right now. They're saying clear out two to 300,000 people from southern Lebanon because they're gonna come in and take it all. Look at that, they'll have more land while doing self-defense. Craig Oh H1981 says, Shank and Anna, I really want to thank you both deeply for doing what you're doing. Always keeping it real and I don't mind when you guys start yelling. It shows that you're passionate about speaking the truth. Thank you, Craig. With a gal says, for all interested, she wrote in about her husband who had the heart attack but then want to watch

watch TYT as soon as he was awake. Hubby's back home and doing well. All right, we love to hear that. All right, again, wish him well. Passive Watcher 101 says if anyone walks into Anna yelling at me through my TV screen, don't rescue me. I'm exactly where I want to be. Yeah, some people are into that, you know?

Yeah, well, okay, I got one more for you when I come back. TYT, Jane Canana with you guys. Juju Beans just joined in, wrote in. All right, I'm in. You and breaking points are my news shows or my news now. All right, I love it. And Breaking Points is a great show. So, and then I'm going to read one YouTube member, Mr. Anderson wrote,

and if Anna were president, she'd be Baberham Lincoln. That's hilarious. That's an old one from Wayne's War. But good one, good one. Okay, Anna. All right, we got to talk a little bit about what's happening with DHS, really big news out of the leadership situation there. Let's get into it. I'm saying, Ms. Noam, that time after time after time, I've been disappointed. Quality matters,

not quantity, quality. And what we've seen is a disaster. Under your leadership, Ms. Gnome, a disaster. Have you had sexual relations with Corey Lewandowski? Mr. Chairman, I am shocked that we're going down and peddling tabloid garbage in this committee. today. The president approved ahead of time, you spending $220 million running TV ads across the country in which you are featured prominently. Yes, sir. Inject that compilation into my veins. That was amazing. And now President Donald Trump has announced that Christy Noem is officially out as the Secretary of Homeland Security. So it seems as though her ouster was clinched by the disastrous hearings on the hill yesterday,

where she faced unusually difficult questions, including from members of her own party, Republicans. So before we reveal who the next DHS secretary will be, Jank, your two cents. Down goes Christyneome. Down goes Christyneome. Down goes Christyneome. One of the worst members of this administration, there's breaking news on why Trump specifically fired her or moved her. And we'll tell you where they moved her to. Now, he made the announcement on Truth Social saying, I am pleased to announce that the highly respected United States Senator from the great state of Oklahoma, Mark Wayne Mullen, will become the United States Secretary of Homeland Security, effective March 31st, 2026. The current secretary, Christy Noem, who has served us well and has had numerous and spectacular results, especially on the border, will be moving to be special envoy for the Shield of the Americas,

our new security initiative in the Western Hemisphere we are announcing on Saturday in Doral, Florida. I thank Christy for her service at Homeland. Now, this makes Christy Noem, the first Cabinet Secretary. to leave during Trump's second term. Although there was the other guy, Tim, no, I'm forgetting his name. Mike Walls.

Mike Walls, there we go. Mike Waltz. Yes, that's the guy. Yes. Now, what led to this? Well, it was just earlier today that Punch Bowl news reported that President Donald Trump has quietly asked Hill Republicans

if he should fire Homeland Security Secretary Christy Noem. The latest sign of her tenuous standing inside the West Wing, according to multiple Republicans who have spoken with the president. And those calls to GOP senators came after Nome, faced some pretty hard questions from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle about her decisions as DHS secretary. And as you can imagine, you know, there's been a lot of controversy when it comes to DHS. You know, you have two American citizens who were shot and killed by ICE and Border Patrol. The immediate reaction from DHS was to label

these individuals as terrorists, which was ridiculous. But the exchange that apparently ticked Trump off the most was with Senator John Kennedy, of all people. He pressed Noem about a government-funded ad campaign that urged anyone in the U.S. illegally to leave the country voluntarily. So the $220 million contract for the ad campaign was awarded to an LLC, which subcontracted with a company run by the husband of former DHS spokesperson, Tricia McLaughlin. The ads were filmed in October at Mount Rushmore. Ben Yoho, McLaughlin's husband, said he made $226,137.17 for his work. Now here's part of the ads in question.

Why do I love these wide open spaces? They remind me of why our forefathers came here, not just for its beauty, but for The freedom only America provides. I'm Christino. Anyone who searches for freedom can always find a home here. But that freedom's a precious thing, and we defend it vigorously. You cross the border illegally, we'll find you. But if you come here the right way, your American dream can be as big as these endless skies.

