Mehdi Hasan Explodes on Pro-Israel Democratic Activist in Nasty Brawl: You Are an ‘Unhinged Racist POS’

(Photo Credit: Zeteo on YouTube and FredGuttenberg.com)

Zeteo founder Mehdi Hasan went ballistic on pro-Israel Democratic activist Fred Guttenberg for being an “unhinged, racist POS” and an “Islamophobe” after Guttenberg brought up a deleted post where Hasan supposedly joked about American planes crashing on President Donald Trump’s watch.

Hasan’s searing rant on Sunday came after the two had already exchanged a number of digital blows on X.

The shot which sent Hasan over the edge was Guttenberg calling him out for posting “Make American Planes Crash Again” in February 2025, following multiple plane crashes in the previous few weeks. Hasan clearly didn’t appreciate Guttenberg telling his 460,000 followers about the remark.

“Two hours after you said you’re moving on and wouldn’t be tweeting about me, you tweeted AGAIN about me, this time copying Laura Loomer’s attack on me because you’re both a liar and and an Islamophobe (and clearly an unhinged troll),” Hasan fumed. He continued, “You know perfectly well that tweet was a bad joke/mockery of Trump’s FAA/Doge cuts and plane crashes that happened on his watch and that I deleted it because Islamophobes we’re trying to pretend I was a terrorist. You truly are an unhinged, racist POS, Fred. And the next death or deportation threat I get from the right today will be on you.”

Hasan’s response echoed his explanation for what he called the “poorly worded” post back in 2025. He said he deleted what he called a “sarcastic” post “because MAGA and Islamophobic” users had taken him out of context.

“I was obviously mocking the MAGA slogan ‘Make America… Again’ slogan and highlighting the shocking number of plane crashes under Trump and the FAA cults,” he added.

Guttenberg — the father of a Parkland school shooting victim who has advocated for Israel and Democrats in recent years — and Hasan had already been bashing each other over Israel and Gaza leading up to Hasan branding him an “Islamophobe.”

On Saturday night, Hasan ripped Guttenberg for not condemning what he said were Israeli atrocities against Palestinians; Guttenberg responded by saying Hasan was a “liar” and a “ghoul.”

“You mention posts that don’t exist. However, I have many posts condemning Hamas, a terrorist regime you support. You support many terrorist regimes. I wonder why? You hate Israel and Jewish people and at the end of the day, that is what this is about,” Guttenberg posted.

He added, “F*CK YOU AND YOUR EVIL SOUL.”

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