WTF is happening..

Asmongold TV| 00:26:34|May 8, 2026
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Reports of renewed US strikes on Iran and ongoing hostilities signal a sharp return to open conflict.

Asmongold breaks down a chaotic, ongoing Iran-US confrontation, highlighting blockades, strikes, and the fast-moving geopolitics driving escalation—and where the info is coming from.

Summary

Asmongold hosts a rapid-fire briefing on a tense stretch in the Iran-US standoff, reacting to headlines about strikes, blockades, and shifting alliances. He references the US targeting an Iranian oil tanker, the IRGC’s retaliation, and US strikes on launch sites and southern Iran, all while noting claims from various sources about who attacked whom first. The stream weaves in SenCom updates about threats to US ships in the Strait of Hormuz, and mentions allied moves from the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and even Israel/UAE defense dynamics. Throughout, Asmongold juxtaposes official statements with on-the-ground chatter, poking holes in conflicting reports and offering his own hot takes on escalation, proxy networks, and the idea that Iran’s leadership might use diplomacy as a tactical cover. He also calls out misinformation and conspiracy angles he’s seen online, emphasizing a US-focused lens: defend American interests, neutralize threats, and avoid getting distracted by broader regional narratives. The conversation touches on the role of disinformation, the complexity of middle eastern geopolitics, and the human impulse to simplify to “we vs. them,” while pushing back against purely moralizing takes. The live format keeps bouncing between breaking updates and personal interpretation, underscoring how fast-moving events can look different across sources. Overall, it’s a candid, controversial snapshot of a moment when public sentiment, media narratives, and military actions collide in real time.

Key Takeaways

  • US warships conducted strikes against Iranian targets after Iran allegedly attacked or threatened US forces in the Strait of Hormuz, including oil tanker incidents and launch sites.
  • SenCom framed the engagement as self-defense, with US ships transiting the Strait protected and inbound Iranian threats neutralized by destruction of launch sites and missiles.
  • Multiple regional players are mentioned (UAE, Saudi Arabia, Israel) as either participating or reacting to the broader conflict, complicating a single-country blame narrative.
  • ASmongold notes the propaganda and misinformation ecosystem online, criticizing hijacked narratives and stressing a US-centric approach to safeguarding interests.
  • A F/A-18 Super Hornet reportedly engaged a tanker in the blockade, marking a notable (and historically rare) anti-ship action in this context.
  • US officials emphasize the blockade and self-defense actions; Iranian responses range from missile strikes to claims of significant damage, illustrating the cycle of escalation.
  • The discussion flags the difficulty of establishing who attacked first in real time, and the risk that incomplete information fuels sensationalism on social media.

Who Is This For?

Essential viewing for anyone following US–Iran tensions, military-strategy enthusiasts, and viewers who want a candid, real-time reaction to breaking geopolitical news from a gamer-influencer perspective. It’s especially relevant for those who want a blunt, opinionated take on how information moves in crisis moments.

Notable Quotes

"War started again. The US bombed Iran. What? What do you mean? What happened tonight?"
Opening reaction to breaking headlines about renewed hostilities.
"American forces issued multiple warnings and informed the Iranian flagged vessel it was in violation of the US blockade."
Reporting on the tanker incident and the blockade claim.
"The blockade is unbelievable. The Navy has been incredible. The job they did, it’s like a wall of steel. Nobody goes through."
Asmongold’s emphasis on the effectiveness of naval actions and the blockade.
"If Iran had a nuclear weapon, it would destabilize the entire Middle East and it would cause a nuclear arms race in the Middle East and it would ultimately lead to more unrest and a more dangerous world."
Hot take on nuclear implications of Iran’s regime in the discussion.
"The focus should be around making sure that the Iran government is neutralized so they can never threaten America or any other country, destabilize waterways or cause and fund terrorism around the world ever again."
Core goal stated by the speaker about policy direction.

