Jun 14, 2026 · 1 hr 11 min · 12 segments
Political commentator Danielle Moodie joins Wajahat Ali to break down one of the most chaotic weeks in American politics. From the latest controversies surrounding Donald Trump and Elon Musk to…
Wajahat AliHost
Danielle MoodieHost
But we'll start out with what I find so m- the most atrocious, uh, which is Elon Musk.
Uh, SpaceX had their IPO, uh, valued at 75 billion, which, uh, by calculations will now make this the world's most disgusting, bigoted, transphobic, racist piece of shit a trillionaire.
When I see shit like this, I really do question, how is it that God, Allah, has made the world's most terrible, grotesque human beings the richest? Like, make it make sense for me.
That's a very good question, and, and that's a question that many of us have asked throughout our life wh- uh, when it comes to sheikh and imams and elders, that why do the worst people get to succeed in the dunya, the world, okay? And, you know, I've asked this as well.
Uh, here are people who believe, who suffer, and yet these individuals get to fail up repeatedly.
And so the answer, whether you wanna accept it or not, but there's an answer to this, and the Islamic framework is the following.
There was always a Moses and a Pharaoh, and the Pharaoh had everything, and the Pharaoh had power, and the Pharaoh had wealth, and the Pharaoh had the palace, and the Pharaoh had riches, but it was temporary.
And actually, in the Quran it says, "All we give them is this life, and just a few years." That's it.
But even in this life, uh, you see the, if you will, the... [smacks lips] They don't have peace, right? They have everything except contentment.
... uh, they are crushed and they're destroyed, right? And so you see an Elon Musk, and I see, yes, the world's worst people keep failing up.
But we'll start out with what I find so m- the most atrocious, uh, which is Elon Musk.
Uh, SpaceX had their IPO, uh, valued at 75 billion, which, uh, by calculations will now make this the world's most disgusting, bigoted, transphobic, racist piece of shit a trillionaire.
When I see shit like this, I really do question, how is it that God, Allah, has made the world's most terrible, grotesque human beings the richest? Like, make it make sense for me.
That's a very good question, and, and that's a question that many of us have asked throughout our life wh- uh, when it comes to sheikh and imams and elders, that why do the worst people get to succeed in the dunya, the world, okay? And, you know, I've asked this as well.
Uh, here are people who believe, who suffer, and yet these individuals get to fail up repeatedly.
And so the answer, whether you wanna accept it or not, but there's an answer to this, and the Islamic framework is the following.
There was always a Moses and a Pharaoh, and the Pharaoh had everything, and the Pharaoh had power, and the Pharaoh had wealth, and the Pharaoh had the palace, and the Pharaoh had riches, but it was temporary.
And actually, in the Quran it says, "All we give them is this life, and just a few years." That's it.
But even in this life, uh, you see the, if you will, the... [smacks lips] They don't have peace, right? They have everything except contentment.
... uh, they are crushed and they're destroyed, right? And so you see an Elon Musk, and I see, yes, the world's worst people keep failing up.
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