Would US democracy survive a second Trump presidency? Mehdi Hasan & Adolfo Franco | Head to Head

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  • Опубликовано: 26 дек 2024

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  • @NolanRaizenberg
    @NolanRaizenberg 2 месяца назад +739

    The best thing I've watched in a long time. Finally someone being held accountable and can't run away.

    • @lindaflesch7303
      @lindaflesch7303 2 месяца назад +17

      Yes.

    • @maryl3299
      @maryl3299 2 месяца назад +32

      This is the gold standard of journalism. 🥇🥇🥇

    • @KrnelPanc
      @KrnelPanc 2 месяца назад +23

      so satisfying to watch the worm squirm and wiggle

    • @ninemoonplanet
      @ninemoonplanet 2 месяца назад +19

      I have seen Mehdi tackle some of the most controversial issues and guests and he is an excellent interviewer.
      The technique of "Gish galloping" he won't tolerate. He knows how to deal with it.

    • @KrnelPanc
      @KrnelPanc 2 месяца назад +11

      @@ninemoonplanet cool call, he shredded that dude

  • @marciaross7786
    @marciaross7786 2 месяца назад +1601

    WHY does everything trump says need to be "explained"? He said EXACTLY what he meant.

    • @BlowsTube
      @BlowsTube 2 месяца назад

      Exactly! How does this man who wants to be President not have the ability to speak his mind the way he means? Why is every single detestable thing he says a joke or out of context? How is this possible? We’ve all known people like this in our lives and we avoid them like the plague because they are not people you want around you. Since when do we reward people like this with the presidency?

    • @bera0014
      @bera0014 2 месяца назад

      Because that's what they hear and how they interpret it....a broken brain doesn't help

    • @thachhuynh5462
      @thachhuynh5462 2 месяца назад +62

      @@marciaross7786 the guy doesn’t know what the F he’s talking about.

    • @juliom7113
      @juliom7113 2 месяца назад +107

      I am soooo tired of hearing that's not what he meant, hes not a politician..blah blah. If any of us would use that line with our bosses, we would be fired. He's been in politics for more than 8 years... but he's not a politician?

    • @RandaWise
      @RandaWise 2 месяца назад +67

      They call it sane-washing. It's an attempt to normalize his speech and behavior, which is horrifying.

  • @kingSess_45
    @kingSess_45 2 месяца назад +516

    It’s amazing to see these people twist themselves into pretzels defending incompetence and buffoonery. Mehdi is relentless. Bravo.

    • @punchthem4582
      @punchthem4582 2 месяца назад

      When you said buffoon you perfectly described Mehdi. I wonder how many times a day the Iranians bend him over and give him/her/it a little something?

    • @edwardwilliams6485
      @edwardwilliams6485 2 месяца назад

      @@kingSess_45 it is a sight to behold

    • @martianmartian7281
      @martianmartian7281 Месяц назад +9

      @@kingSess_45 we need HIM to interview Trump!

    • @officialshanuki8116
      @officialshanuki8116 Месяц назад

      @@kingSess_45 😎🤙🤙 BIG FACTS

    • @jammasterTravio
      @jammasterTravio Месяц назад

      Mehdi is twisting himself into a pretzel. He seems so one sided about trying to support his generalisation and he ads personal attacks to try and support his leftist ideas. He sounds like the leftist media that can't see the forest through the trees.

  • @graceomalley4
    @graceomalley4 Месяц назад +36

    Well said Mehdi. Expose these liars and hypocrites

    • @rft3670
      @rft3670 Месяц назад

      Politician don't win election by telling the truth. Wake up mate. This is eye gauging business. It's the people who votes decides.

  • @rustyreview
    @rustyreview 2 месяца назад +677

    These apologists for trump are a cancer to this country. I'm tired of it.

    • @DypoMage
      @DypoMage 2 месяца назад +30

      Every normal person is. Very, very tired...

    • @Koolarado
      @Koolarado 2 месяца назад +2

      What are you going to do about it?

    • @TheEqualizer-3.2.1.
      @TheEqualizer-3.2.1. 2 месяца назад +11

      If you live in the U.S. and he wins, move to another country of your choice. Hopefully, they'll allow you in.

    • @bleb87
      @bleb87 2 месяца назад +4

      You alarmist sky is falling wackos are getting tiresome. I'm a liberal, trump isn't a threat, a kid nearly took him out lol

    • @osva7807
      @osva7807 2 месяца назад

      If he wins or loses, I feel there will be violence either way. I'm mexican and have received threats of violence from his supporters. Death threats. I hear it on job sites too.

  • @Nick-kb6jd
    @Nick-kb6jd 2 месяца назад +252

    "It's on the internet it must be true" said the Republican.

    • @mostlysunny582
      @mostlysunny582 2 месяца назад +2

      So this video is on the internet, then is it true?

    • @michaeldowdell3813
      @michaeldowdell3813 2 месяца назад +11

      @@mostlysunny582 I saw on internet the other day a woman say she was abducted and impregnated by aliens I guess we should believe that as well 😂😂😂

    • @mostlysunny582
      @mostlysunny582 2 месяца назад +1

      @@michaeldowdell3813 "we" who is we?

    • @michaeldowdell3813
      @michaeldowdell3813 2 месяца назад +10

      @@mostlysunny582 oh I’m sorry that’s right you don’t believe or understand pronouns let me explain
      we: (pronoun) used to refer to one’s self and other people considered a group

    • @mostlysunny582
      @mostlysunny582 2 месяца назад

      @@michaeldowdell3813 and who is that group?

  • @DustyUrchin
    @DustyUrchin 2 месяца назад +724

    This is the best thing I’ve ever heard. Mehdi’s super smart pushbacks are sorely missing from most US commentary.

    • @moss830
      @moss830 2 месяца назад

      Both parties are evil but Trump gives us hope because he’s not a puppet as terrible as he may be. Meanwhile it seems the Dems are pushing a satanic atheist agenda where nothing means anything and do whatever you want. As a family man with morals I’m voting for Trump despite his rhetoric as to me he offers more hope of change.

    • @RandaWise
      @RandaWise 2 месяца назад +19

      Mehdi wasn't having it!!!

