#402 - “Pure Evil” Bassem Youssef BLASTS Israel’s Plot Against America
6/5/20262 hr 10 min
Watch every episode ad-free & uncensored on Patreon: https://patreon.com/dannyjones Bassem Youssef is a former heart surgeon turned comedian & political commentator from Egypt. Dubbed the "Jon Stewart of the Arab World," he was forced into exile in 2014 after legal harassment under military rule. SPONSORS https://irestore.com/danny - Use code DANNY for HUGE savings on iRESTORE. https://stopboxusa.com/danny - Use code DANNY for 10% off firearm security redesigned. https://takeultra.com - Use code DANNY for 10% off. https://whiterabbitenergy.com/?ref=DJP - Use code DJP for 20% off. EPISODE LINKS @bassemyoussefofficial https://www.instagram.com/bassem FOLLOW DANNY JONES https://www.instagram.com/dannyjones https://twitter.com/jonesdanny OUTLINE 00:00 - From heart surgeon to stand-up comedian 07:50 - Gad Saad & s**cidal empathy 09:59 - APAC spending vs. Thomas Massie 16:26 - Evidence Trump is compromised 24:22 - Israel's plan to sow anti-semitism 27:55 - Israel's secret base in Iraq 34:10 - Building 7 38:06 - October 2023 43:58 - Jewish community in New Jersey 52:07 - Las Vegas sting operation on an Israeli official 54:12 - 2024's anti-semite of the month 57:19 - Future 'Muslim majority' 01:01:18 - Palantir surveillance state 01:05:08 - Bassem hasn't been to Egypt in 12 years 01:06:32 - How much of our money goes to Israel 01:12:48 - What's happening now in Gaza 01:15:47 - Why Netanyahu brings dirty laundry to the White House 01:24:02 - The biggest argument against Islam 01:30:59 - What happened to Epstein 01:33:13 - Hasbara & Israel's PR budget 01:37:08 - The Riyadh comedy festival backlash 01:40:21 - The Israel end times propehecy 01:48:21 - Palantir's unsettling new partnership 01:52:40 - The data center water crisis 01:55:28 - The expiration date for free speech in America Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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First 90 secondsDanny Jones· Host0:00
[electronic music] Shout out to Bek Lover for hooking us up.
Bassem Youssef· Guest0:08
Shout out to Bek.
Danny Jones· Host0:09
Bek is the man.
Bassem Youssef· Guest0:10
Bek Lover.
Danny Jones· Host0:10
Love you, Bek.
Bassem Youssef· Guest0:11
Bek.
Danny Jones· Host0:12
Uh- The Albanian. Yes. Yeah.
Bassem Youssef· Guest0:14
[laughs] The Albanian.
Danny Jones· Host0:15
He's a wild boy.
Bassem Youssef· Guest0:16
Yeah.
Danny Jones· Host0:17
But it's nice to meet you, man.
Bassem Youssef· Guest0:18
Thank you so much.
Danny Jones· Host0:18
Thank, thank you for coming.
Bassem Youssef· Guest0:19
No, thank you for having me.
Danny Jones· Host0:20
You have a, a ... I think we should start this thing out by, by explaining, like, your insane backstory, how you started as a heart surgeon and ended up in stand-up comedy.
Bassem Youssef· Guest0:29
Yeah.
Danny Jones· Host0:29
Has anyone ever done that before, or are you the first?
Bassem Youssef· Guest0:31
Uh, that particular, uh, trajectory, I think I'm the first. [laughs] [laughs] Bec- because I, um ... So I, um, I was a doctor, uh, 20 years in medicine, seven years studying, 13 years operating, and, uh, I hated every second of it. I hated every second of it. But, uh, you know why we go into medicine in the Middle East? Because you wanna please your parents.
Danny Jones· Host0:56
Mm-hmm.
Bassem Youssef· Guest0:56
'Cause, you know, in the Middle East, you're allowed to be one of three things: a doctor, an engineer, or a disappointment. So- [laughs] ... uh, I didn't wanna disappoint my parents, so I went into medicine. And, um, I, I was never happy. It was, uh, a line of work that I was never happy. And so I always wanted to have event, and I wanted to try things to kind of, like, get me out of that. So I would, I would pick up crazy hobbies, like for example, salsa. So as I was a doctor, I was actually a salsa teacher. I went to do salsa. I came to