Hasan Piker: Fighting the Democratic Establishment

What Now? with Trevor Noah

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🗓️ 28 May 2026

⏱️ 117 minutes

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Trevor and Eugene sit down with streamer and political commentator Hasan Piker for a conversation about modern politics, internet culture, and the realities of building a massive audience in an increasingly divided world. From the growing friction between establishment Democrats and the progressive left to the strange experience of becoming a political figure online, Hasan shares what it’s like taking criticism from just about every direction. Along the way, the trio get into South African politics, generational divides in leadership, and the very real federal subpoena he found waiting for him the last time he got home.

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0:00.0	What do you think? Even if it's three percentage points. No, what do you mean? What do I think? Can a woman run the country? Oh my man. Any time. Any day. Let me put it this way, Eugene. Yeah. I'm even going to go a step further, my friend. I'm even going to go a step further, my friend. He's going to step further. Let me say this, my man. In a world where we have lived through multiple world wars and famines and civil wars and
0:26.4	in that world, that's not the time to say, can women do this or not?
0:31.9	Does that make sense?
0:32.6	100%.
0:33.2	If our plane was flying.
0:34.4	You're saying, man, ruined it already.
0:35.7	I was saying if our plane was flying with no turbulence, no crashes, no disasters at all. If our airline as men was running flawlessly, then I'd be like, ah, ladies... On time. Ladies, take a back seat. This is not the time for you to be flying this thing. We got it. The fellas got it. But I'm just saying the way the fellas have been handling things... The fellas don't got it? Right now, how much are you paying for gas? That's the fellas. I don't see any women involved in those negotiations. Invasions? I'm just saying. So I'm not saying the women would be better. I'm not saying that. You're not saying they'll be better. I'm just saying that. They'll be okay. We should not act like the thing that is happening now is the one.
1:14.9	Wait, but sending out to one lady to go against many fellas that are out there running countries and starting wars and conflicts.
1:24.0	You know who was one of the most effective?
1:27.2	Margaret Thatcher. Angela Merkel. Oh, God. Angler Merkel was one of the most effective? You know who was one of the most effective? Margaret Thatcher?
1:28.2	Angela Merkel. Oh, God. Angler Merkel was one of the most effective in that. Now, she's not perfect by any means, but I still have, I've yet to meet a perfect president. I'm going to put it out there. Yeah, I am diametrically opposed to all of these conversations. I say no women. No, I'm kidding.
1:44.6	You're dead.
1:45.1	I'm like,
1:45.3	You're dead one.
1:46.4	Dead baby.
1:47.5	No.
1:47.9	I. opposed to all of these conversations. I say no women. Now I'm kidding.
1:44.9	You're dead.
1:45.3	I was like,
1:46.2	you're dead one.
1:47.3	Dead one.
1:47.8	No, I think.
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