    • @citizen_wayne
      @citizen_wayne 2 месяца назад +13

      Agree. Glad he is still on a major platform. Fortunately, it's the information age, so I can just access him online.

    • @erikhoffman2866
      @erikhoffman2866 2 месяца назад +7

      Sadly, because he was fired from US commentary

    • @expandingtime01
      @expandingtime01 2 месяца назад +2

      100%

  • @roi2426
    @roi2426 Месяц назад +33

    What’s most embarrassing, is that this incredible journalist was de-platformed for adhering to ethics, integrity, and objective morality in his work. MSNBC did not deserve a person of such exemplary stature.

    • @JudiMcMillen
      @JudiMcMillen 27 дней назад

      True, he is incredible and truthful, shines the light on the dark, and he got pooped on for his efforts. Shame on MSNBC.

  • @blingximus
    @blingximus 2 месяца назад +272

    I am absolutely flabbergasted how much grace is given to Donald Trump by his supporters!!!

    • @raishaferreira8099
      @raishaferreira8099 2 месяца назад +1

      🇺🇸💙🌎

    • @eveFlower101
      @eveFlower101 2 месяца назад +13

      Enabling the orange 🍊 one

    • @WAEVOICE
      @WAEVOICE 2 месяца назад +5

      That's because you're in a cult witnessing another.

    • @B_Bodziak
      @B_Bodziak 2 месяца назад +10

      It's what cult members do regarding their leader.

    • @bobbyjoalfonso3949
      @bobbyjoalfonso3949 2 месяца назад

      Americans have a poor education system that keeps them dumb and easy to manipulate.

  • @francisco_m7849
    @francisco_m7849 2 месяца назад +155

    The young lady obviously was very stressed out, but she delivered her statement very well and very concise. I am very proud of her.

    • @deborahgray4515
      @deborahgray4515 2 месяца назад +6

      Because it is frustrating to have to listen to these deniers spew lies

    • @enigma_-_79
      @enigma_-_79 Месяц назад

      The young lady who said that Trump said that he, “Will be a dictator from day one,” when what he actually said was,”I only want to be a dictator for one day” (to round up the communists and far left.). That young lady?

    • @enigma_-_79
      @enigma_-_79 Месяц назад

      She’s probably one of the far left communists that Trump was talking about.

  • @labmouse42
    @labmouse42 2 месяца назад +383

    Why does Franco keep saying Trump is not a politician, when he has been one for 8 years now. If I were a plumber for 8 years and people kept saying I was not a plumber, it would mean I was really bad at my job!

    • @madrooky1398
      @madrooky1398 2 месяца назад +11

      accurate

    • @dougbates8018
      @dougbates8018 2 месяца назад +13

      Yes indeed… and Barack Obama is a lawyer, Mitt Romney is a businessman as many other candidates have been, George H W Bush too, Ronald Raegan was an actor, so what? Did that make excuse for him to pretend not to be a politician?

    • @LiberalinOregon
      @LiberalinOregon 2 месяца назад +3

      Any lying excuse works for MEGAS.

    • @ShweBalaWinMyint-q2t
      @ShweBalaWinMyint-q2t 2 месяца назад

      Man was a businessman and got billions to show for it..

    • @labmouse42
      @labmouse42 2 месяца назад +20

      @@ShweBalaWinMyint-q2t he bankrupted a casino. He could have made more money just investing his inheritance into the stock market. Trump is a horrible businessman. He is, however, a fantastic showman. His level of bullshit is unparalleled.

  • @adrianred236
    @adrianred236 Месяц назад +61

    So, his defense is that Trump is one big joke. Hardly an endorsement.

    • @JudiMcMillen
      @JudiMcMillen 27 дней назад +1

      trump isn't a joke, look at the people holding him up. Those are the ones you need to be watching,

  • @spjd70
    @spjd70 2 месяца назад +444

    We deserve more Mehdi in our lives

    • @HeidiSchwendeWSI
      @HeidiSchwendeWSI 2 месяца назад +8

      We sure do! He's no BS.

    • @TheFetus132
      @TheFetus132 2 месяца назад +8

      Oh yeah, he is electric!!!!

    • @picklethepirate
      @picklethepirate 2 месяца назад +2

      Mehdi Hassan: what's happening to Pals is an outrage and atrocity and should not be encouraged.
      Also Mehdi Hassan: make certain you go out in Nov. to support the people encouraging the atrocities against the Pals!!!! It's your duty as a 'decent' person!!!

    • @osaromarvin
      @osaromarvin 2 месяца назад +3

      Humanity don't deserve him or his type but they need him and his type.

    • @-everythingsRosie
      @-everythingsRosie 2 месяца назад

      A man lost a competition to be the CEO (POTUS) of America. His supporters went on a crazed assault (at Trump’s behest), called for death of the senators, brutalised capitol police & wanted to hang the VP & kill ‘Naaancyyy, where are you?!’ Animals.
      A man was suffocated to death by a racist cop while ppl were held back from helping him yet forced to watch him succumb to death.
      Floyd supporters marched in the streets demanding action. See the difference?

  • @NathanTaylor987
    @NathanTaylor987 2 месяца назад +118

    “I was working for another republican at the time, that’s the just the nature of politics” says all you need to hear

    • @franciskoalmonte
      @franciskoalmonte Месяц назад +13

      I immediately lost interest in everything he said after that line.

    • @Toneychaplin
      @Toneychaplin Месяц назад +3

      Dude really said the quite part out loud and was like “whaaaaat its truuuueeee” 😂

  • @thomashafford6203
    @thomashafford6203 2 месяца назад +57

    Thank You, thank you, Mehdi. You continue to be my media and debating hero. Please stick with it. We need and will love more!

  • @dukenpam
    @dukenpam Месяц назад +64

    Salute, Mehdi, WELL DONE! Semper Fortis

    • @NOAH-o8n
      @NOAH-o8n Месяц назад

      He lies greatly. Don't you see it

    • @Marmiitaa
      @Marmiitaa Месяц назад

      Patriotism is a disease in your divided states of embarrasement

  • @dr.habibwizzy9546
    @dr.habibwizzy9546 2 месяца назад +392

    Great to see Mehdi back on Al Jazeera.