Questions This Video Answers

  • What triggered the latest US strikes on Iran and how credible are the reports about the tanker incident?
  • How does the Strait of Hormuz factor into US-Iran tensions and naval blockades?
  • Who is SenCom and what did their statements say about US naval actions in this crisis?
  • Are UAE or Saudi actions changing the trajectory of the Iran conflict, and what does that mean for regional stability?
  • What are the risks of misinformation and propaganda during fast-moving geopolitical crises?
GeopoliticsUS-Iran relationsStrait of HormuzIranian Revolutionary Guard (IRGC)US military strikesNaval warfareBlockadesSenComUAE and regional alliancesDisinformation in warfare
Full Transcript
War started again. The US bombed Iran. What? What do you mean? What happened tonight? Oh my god. There's more Iran. Holy This is insane. Okay. War is back on the menu. Uh, an unknown object over Cirk. Southwest Iran filmed minutes ago. Cirks out to the mouth of the Straight of Hormuz. What the hell is that? It's the red dot per Iran's reporting, I guess. So, I don't know. There's not really a lot to go based off of this. US fires on Iranian oil tanker. IRGC retaliates. US missiles at warships. US strikes the launch sites. I'm surprised they even have any left. Uh, what is this here? US military has carried out strikes on Iran's Bandar. What is this? Oh, here's another one. So, the war is back on. Holy I'm not surprised. Of course. Let me see if there's any more of these. Yeah, the game's back on. Yeah, I guess so. Let me go through these other ones, too. Iran is livid, publicly raging after the US military along its strikes, claiming other countries joined in against them. Iran is bluffing, saying that they caused significant damage against the US in response. Oh, this is like 11 minutes ago. So, this is happening like right now. Not really. Unfortunately, we Israel would join, too. I have no idea. So, they're bombing them again. Holy man. And major breaking. Iran struck uh Trump just struck Iran's Casumport and is the entrance to the street of Hormuz. Any attack is a drag escalation of the war. I mean, can you even escalate the war? I feel like it's already escalated. Reporting duties yet again there. And Lucas, hello. Yeah. Yeah. How does it escalate any anymore? Bill, if that Iranian tanker had been full of oil, there would have been no rudder to take out cuz it would have been below the water line. It's the first time in history an F-18 Super Hornet has taken out a tanker going to guns to do it in US Central Command. So, they just blew up the oil tanker now. Holy and out with a statement about the incident saying quote Mhm. American forces issued multiple warnings and informed the Iranian flagged vessel it was in violation of the US blockade. So now we're blockading it and they didn't listen and so we blew it up. Okay. Yeah, it makes sense. Haz ship was called. Crew failed to comply with repeated warnings. US forces disabled the tanker's rudder. Haza is no longer transiting to Iran. So the F8 to guns raking this unloaded Iranian oil tanker's rudder while trying to run the blockade in route to Iran. We don't know where she came from right now. It's not the first unique kill in history. Recall that F-22 that took out the Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina a few years ago. Now that Super Hornet launched from the 4acre flight deck of USS Abraham Lincoln on station blockade. There are three squadrons of rhinos. The Super Hornets are also called aboard Lincoln. top haters, black aces, and vigilantes. While top US officials insist the ceasefire is holding, recall General Kaine saying Tuesday US forces have come under attack more than 10 times in the past month. One day after project freedom was announced, before scrapped, Iran fired a missile at a French-owned ship transiting the street of Formuz after the French sent its only aircraft carrier through the Sewish Canal into the Red Sea. So as we await Iran's response to the American proposal to have Iran scrap it nuclear program all of it uranium and open the shri formoose it appears China wants a piece in the negotiations hosting Iran's foreign minister one week before President Trump heads to Beijing so right now there's more than the precision that remains stuck in the Persian many loaded with oil and fertilizer typically about 140 ships transit the straight of Hormuzie each day Bill today 140 well now it's 139 9. US ceasefire appears to have ended. The UAE has attacked Iran, too. So, now we have new countries that are actively attacking Iran. Is there information about this? Yeah. I I don't know. I I'll I'll look this up and see if I can find it. US military has now attacked Iranian oil tankers, exchanges of fire. I I'm surprised they've been doing that. They haven't been doing that the whole time. Iran's already rebuilding the bridge destroyed. I bet they are. We rebuild, but we do not forget. That's why you got to keep bombing them. Yep. I bet they are. This is exactly why I said like you can't uh you you can't let these guys go. The US military just conducted strikes on southern Iran. So they bombed this airport right here or sorry the uh the water port uh US military carried out. Yeah, there's