Mehdi Hasan Debates: Iran War, Qatar's Dark Money & Racism In America | PBD Interview
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🗓️ 4 June 2026
⏱️ 152 minutes
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Summary
Mehdi Hasan joins Patrick Bet-David for a no-holds-barred debate on Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Iran, Gaza and the future of American power.
From the Iran war and Gulf strikes to “socialist capitalism” and U.S. empire, this is one of the most explosive political conversations ever recorded in the PBD studio.
Mehdi and PBD go deep on whether Trump got played by Netanyahu, if America is acting as Israel’s muscle in the Middle East, and how MAGA, Democrats and the media are all reacting to the wars.
They clash over Gaza, the Gulf states, “greater Israel,” racism in the UK vs the US, and whether Trump is actually an anti-war president or just another hawk in disguise.
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| 0:00.0 | Did you ever think you would make it? |
| 0:04.0 | I said I'm so much like to take sweet with a theory. |
| 0:07.0 | I know this life meant for me. |
| 0:10.0 | Adam, what's your point? |
| 0:12.0 | The future looks bright. |
| 0:13.0 | My handshake is better than anything I ever size. |
| 0:16.0 | Right here. |
| 0:17.0 | You are a 101? |
| 0:19.0 | My sun's right there. |
| 0:20.0 | I think I've ever said this before. |
| 0:26.3 | We have a special guest in the house. |
| 0:28.0 | One of the biggest mega spokesperson out there in the world, hardcore, hardcore mega. |
| 0:34.1 | Now a capitalist. |
| 0:35.4 | He runs a very successful business now after leaving MSNBC. He's crushing it. But it's great to have you on the podcast today. Medell-Ey-A-San. Thank you very much. Thanks for having me. Yes, of course. Of course. And, you know, obviously I've been watching it for many years. And we reached out. We said, let's invite him on board. And then Rob said, Mehdi said, yes. I said, This is great. It took a long time to get to yes, but I'm here. Yes. So what took such a long time? |
| 0:57.5 | I don't know. And then Rob said, he said, yes. I said, this is great. It took a long time to get to yes, but I'm here. |
| 0:55.1 | Yes. |
| 0:55.6 | So what took such a long time? I don't know. What were you worried about? Were you afraid of sitting with a capitalist? Is it like this guy's going to be? I don't know. I've seen your show. It's an entertaining show. I know it's a very different format today. I don't know. |
| 1:08.7 | I'm genuinely, |
| 1:09.4 | I'm intrigued as to what we're going to talk about today. |
| 1:11.5 | And I'm genuinely interested in learning your story. |
| 1:13.9 | Okay. |
| 1:14.2 | So tell me your story. format today. I don't know. I'm genuinely, I'm intrigued as to what we're going to talk about today. |
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