    • @karutmolek
      @karutmolek 2 месяца назад +3

      Antara azan yang berkumandang, dan lonceng yang berdentang, antara kiblat yang menentukan arahku pulang, dan salib yang membuatmu tenang, sebrengsek apapun aku, takkan ku rebut kamu dari Tuhan mu.

    • @punchthem4582
      @punchthem4582 2 месяца назад

      Yes, the terrorists sympathizers and co-conspirators and Al Jazeera who work for Iran have real high standards. LOL

  • @petercollier9073
    @petercollier9073 2 месяца назад +282

    Mehdi is unbelievable, superhuman in his debating competence, I never seen such capability, I am in awe, honestly, heroic.

    • @JohnnyRingo-c5v
      @JohnnyRingo-c5v 2 месяца назад +8

      Shill away , he got roundly schooled by Douglas Murray in debating Isreal Palestine 😂

    • @thenightcorereaper
      @thenightcorereaper 2 месяца назад +11

      @@JohnnyRingo-c5v Odd, it seemed quite the opposite to me.

    • @bassicdiego
      @bassicdiego 2 месяца назад +3

      he’s truly a generational talent

    • @providentia3103
      @providentia3103 2 месяца назад

      Mehdi is a jihadist

    • @DStead2239
      @DStead2239 2 месяца назад

      ​@@JohnnyRingo-c5vTry again princess..

  • @dans4786
    @dans4786 2 месяца назад +230

    An actual journalist who knows things. I didn’t realize they still existed.

    • @puspenderlather
      @puspenderlather Месяц назад +2

      He isn't a Journalist he is propagandist

    • @KingNerdius6993
      @KingNerdius6993 Месяц назад +8

      Medhi hasan is awesome and as been around for a while no way your just seeing him

    • @jamesmiller4114
      @jamesmiller4114 Месяц назад +2

      @@puspenderlather Who told you that - Fox News

    • @bardoomguy
      @bardoomguy Месяц назад

      @@jamesmiller4114 I love how Fox News is the only example the left can think of. Perfectly shows how the media is almost entirely controlled by the left

    • @martavdz4972
      @martavdz4972 Месяц назад

      They exist in other countries and in less-mainstream settings. In my country, they work for the radio and for specialized magazines, like magazines on international relations or investigative journalism.

  • @geetikaa2874
    @geetikaa2874 Месяц назад +17

    One key takeaway from this is that people will lie through their teeth for trump and will defend him

  • @JoseC888888
    @JoseC888888 2 месяца назад +297

    An excellent and well informed and prepared interviewer without tolerance for bullshit ❤

    • @SkeekyDragon
      @SkeekyDragon 2 месяца назад +13

      I love how he said Trump says terrible things and then said he only said that because he's working for a diff. politician at the time. So basically he's saying we shouldn't take ANYTHING he says to be truthful whatsoever. Thankfully, I already knew that - he just reinforced that knowledge.

    • @greglyons2526
      @greglyons2526 2 месяца назад +2

      The best

    • @jumalikorik
      @jumalikorik 2 месяца назад +1

      But, an intolerance for free speech and keeps interrupting

    • @ffoxxyy48
      @ffoxxyy48 2 месяца назад

      @@jumalikorik Both of them did.

    • @sputnikmoonchild
      @sputnikmoonchild Месяц назад

      Go Mehdi. I love how your so ruthless!!

  • @PowderedToastMan965
    @PowderedToastMan965 2 месяца назад +469

    The Republican Party is living their own Jonestown. This is absolutely insane

    • @SHENDOH
      @SHENDOH 2 месяца назад +53

      Only difference between Jonestown and trump is that trump will charge them for the Kool aid

    • @RandaWise
      @RandaWise 2 месяца назад +16

      @@SHENDOH Wow! If that comment wasn't so serious, I would laugh. But you're spot on.

    • @RandaWise
      @RandaWise 2 месяца назад +14

      But only this time, their Jonestown affects surrounding populations and is living right next door to you and I instead of tucked away in a remote jungle. That's a horrifying situation.

    • @jasjfl
      @jasjfl 2 месяца назад +18

      I'd say this conversation should've ended when this man admitted he just makes up lies for whoever has hired him but it was an excellent chance to see Mehdi display real journalism which is severely lacking today so I think it had value.

    • @KrnelPanc
      @KrnelPanc 2 месяца назад +11

      I got in a fight with my maga mom and told her if trump asked her to drink purple koolaid she would.

  • @albertnyakundi6756
    @albertnyakundi6756 2 месяца назад +252

    Big Fan of Mehdi Hassan. Watching from Kenya

    • @anninalebeau5259
      @anninalebeau5259 2 месяца назад +6

      same here, bit fan! great interviewer - watching from Ireland

    • @TheFetus132
      @TheFetus132 2 месяца назад +6

      He is electric, so much passion. Watching from Illinois

    • @juanmurillo3176
      @juanmurillo3176 2 месяца назад +4

      He's awesome & I wish all journalists would be as aggressive to liars as he is. Watchin' from NorCal.🙏🏽 (Northern California U.S.A)

    • @W_Bin
      @W_Bin 2 месяца назад +5

      New Zealand. America's insanity exposed brilliantly.

    • @ricr.96
      @ricr.96 2 месяца назад

      I was listening to this interview and was thinking I was listening to Piers Morgan, then started watching the interview to find his name is Mehdi Hasan.

  • @Liashb
    @Liashb Месяц назад +9

    Adolfo Franco's parents had a macabre sense of humor naming their son after two dictators..😂

  • @ros2456
    @ros2456 2 месяца назад +181

    Mehdi is relentless. I almost felt sorry for the Trump guy…almost. Vote blue America or RIP America. Your choice.