more of this. Following the following the this is from the the Iran. Following the aggression of the invading US army against Iranian oil tanker, the enemy's aggressor units in the straight of Hormuz area came under Iranian missile fire. Yeah, I bet they were. Yeah. Is there more of this? We won't let that happen. And so we're uh we're dealing with people that want to make a deal very much and we'll see a deal that's satisfactory to us. We have it very much under control. The blockade is unbelievable. The Navy has been incredible. The job they did, it's like a it's like a wall of steel. Nobody goes through. In particular, the Iranians, they're not getting anything through one way or the other. We're in international waters. Yeah. And we'll see whether or not they are agreeing. And if they don't agree, they'll end up agreeing shortly thereafter. So that's the way it is. And I thought you might want to have a little rundown now. The fake news is all h is that okay. So let me see what this is. Terrorists were identified. Two idea a drone footage ident showing the elimination of two Iranbacked Hezbollah terrorists. Good. Um US attacked two Iranian vessels. I'm surprised they even have any boats left at all. Yeah. So, the UAE attacked Iran. Like, I'm not even sure if I believe this. This is crazy. Dubai is in massive trouble. Next two weeks could be catastrophic. United Arab Emirates just attacked Iran in response to repeated attacks against UAE. The Amirati Air Force. Oh Is this one of the I I don't know. I'm really trying to think about this. Is this the first Gulf country that has like actually I I know many of these countries have done defensive measures. Is this the first one that's taken an offensive measure against Iran? I think it is, right? Yeah. I mean, cuz I I I Okay. Wow. Saudi Arabia attacked Yemen. What? So, are they just getting packed up now? The UAE and Saudi want to do this for a while? I bet they have. That's not new. Oh, okay. I thought it just I thought you meant like it just happened. I was like, what the Uh, Iran announced that it targeted the US intelligence center and oil refineries. Let me see this. Oh, it's like lagging out or something. 1200 best missile defense system in history. The Patriot. What is that? What Iran's destroying? I don't know why it's not loading for some reason. It's really confirmed. UA attacked Iran. I believe wars direction will change. I feel like that's already what was happening. The UA is set to declare war on Iran. I think that the UAE, this is like my sententcom statement. Okay, I'll pull that up and find it. I think the UAE uh attacking Iran is actually really really important. And let me explain the reason why. It totally destroys the narrative that this entire thing is being pushed by Israel. Because the UAE has nothing to do with Israel. Like this is it's a Muslim country. Like the United Arab Emirates. Like really if the UAE is attacking them very clearly this is not uh you know the Jews controlling everything right for oil. No. Well what I'm saying is that it removes the like I mean anybody who's still saying that now is a right. I mean like um what yeah I think they're totally The UAE and Israel work very closely together. Well of course they they work closely together. I mean many of these countries work together generally right. But what my point is is that it's no longer just the Jews having ownership over this. I think this will make it a lot harder to make that argument whenever you have other Muslim majority countries that are attacking Iran offensively. I think this is a massive difference, huge difference against Iran, right? And uh so many misinformation. Yeah, they're intrinsically linked. The UAE needs uh needs the world more than the world needs them. Well, I think most countries are like that. So this is really So this is what Sentcom just posted. Um, Sentcom protects US warships transiting straight of Hormuz. The US forces intercepted unprovoked Iranian attacks and responded with self-defense strikes as the US Navy guided missile destroyers. Iranian forces light launched multiple missiles, drones, and small boats uh and missiles. And no US assets were struck. Not a surprise. US SentCom eliminated inbound threats and targeted Iranian military facilities responsible for attacking US forces, including missile and drone launch sites. I think that's pretty obvious. You could easily expect to see that happen. And no military, by the way. Well, the thing is that Iran's military, this is what they have. They have like basically a mosaic military where it's made up of individual like cells of people that are all operating autonomously under like a prior directive. Like that's what it seems like is happening is that like artists well it's almost like basically they were all in a room like maybe a year ago and they said okay if we get attacked here are you know it's like you know you're playing chess here are the first 50 chess moves that you're going to make and here are contingency plans for X Y and Z thing right that's what I think is basically happening it's called a terrorist network well I'm not like the the definition is not really relevant like I think that's it it's decentralized as a communist. Yeah, I think