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The Young Turks

TYT Network

Politics, Government, News

3.9 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2026

⏱️ 124 minutes

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Donald Trump openly admitted the U.S. is fighting Iran in part to help Israel, even as global fears grow that the conflict could spiral further and destabilize oil markets worldwide. After leaving China with few concrete deliverables but signs of temporarily stabilized relations, Trump is now reportedly weighing plans to restart assaults tied to Iran. Meanwhile, Trump escalated attacks on Ro Khanna by saying he “shouldn’t be allowed” on Fox News. Thanks to today's sponsors: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial today at shopify.com/tyt Get 40% OFF the Ground News Vantage Plan when you sign up at ground.news/tyt Stay informed without the media spin at ground.news/tyt Go to cookunity.com/tyt or enter code TYT before checkout to get 50% off your first order. Use less data, get paid by switching to Noble Mobile: https://go.tyt.com/getnoble Hosts: Cenk Uygur, Rep. Ro Khanna 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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0:00.0	You're listening to the Young Turks, the online news show.
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0:15.0	Hey, guys, Friday!
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0:21.6	Three
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0:25.6	Three Martin
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0:30.6	Five King
0:32.6	Three Martin Three Mike All right team, Team watching, Dream
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0:43.3	White King All right, welcome the Young Turks, amazing show for you guys today, because today I'm your host, Shank Huger, along with my co-host, Representative Roe Kana.
1:06.5	Representative Kana, welcome to the show. How are you?
1:09.7	Frank, what a privilege honor. I made it. Now I'm a co-host with the Young Turks. It goes on my resume CV for life.
1:18.6	Okay, I gotta help you with that. Okay, so I love it. So unlike what we normally do, where Representative Kana is on as a guest and we're interviewing
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