    • @MrT24-c4e
      @MrT24-c4e 2 месяца назад

      only deranged idiots are voting blue

    • @weekahhuat6285
      @weekahhuat6285 2 месяца назад +8

      All I can say it is already RIP for America when the race is so close... In any democratic country, the orange guy will be out

    • @MrT24-c4e
      @MrT24-c4e 2 месяца назад

      @@weekahhuat6285 we are a constitutional republic, not a democracy. Derptard

    • @zamakhosimpanza3902
      @zamakhosimpanza3902 2 месяца назад

      💙💙💦

    • @mikefraser4513
      @mikefraser4513 2 месяца назад

      glad you said "almost"

  • @mrdexs
    @mrdexs 2 месяца назад +323

    This, this is how you deal with people in a cult. For once I didn't have to scream at the TV, he stopped every lie.,

    • @savageog7476
      @savageog7476 2 месяца назад +9

      He never let him finish a sentence lol

    • @mrdexs
      @mrdexs 2 месяца назад +38

      @savageog7476 Why would he? He was lying. Mr. Hasan does his homework. Never ask a question you don't know the answer to. Especially the immigration policy, which is in black and white. The time of alternative facts is over.

    • @BlowsTube
      @BlowsTube 2 месяца назад +24

      @@savageog7476Why would he let him finish if he starts with a lie? If I told you look, it’s raining outside when it’s clearly not, why would you bother listening to the rest of my sentence? Especially on a show about why your candidate should get my vote for president.

    • @savageog7476
      @savageog7476 2 месяца назад +1

      @@BlowsTube lmao, he also never lets him finish his sentence when he is trying too explain anything. It’s hilarious you care more about the questions he was asking than how to make our lives actually better here in the US. Kamala will never reduce the cost of anything because she has no idea how

    • @BlowsTube
      @BlowsTube 2 месяца назад +15

      @@savageog7476 You think assistance with your first home loan won't lessen the cost for people? You think reducing perscrpition drug prices won't save people money? You don't think not deporting 15 million people out of the country that currently pay local, state and federal taxes won't save us some money? Come on man, you're not being serious with these comments. Explain how Trump's tariffs are going to save us money?

  • @DougMacGregor-d4e
    @DougMacGregor-d4e 2 месяца назад +44

    Thank you Mehdi, as always.

  • @d.b.cooper1
    @d.b.cooper1 2 месяца назад +20

    Man this is so good! 😂This is kinda stuff we need on mainstream American news outlets!!!!

  • @STRAWYB
    @STRAWYB 2 месяца назад +72

    This man's head is already messed. Fleeing a dictator and linking up with a dictator. Crazy head.

  • @maximusmedia8412
    @maximusmedia8412 2 месяца назад +515

    “Adolfo Franco” is the most sus name imaginable

    • @charlesleroq932
      @charlesleroq932 2 месяца назад +86

      Not as bad as the Brazilian police chief Hitler Mussolini, but certainly on that tier.

    • @watermarginramsgate180
      @watermarginramsgate180 2 месяца назад +24

      @@charlesleroq932 wow Hitler Mussolini lol

    • @helmutschillinger3140
      @helmutschillinger3140 2 месяца назад

      Adolf!!!

    • @helmutschillinger3140
      @helmutschillinger3140 2 месяца назад +12

      Yes Franco and Adolf, hat says it all?

    • @helmutschillinger3140
      @helmutschillinger3140 2 месяца назад +29

      His parents named him Adolfo because they admired Hitler. I lived in the Caribbean for many years and know that the old guard and the old boys there were great admirers of the Nazis in Germany.

  • @howie747
    @howie747 2 месяца назад +246

    Medhi just showed a masterclass in debunking lies

    • @l.c.3150
      @l.c.3150 2 месяца назад

      Only if Americans would watch this but his base would call the interviewer part of the fake news.

    • @JohnnyRingo-c5v
      @JohnnyRingo-c5v 2 месяца назад +1

      To you 😂

    • @howie747
      @howie747 2 месяца назад +6

      @@JohnnyRingo-c5v to everyone

    • @hbk595
      @hbk595 2 месяца назад

      Mehedi Hasan is a radical leftist democrat...why don't he ask same questions to democrat

    • @punchthem4582
      @punchthem4582 2 месяца назад +3

      By telling lies?

  • @Irida24
    @Irida24 Месяц назад +2

    I was there for the live recording. The audience literally broke out in laughter at many of Franco’s responses because only fools would take these responses seriously.
    Mehdi was an excellent interviewer and it was great to watch the relentless line of questioning! 👏👏👏

  • @Mr.Yarserrot
    @Mr.Yarserrot 2 месяца назад +70

    I just voted in Texas, to shift the political landscape and end trump's madness. My initial support for trump in 2016 was based on the hope for positive change, but that sentiment changed rapidly. In 2020, I voted for a different direction, and I've continued that choice in 2024. Here's to a hopeful outcome! Please go out and vote to stop once and for all this madman!

    • @deenman23
      @deenman23 Месяц назад +1

      im rly curios what he did to lose you that he didnt also do before 2016

  • @lordvadertheleftie9703
    @lordvadertheleftie9703 2 месяца назад +44

    Yes, Mehdi back home on Al Jazeera. The best impartial journalist, this is what an Oxford education means

  • @oregonsbragia
    @oregonsbragia 2 месяца назад +239

    He was absolutely flailing. It’s so pathetic to see these grifters torch their own reputation in a desperate attempt to ride Trump’s coat tails. Have some self respect for God’s sake!

    • @DJSykoOfficial
      @DJSykoOfficial 2 месяца назад +7

      they probably have dirt on him so he has no choice xD

    • @oregonsbragia
      @oregonsbragia 2 месяца назад +9

      @@DJSykoOfficial this is my going theory as well. I know Trump ordered his team to gather blackmail on everyone back in like 2016. It’s the only thing that makes sense at this point.

    • @l.c.3150
      @l.c.3150 2 месяца назад +10

      So many people who has worked for Trump has turned against him or went to jail.

    • @oregonsbragia
      @oregonsbragia 2 месяца назад +2

      @@l.c.3150 maybe he didn’t have dirt on them.

    • @parisss333sm
      @parisss333sm 2 месяца назад +2

      This part 💯

  • @chinomsoobiekea6076
    @chinomsoobiekea6076 Месяц назад +14

    For God's sake and how on earth would somebody indited and impeached for insurrection be given a red carpet to take a second shot at the presidency. America is indeed an incredible democracy!

