Axios detailed the appeal: complaints about Erdogan's rhetoric, a direct request to hold back the jets.
Cenk Uygur's read is that Trump just climbed a wall that used to be unclimbable, because Israeli objections historically end these deals before they start.
What alarms him is the language flying back.
Smotrich declaring Israel is "preparing for every scenario, including military action" against Turkey, the same framing once reserved for Iran.
A country of 9 million threatening NATO's second-largest army, Cenk argued, reveals a government's state of mind more than any war plan.
He went further and used the word fascism, a label he stressed he doesn't reach for lightly.
On the strikes, we found real common ground.
The tit-for-tat is a genuine power struggle over the Omani route, and Vance's public framing backs that:
"If they shoot at ships, we're going to knock the hell out of them. It's that simple."
But Cenk's test stays binary. Bombing over shipping lanes is containable.
A full return to war would have nothing to do with Hormuz, and in his words, only one country on Earth wants it.
His negotiator's pitch: Iran takes the $300 BILLION Gulf rebuild or the strait.
Not both.
@cenkuygur
