A post shared on X (formerly Twitter) on March 11, 2026, by user @AlBuffalo2nite has gone viral, racking up more than 10,000 likes, 5,000 reposts, and over 200,000 views in under 24 hours. The post highlights what it describes as a deleted old tweet by journalist Mehdi Hasan — a British-born, naturalized American citizen and former host on MSNBC and Al Jazeera — claiming he posted the phrase “Make America planes crash again.”
The accompanying video in the post shows footage of the September 11, 2001, plane crashing into the World Trade Center, framing the statement as a “joke” about American aircraft crashing and thousands of Americans dying. The poster accuses Hasan of revealing “deep contempt for the very country that gave him a platform” and “Islamic contempt for we Americans,” arguing it was no accident and that critics were gaslit with claims of “satire,” “poorly worded,” or “taken out of context” after the tweet was deleted.
Replies to the post have escalated quickly, with users calling for Hasan’s denaturalization and deportation to the UK (where he holds dual citizenship), labeling him a “domestic terrorist,” and demanding action from U.S. authorities. Hashtags like #SilentMajoritySpeaks have trended alongside the thread.
This resurgence comes just days after Hasan’s intense interview with Nigerian presidential spokesperson Daniel Bwala on Al Jazeera’s Head to Head program (aired March 6, 2026). In the episode titled “Nigeria: ‘Renewed Hope’ or ‘Hopelessness’?”, Hasan grilled Bwala — Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Policy Communications — over the administration’s record on corruption, economic hardship, and governance.
Hasan repeatedly confronted Bwala with archived 2023 clips of his own past statements (made while supporting opposition candidate Atiku Abubakar), in which Bwala had harshly criticized Tinubu. Bwala denied or disowned several quotes on air, prompting Hasan to play the footage back. Bwala later accused the show of “opposition research-style journalism” for not warning him in advance. The interview has since exploded virally in Nigeria, with mixed reactions: some praising Hasan’s tough questioning as exposing flip-flops, while others slammed it as ambush tactics or defended Bwala as simply evolving politically.
The timing of the X post’s surge has fueled speculation that Hasan’s confrontational style in the Bwala interview has prompted critics to dredge up past controversies about the journalist himself. Hasan has not publicly responded to the resurfaced clip as of March 12, 2026. The internet, as the original poster noted, “never forgets.”