    • @AnubhavSaxena
      @AnubhavSaxena Месяц назад

      This is because All white Americans are incels and idiots. The most uneducated and religious fanatics. They deserve what they are getting.

    • @h00kerandyarn
      @h00kerandyarn Месяц назад

      ​@@stevecrawford2898😂 not yet

    • @Boris80b
      @Boris80b Месяц назад +2

      He has been found guilty for a lot of stuff. And he had his sentencing pushed back.

  • @sunnynice
    @sunnynice 2 месяца назад +41

    Well done Mehdi for opening the eyes of well educated Americans. 👍

    • @KyleJames2580
      @KyleJames2580 2 месяца назад

      4 years of trump and the only issues were Democrats making up fraudulent lies like the steele dossier and Russian collusion. I'm 34 yo, I've seen the usa and uk invade and murder worldwide in that time. The same people who have demonised trump 🤷‍♂️

    • @KyleJames2580
      @KyleJames2580 2 месяца назад

      "Well educated" clearly not you then

  • @dvoravithanovsky6902
    @dvoravithanovsky6902 2 месяца назад +268

    Even Hitler had his defenders. So does trump

    • @christophercooper2208
      @christophercooper2208 2 месяца назад

      Is Trump Hitler ? Is Putin is Gaddafi Hitler ?

    • @holyhecks
      @holyhecks 2 месяца назад +10

      @@dvoravithanovsky6902 Moussalini had his defenders. So does Kamala

    • @holyhecks
      @holyhecks 2 месяца назад

      @@dolemites_chain She's threatening to help kill millions of babies.

    • @PrysterZ
      @PrysterZ 2 месяца назад

      @@dolemites_chain she’s still a puppet, her own party is still continuing to support a genocide.

    • @JR-yd6ug
      @JR-yd6ug 2 месяца назад

      ​@@dolemites_chain@holehecks or said to her audience to vote for me and you won't have to vote in another election.
      Or had secret conversations as a citizen which is illegal and sent Covid test to a dictator.
      Or sent love letters to a dictator.
      Or talk about holding military trials for people that have spoken out against her.
      Or said that they believe a Spy and dictator instead of the people that work for the US in the intelligence services.
      Or constantly talked about jailing journalists.
      Or talked about having a day of violence.
      Or talked about being a dictator from the 1st day.
      Or plans to get rid of the constitution.
      Wait thats Trump Everything that
      he has said in public and us written in his plan for the Presidency.

  • @MIPDEMENT
    @MIPDEMENT 2 месяца назад +27

    Everytime I watch at listen to Mehdi, I regret not studying journalism in my young days. Thank you for your service and your hard work. We appreciate you🙏🏽

  • @peteroyaronbi7115
    @peteroyaronbi7115 Месяц назад +1

    Hassan, I’m proud of you, if media people are questioned like you do, there would be charges for good

  • @tn5327
    @tn5327 2 месяца назад +76

    Medhi is my new hero! Calling Trumper out for the lies is so satisfying to watch.

  • @lovinglight1720
    @lovinglight1720 2 месяца назад +61

    I love seeing Mehdi Hassan one of the few where I listen in its entirety What a Great Human

  • @selseun
    @selseun 2 месяца назад +17

    This guy applies so much pressure and doesn’t let them lie! I love it

  • @sharonwadel7163
    @sharonwadel7163 Месяц назад +1

    Best debate ever. Everyone needs to hear this one.

  • @bustingcaps
    @bustingcaps 2 месяца назад +91

    Medhi keeps bringing receipts

  • @isabellaolivo5749
    @isabellaolivo5749 2 месяца назад +32

    I praise Mehdi for keeping calm. I wanted to scream 😅

  • @henrikswanstrom9218
    @henrikswanstrom9218 2 месяца назад +40

    "You cannot lie Mr Adolf" Priceless

  • @raymondlittle9494
    @raymondlittle9494 2 месяца назад +3

    Blindness is not a virtue

  • @JR-yd6ug
    @JR-yd6ug 2 месяца назад +73

    The mental gymnastics Trump's supporters and enablers go through to justify his fascist rhetoric.

  • @sunshinememorieslearning
    @sunshinememorieslearning 2 месяца назад +108

    These people are seriously crazy. I can not believe his followers are so blind.

    • @AshAli-mi1cz
      @AshAli-mi1cz 2 месяца назад +10

      They know it,they just pretend to be blind😢😢😢

    • @mattbrady5261
      @mattbrady5261 2 месяца назад

      @@AshAli-mi1cz blind to what?

    • @Lumi_Lumi13
      @Lumi_Lumi13 2 месяца назад

      @@mattbrady5261 Tr*mp's bullshit & the threat he poses not just to the country but to the entire world.

    • @walterbo7687
      @walterbo7687 2 месяца назад +12

      ​@@mattbrady5261 that they are in a cult

    • @frankcafolla328
      @frankcafolla328 2 месяца назад +5

      @@AshAli-mi1cz It's willful ignorance, that allows them to excuse his crimes.

  • @phillipnelson4807
    @phillipnelson4807 2 месяца назад +66

    Fantastic Mehdi 💥

  • @justaskstu
    @justaskstu 2 месяца назад +2

    I’m sick of these right wing apologists saying Trump shouldn’t take him literally.

  • @debbiealmon7571
    @debbiealmon7571 2 месяца назад +53

    Medhi you just simply “rock”!!!! I wish every journalist in America was as brave, omniscient, and truthful as you and held each and everyone’s feet to the fire on what they actually say!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! 💙💙💙

    • @meme-i8v
      @meme-i8v 2 месяца назад

      Amen 🙏!

    • @carolynsumners4915
      @carolynsumners4915 2 месяца назад +2

      It was his honesty that got him removed from MSNBC. I will never forgive them for copping out on that honesty!

    • @emmanuelochieke1645
      @emmanuelochieke1645 2 месяца назад

      ​@@carolynsumners4915from MSNBC to al-jazeera! Big difference?