that I mean and if if you were Iran, that's what you would do, right? I mean, that's what I would do, right? So, it's not like it's crazy that they did this at all. Pro Suncom doesn't want to escalate the war. Show everyone your destroyers that Iran struck. Yeah. Right. And so, this is finally finally happening. I'm not surprised at all. But honestly, I was surprised they even stopped the bombing in the first place. But yeah, it looks like now we've got even more of this um attack See if I can pull this up. Ukraine uh steps up strikes on Russia. Wait, Ukraine is attacking Russia more now, too. I I didn't see that. Yeah, I didn't see that at all. UAE sent the Iron Dome. Uh Israel sent the UAE. Uh it's Israel sent the Iron Dome to the UAE. Yeah. Uh do you hope the Great Mount? I don't even know what that is. Um USA said this war uh said this isn't a war restart though. Check that. I haven't seen that anywhere. Yeah, I didn't see that like one way or another way. First footage coming out of Iran showing the strikes over. So, this is over Thrron. World War is coming. Yeah. Oh, wait. I do think it's really important to get rid of the Iranian government. I do. I don't think you're going to have any peace in that region. Like the Iranian government, I think, is like the genesis point of a lot of this like Muslim terrorism. Like Islamic terrorism, it it it's coming out of Iran. whether it's Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis, their other militia groups in Iraq, like a a lot of the problems that we have come from Iran. And so if Iran is neutralized, those other problems not only become a lot weaker, but they'll also probably disperse in a pretty big way, right? Because they're not going to be funded. Or Pakistan. Well, we have a lot more uh connection with Pakistan than we do with Iran very clearly. Check Jennifer Griffin. Yeah, I'll look at that in just a second. Okay, I'll pull it up. If we don't, it'll just let them raise another generation of terrorists. Yeah, exactly. Like I mean the longer that you like I mean this problem should have been solved in 1979. Like we should have never let this happen in the first place and now that it is happening uh you know the every year that you let this go on is a year that it gets worse. And there's another big component to it as well is that Iran, I think, has been engaging in a massive disinformation, misinformation campaign on social media to try to reframe things and to try to do different problems. And so you also have a foreign state actor that is engaged with like a an active disinformation campaign on everybody inside of the West, right? So it it's not just that they're posing a threat this way. They're also posing a a threat ideologically. It comes from the Quran around for 700 years. I don't know about the Quran, right? I'm talking about like I mean this is Iran. The AI videos are so convincing though. Yeah. You miss that there are Iran good people also. Well, the overwhelming majority of people in Iran are good people that don't want to have anything to do with this, right? They don't even like their own government. So I think it's very obvious that's true. I think most people realize that SenCom says it acted in self-defense by striking Iranian targets after Iran threatened US ships. Here's what I think is really going on. I think that we are never going to know what actually happened or who actually attacked first. And I'll give you maybe a hot take. I don't care. If we didn't attack first, we should have should have immediately gone after these people. Like there's never going to be a point. This is this is my perspective. There's never going to be a point where the Iranian government will become reasonable or easy to work with. Any conversation, any sort of um you know like agreement that you have with them, they will break it the moment that they can. They only use agreements and diplomacy as a military strategy. like everything is moving towards the military strategy of consolidating more power, committing more terrorism, causing more problems. So, it's to buy time. Yes, exactly. This it's all part of a military strategy. Like Israel, I don't care. We're not in a war against Israel. We're I mean, we're in a war against Iran. Like, even if you think Israel is bad, you can't say that also Iran isn't bad. So, I mean, worst case scenario, you've got two bad actors. And so, right now, we're focused on Iran. So again, I don't care about, oh, but Israel, but Israel. I think that the majority of the people that are doing that are just trying to protect Iran for a religious reason or for some other sort of anti-Western reason. I don't care about any of that. They did drop the first bombs, maybe. I don't know. And uh UAE signed a deal with Ukraine. So it's Ukraine's anti- drone tech that's defending UAE, not the Iron Dome. Oh, I didn't even know that. You cannot obtain this objective without the constant with this constant bombing. you need to attack with land troops in a region or you're wasting your time, money, and continuing into sand war. Well, I don't know yet. I mean, I'm sure they have like some kind of strategy. It just depends on whether it's going to work out or not. And I don't know what they're going to