So Senator Kennedy argued that the campaign seemed more like a personal branding project than a worthwhile use of taxpayer money. But Noam disagreed and insisted to Kennedy that Trump had signed off on all of it. Take a look at the exchange. And you're saying that you're testifying that President Trump approved this ahead of time. Is that my understanding? We had conversations about making sure that we were telling people. No, ma'am. I'm asking you.

Sorry to interrupt. But the president approved ahead of time, you're spending $220 million. running TV ads across the country in which you are featured prominently. Yes, sir. We went through the legal processes. Did it correct? Did the president know you were going to do this? Yes.

He did? Yes. Okay. And one thing, Senator, I think, would be helpful to know is how effective that communications has been. Well, they were effective in your name recognition. I mean, to me, it puts the president in a terribly awkward spot. And I just, I'm not saying you're not telling the truth. It's just hard for me to believe.

Well, it turns out it would have been okay for him to accuse her of being dishonest because it turns out that a White House official disputed Nome's claims telling NBC News, POTUS did not sign off on a $220 million ad campaign. Absolutely not. And then the president weighed in himself, saying, I never knew anything about it. Now look, there had been, again, a lot of controversy surrounding DHS. The decisions made under Christy Knoem.

It seemed like she was more interested in playing dress up and engaging in cosplay as opposed to being effective and legal in how she carries out her job. But she did end up thanking the president and it seems like she's trying to stay on his good side. But in regard to Mark Wayne Mullenjank, I love this tweet or this ex post. by Caitlin Collins from CNN. She says Trump loves watching Mullen on TV and often praises him, which was a factor in his decision. Of course. Of course. God, he's such a vain child. You know, they used to- Which is ironic given his appearance, but yeah. Yeah, and remember that they ran against John Edwards a million years ago. He's so

vain when he was combing his hair before an appearance. I mean, Trump's even beats him. All right, so most of the tough questioning was actually from Republicans, which is interesting. And so that senator that we just showed you is Senator John Kennedy from Louisiana, Foghorn, Leighorn. And he's a really bright guy, and if he's cross-examining you, you might be in trouble. That's why I'm always amused when he says super dumb things. It's obvious that he's trying to play to his base from time to time. This is not one of those.

This is a good cross-examination, and it costs Christy-nome her job, right? But so when next time when we show you something, him saying something really dumb, remember, he's actually a really smart guy. He is. Yeah. I actually kind of load the fact that he puts on that dumb guy act because it's insulting to his constituents. But anyway, continue. Yeah, totally. So now, order of priority for why a gnome guy can. Coming in at number three was the immigration numbers are down. So her job was to get control over immigration and do all this ice stuff. And hey, Trump doesn't care that she's following his orders and Stephen Miller's orders, which by the way she said a couple of weeks ago, she's like, hey man, I'm just doing what

the president and Stephen Miller said, which I thought was interesting to put them in the same sentence, right? Although that's true, it doesn't matter, Trump blames you anyway. So that was number three. Number two was the affair with Corey Lewandowski because Trump hates it when other people have affairs with women he finds to be attractive underneath him. So it drives him crazy. And Corey Lewandowski got kicked out of the White House for an alleged affair with Hope Hicks

in the first term. So Trump didn't like that at all. But the main thing was the spending money on ads. I'm gonna tell you why in a second. But first, we're getting that from the breaking news from Fox News, Jackie Heinrich, said a combination of her many unfortunate leadership failures from Minnesota to the ad campaign to the allegations of an affair, so all three that I just mentioned, because the Minnesota disaster led to drive their numbers down on immigration and ICE.

And they said, Heinrich said, this ad campaign though, that really tipped the president over the edge. And why is that, Anna? You know why, because he's so vain. And so he's like, $220 million ad campaign. That should have been on me. That should have been, should we spend it on her? No, no, no, no.

All money should be spent on me and not anyone else. So that's why he was furious and basically moved her to an irrelevant position. Well, she'll probably pretend to be the Venezuelan vice president. Yeah, he's also a liar. So he could be lying and he could have thrown her under the bus. We don't really know. All I know is, uh-huh. Yeah, so of course, Trump's a gentleman.