    • @inatera6086
      @inatera6086 2 месяца назад +1

      ​@@emmanuelochieke1645 MSNBC is local, Al-Jazeera is international and multi-lingual. BIG difference.

  • @latonyaford3043
    @latonyaford3043 2 месяца назад +22

    Medhi Medhi Medhi. Why do ppl think their gonna win a debate with him. He comes with facts

  • @yetismith1
    @yetismith1 2 месяца назад +45

    Thank you Mehdi.

  • @LilianRobbinson-ju4ti
    @LilianRobbinson-ju4ti Месяц назад +7

    This interview is well scheduled at the right time.Great one❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉😂😊😊😊😊

  • @NakiaHarrigan
    @NakiaHarrigan 2 месяца назад +16

    From Australia Mehdi you did it again.

  • @nedwillis6702
    @nedwillis6702 2 месяца назад +24

    Absolutely riveting dialogue! Mehdi never disappoints, he was fantastic!

  • @animaxima8302
    @animaxima8302 2 месяца назад +107

    This poor guy was wishing he never left Cuba LMAO

    • @ChristyKrohne
      @ChristyKrohne 2 месяца назад

      🤣😂😅😆

    • @julesinel
      @julesinel 2 месяца назад +2

      🤣🤣🤣that was a good one!!

    • @JS-ps6cb
      @JS-ps6cb 2 месяца назад +5

      @@animaxima8302 poor guy? I'd say he is getting everything he deserves! Anyone supporting Donald Trump does not deserve any sympathy.

    • @helmutschillinger3140
      @helmutschillinger3140 2 месяца назад

      Many Cuban refuges were involved in racketeering and exploitation of the working class before the revolution. They had no choice but to flee of fear justice for their crimes against their own people! Let’s not forget how and why the revolution in Cuba came to be be. It was a state ruled by the American mafia!
      1. Cuban elites and exploitation: Before Fidel Castro’s revolution, Cuba had a ruling class that controlled much of the wealth and land, often at the expense of the working class and peasants. Many of these elites were aligned with the corrupt government of President Fulgencio Batista. Batista himself was supported by both local wealthy Cubans and foreign interests, which contributed to widespread exploitation and inequality.
      2. Role of the American mafia: The American mafia was heavily involved in Cuba’s lucrative gambling, hotel, and entertainment industries, particularly in Havana. Figures like Meyer Lansky worked closely with Batista’s government to establish Cuba as a playground for American tourists, often at the expense of ordinary Cubans. This collaboration deepened the socioeconomic divide and fueled discontent among the population.
      3. Fleeing the revolution: When the revolution came, many wealthy Cubans, along with those tied to the mafia or Batista’s regime, did indeed flee the country. While some fled due to fear of justice for past corruption, not all who fled were involved in criminal activities. Many left due to fear of political persecution under Castro’s regime, especially after it became clear that he would implement socialist policies that nationalized industries and redistributed wealth.
      The Cuban revolution was a response to the concentration of wealth and power among a small elite and the deep ties between the Batista regime and foreign entities, including the mafia

    • @josefelix6049
      @josefelix6049 2 месяца назад

      😂

  • @chinyereanyawu8409
    @chinyereanyawu8409 Месяц назад +3

    Thank you Mehd...this is an utter embarassment. Should a President be held by hand.

  • @CaminoAir
    @CaminoAir 2 месяца назад +57

    Last night I woke up terrified after the worst nightmare of my life. I dreamt I was debating Mehdi Hasan and my position was defending Trump.

    • @TheEqualizer-3.2.1.
      @TheEqualizer-3.2.1. 2 месяца назад

      Officially one of the most ignorant comments hear.

    • @mkfd4571
      @mkfd4571 2 месяца назад +3

      @@TheEqualizer-3.2.1. If you're going to try to "burn" someone, then you need to spell "here" correctly, bruh.

    • @betadecay6503
      @betadecay6503 Месяц назад

      @@mkfd4571 they should also try to learn what words mean. Absolutely nothing in the original comment could logically be described as "ignorant".

  • @chrisburke4039
    @chrisburke4039 2 месяца назад +23

    All political journalism should be adversarial in nature. Mehdi did a great job here.

  • @mattvball17
    @mattvball17 2 месяца назад +15

    Everyone knew he was an unserious joke when he admitted his rhetoric was directly dependent on which politicians were paying him.

  • @eliroth5991
    @eliroth5991 Месяц назад +4

    He does not mean what he actually said. He was joking and laughing. I'm so tired of the cultsplaining.

  • @RR-lq3ef
    @RR-lq3ef 2 месяца назад +314

    Mehdi playing chess and Adolfo can't spell checkers.

    • @bigrob1887
      @bigrob1887 2 месяца назад +6

      Adolfo reminds me of Peter Navarro.

    • @MIPDEMENT
      @MIPDEMENT 2 месяца назад +6

      Adolfo, didn’t even notice he was checkmate 🥸

    • @hochura
      @hochura 2 месяца назад

      Gonna steal this one

    • @andrew_owens7680
      @andrew_owens7680 2 месяца назад +1

      He's playing 3-dementia chess.

    • @weekahhuat6285
      @weekahhuat6285 2 месяца назад

      Sent Adolfo back to CUBA

  • @android12921
    @android12921 2 месяца назад +39

    I am glad to see audience that can see through idiocy when they see some.

    • @vd9arcia324
      @vd9arcia324 2 месяца назад +5

      Unfortunately MAGA refuses to

  • @Rosvin3006
    @Rosvin3006 2 месяца назад +62

    It's unbelievable that Franco explains Trump's racist, sexist, threatening or just nonsensical words away as "jokes", "he didn't really mean it", "he speaks without a script". We are talking about a candidate to the most powerful position in the world. His words aren't mere words, they are deeds. On the other hand, the fact that there are so many people who take his words seriously *and cheer them* is scary. Trump represents every most despicable trait in a man I can think of. He and his kind should be let nowhere near power.

    • @MiTRLikey
      @MiTRLikey Месяц назад

      Well said.

