Mehdi Goes Head-to-Head With Patrick Bet-David on Trump, Iran, Muslims, and Ilhan Omar
‘Donald Trump wouldn’t have allowed you into this country, and yet you sit and support him,’ Mehdi tells the pro-Trump podcaster Bet-David, who was born in Iran.
Zeteo’s editor-in-chief Mehdi Hasan and Trump-supporting conservative media personality and podcast host Patrick Bet-David disagree on a lot of things, but when Mehdi appeared on PBD’s latest show, the two managed to have a wide-ranging, mostly civil conversation – until it came to immigration, Muslims, and Ilhan Omar.
During the conversation, Mehdi and Bet-David, who was born in Iran, also discuss the Trump administration’s decision to effectively dismantle the asylum process for all refugees except white South Africans.
“Number one, that’s racist. 99.9% of your refugees are white people who are not refugees and you don’t allow in people from Iran, Iraq, Syria,” Mehdi says. “The second point is, Donald Trump wouldn’t have allowed you into this country, and yet you sit and support him.”
Watch the full video above to see Mehdi fact-check Bet-David on Trump’s so-called “landslide” victory in 2024, and point out that the president “got one of the narrowest wins in modern American history.” He also presses Bet-David about his praise for Trump on day one of the Iran war and asks if the podcaster accepts that it’s been an “absolute disaster,” noting that Trump “is not a war leader” and “he doesn’t understand foreign policy.”
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Mehdi is a verbal surgeon. I love listening to him speak, which is the main reason I subbed to Zeteo. He explains this passionately, yet in a way that even a 'random Joe' like me can understand. I really think he 'gets it', and always appreciate his insights!
I recommend everyone should watch MH "Head to Head "on Al Jazeera (started in 2013)
All brilliant interviews