do. Confirmed senior official said the US military just struck Iran's bunker. Yeah, not a surprise either. It's a naval checkpoint. I'm surprised they even have any naval checkpoints. Like, I thought we blew all that stuff up. Like, that's even surprising to me. Yeah, let's try bombs first. Yeah, I feel like bombs are working, right? I mean it's definitely working. I mean their their amount of power and everything has been minimized tremendously. So what is this here? All the reports from CBS citing US officials uh came under intense attack from Iran. Fast attack boats and missiles in an engagement. It's characterized as far fiercer uh than the past engagement the two vessels were involved in. Well, I think that's the reason why is that they want that's the reason why they want to do a ceasefire is they'll ask for ceasefires and other negotiations so they can continue to accumulate resources and then attack again. That's what it is. Oh, they let the Western Christian Israel's 100% more the problem. I I don't know. I mean, like at at that point, like I'm just not interested in engaging with that. Like if you think Israel is a bigger problem than Iran, when Iran is screaming screaming death to America constantly and blowing up American soldiers for like literally years, funding terrorists that we've been trying to deal with for years, uh I I don't want to hear about it. And I think that overwhelmingly, this is one thing that's really important to keep in mind is that on social media, you're going to see a lot of people from these other parts of the world that the reason why they hate Israel isn't because of their involvement in American politics. They want to tell you that that's the reason, but they actually might just hate Jews. And it has nothing to do with that at all. And you know, if they can make American voters and the American population think that, you know, Israel is a bad actor, then hopefully they can weaken Israel's position because they have like an ideological uh enemy in Israel. And I'm not saying that Israel is like good, but what I'm saying is that these people aren't on your side either. These are people that would also want to demographically replace you. These are people that also think that America is full of infidels. These are people who are also, you know, not western culture people. Like these are people from a different group that are trying to convince you that by going against Israel, you're being in favor of America. You're you're not you're just siding with one foreign power over another foreign power. And that's what it is. Why not hate both? You can hate both, but we're talking about Iran right now. So if you're constantly trying to reframe things around Israel, it's pretty obvious what you're trying to do. So yeah, so many Pakistani bot farms. I swear it's not Pakistani bot farms entirely. I mean, the fact is that there's a lot of people that have the internet that are in these countries that are expressing themselves and think these things. It's really just that simple. I'll see if there's anything more to this. Real military is the US treated Iran like Venezuela, not that other empire. Well, I don't really know yet. Fire for the world's greatest research arts minds the American people. Exactly. Yes. most hated Israel because of the Gaza situation. I think that you under I think that you underestimate how much of it is a religious anti-semitic reason. Uh these they've hated Israel forever, right? They've wanted to blow up Israel forever. Like it has nothing to do with that. Uh I I think that for many of them it doesn't. Let me see if there's any more of this. Too crazy. If Iran continues a ship, wipe them off the face of the earth. Okay. Well, apparently that's what happened. And so I'll see if there's anything else. What percentage of the world do you think just hates Israel? I have no idea. I don't I don't I don't really care. It's It's not honestly like the opinion like that that that has nothing to do with me, right? I mean like what I think the US should do is the US should protect the United States interests whether that is Iran, Israel, China, Russia, Ukraine, the Congo or Venezuela. The focus should be around creating and protecting US interests. That's what matters the most. That should not like I I don't really it doesn't matter to me like what other people's political opinions are on the other side of the world or like who doesn't and does like it. The focus should be around making sure that we're doing what's in our best interest. We don't hate Israel because they're Jews, nor would they have anything against you or the West to replace infidels or whatever. Has nothing to do with religion. Israel is a terrorist stolen state. Well, I I don't really care honestly. Like I I I I have no interest and no bearing. Like I don't want to debate with you. I don't want to argue with you because it's just like Iran. People like this will just lie, misrepresent things, and then work and back channel against you later on. I don't care what you guys think. It doesn't matter to me. The focus should be around getting rid of Iran and making sure that Iran is not able to fund terrorist networks and terrorist proxies. That's what really matters. That's what