    • @bardoomguy
      @bardoomguy Месяц назад

      Yes he tells jokes. The absolute horror

    • @Rosvin3006
      @Rosvin3006 Месяц назад

      @@bardoomguy Sexism is not a joke. Racism is not a joke. Taking away human rights is not a joke. Threatening to kill people who disagree with you is not a joke. Or you indeed have a weird sense of humor.

    • @Quian-nd1pm
      @Quian-nd1pm Месяц назад

      Bxtch are you just this abrasively ignorant all of the time?

    • @bardoomguy
      @bardoomguy Месяц назад

      @@Rosvin3006 you're just objectively wrong. You can joke about pretty much anything.

  • @rosaana6190
    @rosaana6190 Месяц назад +1

    Brilliant Mehdi !!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼Thank you!!!! 💙

  • @dub604
    @dub604 2 месяца назад +134

    Thank you to Al Jazeera English for this video and thank you to Mehdi Hasan for his brilliance. 👍❤

    • @TheEqualizer-3.2.1.
      @TheEqualizer-3.2.1. 2 месяца назад

      You call that brilliant?

    • @dub604
      @dub604 2 месяца назад +6

      @@TheEqualizer-3.2.1. Yep.... Don't knock it till you've tried it. Run along now, it's a school day.

    • @GiselleYoung-l4l
      @GiselleYoung-l4l 2 месяца назад +1

      @@TheEqualizer-3.2.1. Mehdi really loves rent free in your head doesn’t he 🤣🤣🤣

    • @LifeinAmerica2022
      @LifeinAmerica2022 Месяц назад

      @@TheEqualizer-3.2.1.If you just have correct grammar, I would have agreed with you but of course, as always Mehdi is one of a kind. His brilliance resonates to like-minded viewers.

  • @lisalchambers1596
    @lisalchambers1596 2 месяца назад +9

    They have an excuse for all of his wrong doing. Democracy is at risk with this man.

  • @davidorth4906
    @davidorth4906 2 месяца назад +50

    Excellent interview. Actually, best interview about politics in America ever. Unfortunately, it could only happen in Great Britain...not America.

    • @julane-h2y
      @julane-h2y 2 месяца назад +1

      That is a pity. Harris/Walz 2024

    • @gushung0
      @gushung0 2 месяца назад

      That last part… 🤣

  • @L.K.Rydens
    @L.K.Rydens 2 месяца назад +5

    Note to American politicians, don't get interviewed in Europe expecting the US treatment. This is not a first but...BRUTAL 😳

  • @HeidiSchwendeWSI
    @HeidiSchwendeWSI 2 месяца назад +20

    This is the kind of hard hitting interview we need in the mainstream media in th US. Medhi has been a huge loss for truth in America.

    • @TheDaoke
      @TheDaoke 2 месяца назад

      Yes I totally agree with you!

  • @martinmachalek2791
    @martinmachalek2791 2 месяца назад +66

    This one was a total Knockout for Mehdi 😂

  • @rjd7302
    @rjd7302 2 месяца назад +216

    8:18 I don’t think Adolfo realized the audience laughed because he just gave the entire game away.

    • @android12921
      @android12921 2 месяца назад

      MAGA are not that bright although they think highly of themselves.

    • @DirtFlyer
      @DirtFlyer 2 месяца назад +14

      Mehdi should have ended the interview right there. What use is to talk to a campaign representative it if he admits to and endorses telling vigorous lies in order to promote his candidate? You might as well be talking to someone who just walked out of the insane asylum.

    • @rjd7302
      @rjd7302 2 месяца назад +5

      @@DirtFlyer Agreed! But unfortunately, dealing with endless lies and delusion is ubiquitous when you listen to MAGA try to justify Trump’s actions. How much of this is going to affect the election? Hopefully enough to keep Trump away.

    • @adrianpale2342
      @adrianpale2342 2 месяца назад

      ​​@@DirtFlyer imo that actually increased his credibility. That's a rare moment of truth in politics. Everyone has bias. You defend your family and friends because it's your family and friends. It's your responsibility to represent them and make the best csse for them. Mehdi is obviously biased but you don't see him admitting that or talking about who pays him to put on this show. And look at how the audience started clapping at Adolfo's answer and how everyone including Mehdi is smiling. They all knew it was the truth and admired him for being real about his answer. He didn't go into some BS answer about how he was misled or didn't know blah blah.

    • @DirtFlyer
      @DirtFlyer 2 месяца назад +13

      @@adrianpale2342 So he increased his credibility by admitting to being a blatant liar??? That's some insanely twisted logic you have going there! LOL

  • @rickyred001
    @rickyred001 Месяц назад +2

    i absolutely love Mehdi, greetings from The Peak District, England !

  • @senddrickputnam3605
    @senddrickputnam3605 2 месяца назад +11

    This is one of the most fair, informative, and real example of who Trump really is. Bravo 👏🏽

  • @nephtaliization
    @nephtaliization 2 месяца назад +33

    You did it again, Mehdi. You won the debate because you brought the receipts. Bravo.

  • @BullitCake
    @BullitCake 2 месяца назад +13

    Mehdi is more ruthless than a UFC fighter. Love it!

  • @bassman777
    @bassman777 Месяц назад +4

    I never thought I would hear a group of Americans cheer for a person running for US president saying he wants to be a dictator for a day. 😳

  • @AJBatac
    @AJBatac 2 месяца назад +44

    Jesus. That was brutal. You can't beat Mehdi, he literally wrote the book "Win Every Argument" LOL!

    • @americanatheart110
      @americanatheart110 2 месяца назад

      Lol..mehedi is a te***ist

    • @kyoakland
      @kyoakland 2 месяца назад

      I give it to him he's not going to debate somebody unless she's very well-informed and how people defend Trump is really crazy because he just literally debunked himself

    • @dilmeral
      @dilmeral 2 месяца назад

      I have the book and was telling my hubby literally exact thing you said 😂😂😂

  • @AliBaba-sw8sv
    @AliBaba-sw8sv 2 месяца назад +98

    Adolfo’s ignorance is unforgivable and is in a straight line with Trump.