He could be lying at any time and almost always does. But in this case, I feel like I can tell when he's not lying because he seems genuinely shocked according to the reporting. She said her sort of Heinrich said her source was very close to the president, which sometimes by the way is the actual president. So and and so and I know he hates it when other people get the spotlight and not him. So this one looks like it's genuine that he was pissed at her. Yeah, I mean look, end of the story.

she's gone. So I don't think Mark Wayne Mullen would necessarily be better. He seems like someone who's got some anger issues to be honest with you. So I'm worried about that. But nonetheless, Christy Noem was not qualified for that role and did a horrible job. So I'm happy to see her gone. We got to take our final break because I really want to make sure we have enough time to cover the next story. And Jank, we're going to get into you roasting Josh Hammer on Pierce Morgan next. Come right back. Chank Weger has the IQ of a tadpole. Check out the big brain on red.

All right, here we go. So let's go to Super Chat. Make it make sense, says I'm literally voting independent this year. So that's one of our conservative viewers. So there you go. Voters are moving. Collie 39 says, hey guys, I'm an Irish teacher. Love this show.

Been in Qatar for 15 years. U.S. Israel war has been devastating for everyone here. Just want to give props to the Qatar Air Force for being awesome at defending us. Stop the war. So yeah, I actually am hearing that Qatar is doing a very good job at defending their country. So all right, credit to them. I love the Irish. Outside of the Palestinians and Arabs and Muslims in general, the people most opposed to Israel,

their genocide and their occupation is the Irish. And so, in fact, today I heard that there are some tech guys in Silicon Valley who will are Palestinian and Irish and they've gotten together to oppose Israel. And I'm like, there you go. God, I love the Irish. Constantine Kavir says, Jen and Anna, the news may suck, but you're both great. Thank you for doing what you do. Thank you, Constan.

You always help and we really appreciate it. Otaku wrote in again, Great Britain chartered planes for their people that were in the Middle East before they ran war started. But what did America do for ours? Nothing. And that's totally true. America's stranded all over the Middle East. We can't get them out because we were too busy defending Israel.

Like all of our preparations were on, oh my God, oh my God, is Israel going to be okay? Israel's driving us into this war, but are they going to be okay? So so much of our interceptors and our defense was centered around Israel and not our own bases and no plans to get our own citizens out of dangerous way. I mean, the degree to which we're occupied is ridiculous. American Viking 73 says Marine McGinnis apparently required surgery to repair his arm slash hand due to damages from the incident. And I don't think you know this, but he was going to come on the young Turks to talk about it. But he had to go into surgery.

So so McGinnis is a hero. We'll try to talk to him once he gets out of the hospital. Darren Pierce says love and respect from Bray Ireland. There we go. Keep fighting. Your good guys will win eventually. You guys did so you're an inspiration to us. So I love it. Thank you, brother.

Cylindrical Ferrette says, Anna, I said this yesterday, but I want to repeat. Thank you for disrespecting that general. Their status slash face in the Chinese sense has to be destroyed in the public. Okay. I got to say, you guys know how harsh I am when I criticize Israel. Out of everything I've said, that was the one moment that got me in trouble. Yeah, no, no, I think we're talking. So I think that reviewer is talking about General Kimmett, right?

Oh my God, what a disgrace that man is. Yeah, but I want to be clarified. No, disrespecting the general didn't get Anna in any trouble because he's an American general. No, exactly. She called Cornicus a terrorist, everybody flipped out. Like there's, by the way, in the same show, she was called a jihadist, no one cared. Of course. Of course.

cares, right? I'm just a lowly American after all. Yeah, we're just Americans, so we're not precious Israelis. So that's, if you criticize in Israeli, there'll be consequences. Americans, you can say anything you want about them. Marina Gate, free Palestine and free U.S. from Israel, here, here. Michael Cotevili writes in, Israelis honestly think the government is helping the Iranians. The indoctrination is real. I've had many arguments with family in Israel for the last two years. Some I don't talk to it anymore. They don't believe anything that debunks the propaganda they're exposed to. That is so true. Michael, thank you for writing that at. Jake Lee Ger has the IQ of its headpole. You are a stiff.

The online news show, Jake Hugar, Ant Experian, and Noon Mountain. Noon Mountain just joined by hitting the join button below. We love you guys, and we can't do the show without you. So we really appreciate that you support honest news. It makes a big difference to us. And I was just telling Michael Cotevelli, who wrote it on Super Chat, saying his family in Israel is so indoctrinated, they really genuinely think they're helping the Iranian people. Don't I know, brother? And it's not just the Israelis. Every country gets indoctrinated into their own propaganda. I know plenty of Turks who believe outrageous and nonsensical things just because of Turkish propaganda. So. Yeah, same. Yeah. Same.

