Tucker Carlson has become the most prominent media figure asking why no US president can say no to Israel.
Tucker Carlson has become the most prominent media figure asking why no US president can say no to Israel. In a New York Times interview, Carlson argued that American foreign policy has become captive to Israeli interests at the expense of ordinary Americans struggling with economic decline and debt . He claims Trump surrendered to Netanyahu's pressure and went to war because Israel demanded it, not because it served American national security .
The answer according to Carlson and political scientist John Mearsheimer is simple: the Israel lobby. Mearsheimer told Carlson's podcast that "the lobby has awesome power" and "there is no president willing to buck the lobby" . Carlson called pro-Israel advocates "the most vicious people I've ever dealt with" and pointed out that while every other foreign government lobbies the US openly, Israel's influence operates through a mechanism of control that remains hidden .
Carlson has also pointed to documented history of Israeli officials using blackmail against US presidents . His interview with Senator Ted Cruz went viral when Carlson pressed Cruz on why AIPAC is not registered as a foreign lobby despite coordinating with the Israeli government . Whether one agrees with Carlson or not, he has forced a question into the open that Washington has spent decades trying to suppress.
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