    • @ellalopez7636
      @ellalopez7636 2 месяца назад +7

      @@AliBaba-sw8sv
      Selective ignorance and amnesia!!🤦🏻‍♀️

    • @ia6145
      @ia6145 2 месяца назад

      @@AliBaba-sw8sv If Trump was president when Adolfo’s parents applied for asylum, Adolfo’s won’t hear today running his mouth. His parents would somewhere with him languishing in jail in Cuba. I don’t like immigrants who came in through the same system they want to block. I don’t know why these Spanish people still vote a man that raided Chicken farms in 2018 took parents while their kids where in school families where separated kids didn’t know where to go because father and mother has been arrested by immigration by Trumps others and Steve Miller

    • @GreenDragon-r3c
      @GreenDragon-r3c 2 месяца назад +1

      Adolfo is loved in the USA

    • @smokeym6512
      @smokeym6512 2 месяца назад

      Adolf is loved by MAGA idiots

    • @jellyroll4
      @jellyroll4 2 месяца назад +2

      Yes, willful ignorance

  • @wendytagliabue6611
    @wendytagliabue6611 2 месяца назад +24

    Mehdi what a hero you are!!!! 🎖 🎖 🎖

  • @braize6279
    @braize6279 2 месяца назад +8

    And this is why you can't argue with a Trump supporter. These are irrational people. And you cannot rationalize with irrational people

  • @R2BMusicCH
    @R2BMusicCH 2 месяца назад +52

    Excellent job by Mehdi. Hardtalk style.
    The great thing about a fact is that it exists exactly once. Facts are not opinions and opinions are not facts.

  • @shamimsameja4536
    @shamimsameja4536 2 месяца назад +27

    Mehdi is amazing.A great asset to Al jahzeerah

  • @russmaddoxak
    @russmaddoxak 2 месяца назад +11

    Thank you, Mehdi! You're my hero. Franco is attempting to sell an inferior product. Keep up the great work!

  • @navnantdoowa5640
    @navnantdoowa5640 Месяц назад +1

    Erol Morkoc ACTUALLY ADMITTED THAT " Unfortunately did not poison the blood of the country "

  • @MrSansan9
    @MrSansan9 2 месяца назад +15

    Whenever Mehdi debates, i watch in 10x. Simple

  • @aviatornewton
    @aviatornewton 2 месяца назад +102

    Adolfo "If you watch fox news......." Mehdi "Thank God I don't "😂😂

    • @janicemackie611
      @janicemackie611 2 месяца назад

      Fox is the farthest thing from being news..

    • @DStead2239
      @DStead2239 2 месяца назад +1

      It's literally not news though lol... they said they weren't, which is hilarious

    • @TheEqualizer-3.2.1.
      @TheEqualizer-3.2.1. 2 месяца назад

      That's exactly why this buffoon Mehdi is so one sided leftist. He doesn't do his research and his quotes are from CNN, MSNBC, ABC and all the leftis media.

  • @Jezzup100
    @Jezzup100 2 месяца назад +7

    We need more objective journalists like Mehdi.

  • @Joyce-v7f
    @Joyce-v7f 2 месяца назад +7

    A loud applause for Trump's pledge to be a Dictator! OMG! What is wrong with these people?!

  • @NishiNish5678
    @NishiNish5678 2 месяца назад +12

    I need to listen to more Mehdi and Danielle, this was good, I'm glad I found this

  • @andyhamilton5459
    @andyhamilton5459 2 месяца назад +99

    Medhi on top form....why are the rest of the mainstream media not tackling these fascists ?

    • @maryl3299
      @maryl3299 2 месяца назад

      My thoughts exactly. They have turned into cowards. I'm grateful for journalists like Hasan.

    • @jasons6368
      @jasons6368 2 месяца назад +7

      Because a Trump presidency is sure to generate lots of clicks!

    • @PeterP-dj2qi
      @PeterP-dj2qi 2 месяца назад +6

      ​@@jasons6368And they want a seat at the table.

    • @isaac-ei7lb
      @isaac-ei7lb 2 месяца назад

      @@PeterP-dj2qiAmen‼️So immoral‼️ So obvious‼️

    • @TruthAlways_
      @TruthAlways_ 2 месяца назад +1

      It’s about profits for them. Trump means more chaos

  • @krishnahariharan5
    @krishnahariharan5 2 месяца назад +87

    Mehdi destroyed him in the first 3 minutes 😂

    • @JARV9701
      @JARV9701 2 месяца назад +5

      His parents destroyed him with that name.

    • @ClauTo-oh5qu
      @ClauTo-oh5qu 2 месяца назад

      He is maga now- it fit perfectly.

  • @darakshindafarooq8877
    @darakshindafarooq8877 Месяц назад +1

    Mehdi asked all brilliant questions. Keep it up. All prayers are with you

  • @francisco_m7849
    @francisco_m7849 2 месяца назад +13

    That is the best description of the modern Republican party I could have ever ever heard anyone described a big pile of BS

  • @shaheenali7276
    @shaheenali7276 2 месяца назад +217

    This guest is so delusional.

    • @jimako6
      @jimako6 2 месяца назад

      Severely deranged calling it president

    • @anthonyjackson7210
      @anthonyjackson7210 2 месяца назад

      @@shaheenali7276 pathetic

    • @meatloafmen
      @meatloafmen 2 месяца назад

      @@shaheenali7276 all Republicans are delusional. They're all like this. 80% of them willfully reject the results of the 20 election

    • @degui1224
      @degui1224 2 месяца назад +15

      He's not delusional. He's getting PAID

    • @jasjfl
      @jasjfl 2 месяца назад +7

      @@degui1224 He literally stated that explicitly which was honestly so refreshing. If only JD Vance could be so open about his sociopathy.

  • @h8thaway
    @h8thaway 2 месяца назад +34

    Mehdi is a national treasure. We need more like him.

  • @dblocker3145
    @dblocker3145 Месяц назад +8

    The Trump administration's mishandling of the pandemic killed thousands of people, and thrust the American economy into chaos! Now, Trump's supporters want to tell you that we were better off four years ago than today. Well, my memory of that time is pretty fresh, and I remember not being able to hug my loved ones. Why do Republicans always want to tell you that what you experienced was something different than what you actually recall?