About Turks. About Turks. Yeah, I knew. These Armenians, what are we going to do with them? All right. All right, so let's keep going. All right, let's do it. There's an easy way to tell who hates America. They kind of say it. If you call America a terrorist organization for killing one of the world's most evil dictators, for example, I don't know, you hate America. So I've heard the talking point a million times that Iran is the number one sponsor of terrorism. It is something that the Warhawks love to say. I have actually never once heard a coherent definition of terrorism and then a demonstration that they're the worst of it.

The IDF is the worst terrorist organization in the region. Let's get real. The United States of America is arguably the worst terrorist organization in the world. Well, those statements that you just heard from Dave Smith have led to a very salty Ben Shapiro, who historically speaking wasn't a big fan of deplatforming people or urging shows to avoid platforming certain voices. But suddenly he wants to, you know, go after Pierce Morgan for having the audacity of inviting voices who are critical of Israel. And yes, in that particular clip, you heard Dave Smith be

critical of the United States for getting dragged into a war on Israel's behalf. But there are some other statements made on Pierce Morgan's show that I want to get into, which Ben Shapiro seems to have no problem with, regardless of how morally bankrupt those statements happen to be before we get to them, Jank, your two cents. Yeah, so I've had to deal with these same guys on I'm going to talk about that in a minute and all the terrible things that they say. But I also want to talk about who's more obsessed with Israel? Israel's critics or Israel's supporters? I think that answer is very clear, but let's get into it after Anna shows you the videos.

So I actually want to start off with something that Matt Schlapp, who has been accused by now multiple males of sexually assaulting. I don't know what happened to those cases, but nonetheless, he has been accused in the past. He says something that was so utterly disgusting on Pierce Morgan's show. They were having a conversation about the opening strikes carried out by the United States and Israel against Iran. And in those opening strikes, a elementary school, all girls elementary school was struck. And at least 165 people were killed, most of them little girls. And so with that context in mind, get a load of what Matt Schlappieff

had to say about it. Even if it was an Iranian missile that was fired in response to the attack from Israel and the United States, right? Even if it was an Iranian missile, those girls would still be alive today if the United States and Israel had not launched the attack. So you are right. We don't know who launched the missile, but we know that if the U.S. and Israel had not attacked a country that poses no serious threat to them, Israel has hundreds of movements. nuclear weapons. America has thousands that those girls would be alive. Okay, but I would also say to that that is indisputable. That it is indisputable to, well, hang on, Matt, please.

Hang on, please. Barbaric society. Let me finish my point. So in case you had difficulty hearing that, Matt Schlapp said they would be alive in a burqa. So better off dead, right? Am I right? I mean just loathsome disgusting human being. And, Jank, you're on that panel as well. I watched the entirety of that episode.

Absolute disgrace hearing what both Josh Hammer and Matchlap had to say. Before we get to Josh Hammer, though, your thoughts. Yeah, first, Siris and Light. So look, these are the same people who said, oh, we're going to liberate the Iranian people. We care so much about them. Now we start the war and he's like, oh, who cares? They're better off dead than in a burqa, so we killed them.

So when they tell you the next time, like they did in Iraq, oh, we're going to liberate the Iraqi people, we're going to be greeted as liberators, oh, we're going to help the Iranian protesters because we care so much about the Iranian people. Remember Matt Schlapp telling you afterwards, who cares about the Iranian people? They were going to be Muslim anyway, so we just murdered him. So he's a disgusting pig. Now, he doesn't, he doesn't upset Ben Shapiro at all, by the way. has directed his ire at Dave Smith, a Jewish American, by the way, because he dares to be critical

of Israel. But when it comes to Matt Schlapp making excuses for the slaughter of little girls in Iran, which by the way, please do some research, guys. Anyone who thinks that everyone in Iran is wearing a burqa 24-7 is like the most ignorant. Do your research. There are plenty of people in Iran. There are Christian Armenians in Iran who go to church. They're not wearing burqas. Like, please, I know there's a lot of propaganda in the United States, but we are being misled like crazy about what actually takes place in Iran. And there's a big difference between a headdress and a burqa. Exactly. Now, to the lighter stuff, guys, when I've gone peers, watch out for Easter eggs.

Like, I don't think anybody caught it, but I threw in a reference to pumbling a crotch. Because Matt Schlett was on the show. Okay, he's the guy who was accused of pubbling a guy's crotch. So I said maybe Israel's pummeling his crotch or something like that. Okay. So now, but my favorite comment, it wasn't mine. It was the viewers, because I read the comments a little bit, and they're like, where'd they get Count Chocula and Kenny Rogers to represent the Israeli side? Okay. Dude, dude, the Dracula comment is amazing because I see it. I definitely see it, which takes us to Josh Hammer, right? Josh Hammer is very triggered by you, Chank. But you roasted him and I thought it was pretty hilarious.