I care about. I don't care about what some ideology is. I don't care about Israel, what Israel did, or I I don't care about any of this. The focus should be around making sure that the Iran government is neutralized so they can never threaten America or any other country, destabilize waterways or cause and fund terrorism around the world ever again. That is the focus. It is that singular defined specific purpose that I am advocating for. everything else after that, everything else before that, I don't really care about it. That's what matters to me. Does that make sense? Let's try to make focus on that. Yeah. And so, like it didn't Afghanistan. Well, I don't know about Afghanistan. Has nothing to do with that, right? And uh Iran's displaced millions of Muslims in Europe. Yeah, I think that's obviously true. I mean, I think very clearly that's true. Israel's interest is exactly that. You're not alone. Well, Israel's interest is not relevant to me. whether it if it aligns with my interest, then great. Maybe you can work with Israel, the same as it seems like we're working with the UAE. If Israel's interest isn't aligned with us, then we should focus on our own interest instead. Uh it it's great to have allies, right? It's good to have extra help in the region, and I think we should take all the help we can get. It's going to be hard to displace Iran. Obviously, that's it. Yeah. I don't get a I just want to see the IRGC gone so my toddlers whenever they're my age, won't be doing this again. Yeah, that's that's the way I feel about it. And I think that overwhelmingly there are people that are trying to effectively use Israel as a kind of like a red herring away from Iran. They don't care about Israel. They care about protecting Iran. Israel is just the tool that they're using to distract you. The main focus is that Iran is funding terrorism. Iran is bombing ships. They are violating international law. and they've been doing it for years and they also fund people that do it even worse than they do directly. Not true. You can say whatever you want. Like at this point, like I'm not I'm not going to be in the business anymore of trying to disabuse people of the notion that Iran is dangerous. If you think that they're not dangerous, then you're totally right. You think you think whatever you want. Like at that point, like you've clearly bought into propaganda and you're just not being rational at all. You'd think so? Yeah, I do. I I do. I completely think so. I think that if Iran had a nuclear weapon, it would destabilize the entire Middle East and it would cause a nuclear arms race in the Middle East and it would ultimately lead to more unrest and a more dangerous world. It would be a huge problem. Iran's leadership's out of their mind. They might actually nuke someone maybe. Right? I mean, like when Iran is, and here's the question, right? when Iran is bombing and attacking multiple different countries that had nothing to directly do with attacking them. How can and also putting mines in international waters just to stop anybody from going through a straight that they don't even control, right? Like they have no autonomy to control that water. That's international waters. So they just think that they don't have to follow the rules. What do you think the chances are that they're going to use a nuclear bomb? I think it's very very high. So they're terrorists. Yeah. they it's a it's a terrorist government. It's a terrorist ideology and it is a you know obviously a manifested terrorist actions and the only way that you can approach it and do anything about it is if you go and get rid of them. There are no negotiations. There is no uh agreements. There are nothing. You can't do anything with these people other than wipe them out. That's it. They're pirates. Yeah, they're pirates. So everything else besides that is just a waste of time. Is this Oh my god. So this is 30 minutes ago. Um, this seems like it's AI generated. What a surprise. It's Israel getting bombed. Many such cases. Ron's military statement. Is this the same guy? Let me see if I can find this. If there's any more of this. Um, what is this? Announced the three Navy Seals. Oh boy. and came under Iranian attack. There's more of this. What do you think about all the insider trading your president's doing on oil? I mean, you don't really care about that. And I I mean, like I I you you obviously just want to undermine Trump, right? It has nothing to do with insider trading. You don't care about insider trading. Uh like if you did, you'd look at all the other Democrat politicians. like why why even engage with somebody I you this is the thing is that a lot of times people think that they're going to be able to well I'm going to try to use your values against you so you can agree with me that your guys are bad. No, I'm not going to do that. It's not interesting to me. I don't care about it. So again like because I I know that these people are unprincipled. So why would I try to like hold on to and adhere to what I would say my principles are with people that are just simply trying to use my principles as a tool to do whatever they want? Why would I do that? It's it's just a game.

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