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The Young Turks

Strait In Chaos - April 20, 2026

The Young Turks

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Politics, Government, News

3.95.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2026

⏱️ 124 minutes

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Tehran recloses the Strait of Hormuz as the U.S. prepares to seize Iranian tankers, escalating a high-stakes standoff with global economic consequences. New polling shows Donald Trump’s approval cratering—just 33% on the Iran war and 32% on the economy—as he clashes with his own energy secretary over gas prices. Thanks to today's sponsors: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial today at shopify.com/tyt Just go to this exclusive web address right now to try ZipRecruiter FOR FREE: ziprecruiter.com/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: 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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0:00.0

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0:02.8

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0:08.8

You're awesome. Thank you.

0:11.5

There are some problems here. Sorry, big time.

0:14.1

I'm so upset. Oh my God.

0:16.8

Begha! Bega! All right. Welcome to the Young Church, Jake Hugar, and Experian with you guys.

0:57.9

Fascinating show ahead for you all.

1:00.2

I mean, the number one question is, are we going to stay in this war or are we going to end the war?

1:04.4

So that's as big a question as there is on planet Earth, and we're going to tackle it today.

1:09.9

Lots of information in both

1:12.6

directions. According to the president, the answer is yes. Well, to both. To both. At the same time.

1:18.6

Yeah, that's part of the problem. So more heinous Israeli attacks, of course, and they seem to be targeting Christian symbols and statues and churches, etc.

1:33.0

I think that they've gotten to maximum arrogance to the point where Nanyahu had to try to

1:37.7

reel it back, okay? So that's an interesting story a little bit later. And then Democrats,

1:42.5

how are they dealing with the issue of Israel? We have a lot on that as well and how it's actually literally affecting

1:48.4

races as we speak. Which way is it affecting elections? That's a little bit later in the

1:54.2

program and it's super interesting. Casper.

1:56.4

Well, we begin with those updates on Iran, so let's take it away. President Trump announced the seizure on true social, saying the Iranian crew refused to listen,

2:06.6

so our Navy ship stopped them right in their tracks by blowing a hole in the engine room.

2:10.6

Right now, U.S. Marines have custody of the vessel.

2:13.6

The ship remains in U.S. custody.

2:15.6

Lovasatostka. Vacate your engine room.

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