So let's go to that moment. I think it'll be very easy to, you know, dunk on Chank Weger, who I'm always reminded, has the morality of a cockroach and the IQ of a tadpole. I mean, it would be very easy for me to kind of just launch off, and explain why this more obese fat oaf just continues to bloviate and bloviate and find himself on the wrong side of every single geopolitical issue. Israel has bought our government, hold on, Israel has bought our government, lock, stock, and barrel.

And did they do something else as well, you know, with this Operation Epstein's Fury in terms of getting blackmail on people? Yes, it's entirely possible because Epstein in every interaction was trying to help Israel, procured cyber weapons for Israel. Hey, Matt, political disaster. You were wrong about Iraq because you serve Israel. You're wrong about Iran because you serve Israel. Don't worry, you'll get to check. Don't worry, you'll get the check. So I, like for example, I'd say that Josh is Israel first. Yeah, sure, I know. So, so Josh, I say Josh is Israel first. And then you guys flip out over it. Then you pan to one shot of Josh. And there's his book with Israel in the title. Israel. Everybody serve Israel. Of course it is. Of course it is. Okay. I have spoken to Yale law school, Harvard Law School, publish. Israel, Israel.

It's right behind you, dude. I'm taking my oath to the Constitution. I have been in one country and one country. Why don't you book about America? I have to say, man, the producers going to the wide shot to get the book in the background was pretty amazing. Okay, that was amazing. I have been some sort of lawyer. I forget what kind of lawyer he said.

I have spoken to Yale. Like, calm down, dude. It's going to be okay. Okay. Are we comparing some sort of? Don't make me do it count. Okay. No, please don't.

No, no, no. Okay, but look, he made a comment about my looks. Count Chocula is making a comment about looks? Come on, bro. Come on. But seriously, guys, so they just flippantly say these things. If you said it about Jewish folks, they'd lose their minds and you'd be canceled forever. But they just like Nazis called people cockroaches.

Like that's literally Nazi propaganda 101. Dehumanize them and they would call Jewish people cockroaches. So now Josh is turning around. He's like, ah, these Muslim cockroaches, they've become exactly what they most feared and despised. Yeah, and it's amazing because it was a big scandal that I called Jonathan Conruchas, a propagandist for Israel, a terrorist, because he has lied about all of the slaughter of innocent people, including children, of course, in Gaza. But when I was called a jihadist, that's totally fine. You're called a cockroach and the R word by Josh Hammer.

Totally fine. No controversy about that whatsoever. So look, what's good for the goose is good for the gander. If they're gonna come at us with the ad hominemes, we're gonna dish it out too. Yeah, that's simple. Yeah, by the way, speaking about the hominemes, this lawyer in the UK who represents Israel in a lot of these debates, and I've gone on Pierce Morgan, this woman named Natasha. She's now suing Pierce Morgan because now the lawfare has begun.

Since they've lost the debate completely on Morgan and every other show, they're starting to just try to sue people into silence. She, in a different debate, called me a parasite. And now two different people representing Israel have called me a parasite as well. These are classic, you know, German propaganda from back in the day. They're now using it against their opponents. When Israel does it, it is deeply ironic. Finally, on whoever is more obsessed with Israel.

Well, no, I confess that I'm definitely obsessed with Israel. Why? Because there's no other country that's taken $300 billion from us. That's pushed us into $8 trillion worth of wars. That just pushed us into a disastrous war. If Brazil did that or Paraguay did that, then I'd be obsessed with them. But who's more obsessed? I mean, look at what Ben Shapiro was doing.

That's a castle Dave Smith. Castle Peter's Morgan. Castle everyone. Because everything for him revolves around Israel. Larry Ells and Amiria Medelson used to donate to the Democrats when the Democrats were in power. They now donate to Trump and the Republicans when they're in power because they don't care about any other issue but Israel. And since they're so obsessed and they've bought 94% of Congress and they're forcing us to do things that are against American interest, yes, I will continue to be obsessed with Israel until we drive them out of our government. Agreed.

All right. All right. We gotta go. When we come back, super interesting, we're gonna talk to the two of the leading Senate candidates in Illinois. They're having a primary soon, obviously on the Democratic side. And we've got a representative, a US representative and the lieutenant governor of Illinois coming up next.

Jake Weeger has the morality of a cockroach. I'm gonna those cockroach.