Tucker Carlson: Americans ‘marinate in lies’ from Israel’s ‘incredibly sophisticated propaganda’
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U.S. leaders must ‘not prostrate themselves before’ Israel, said the commentator, also demanding an end to dual citizenship, and requiring AIPAC to register as a foreign lobby.
(LifeSiteNews) — In what has been described as an “extraordinary” monologue last week, Tucker Carlson sharply criticized what is often dubbed the “special relationship” between the U.S. and Israel, denouncing how American officials have allowed the government of this “tiny” country to “humiliate” the nation, censor the public while simultaneously “marinating” them in propaganda lies over decades and slandering anyone who deviates from their agenda “even a little bit” as “Nazis,” “antisemites” or the like.
Looking toward a solution, the former Fox News host provided proposals on how to “restore health and balance the relationship between the United States and Israel” that include getting “some global perspective” on the question, reestablishing “self-respect” for the nation “and stop being ordered around by a client state,” “restore the concept of citizenship” in the U.S., and “get our theology right.”
“There’s only one story going on, and it’s Israel,” stated Carlson, describing the conversations happening on social media which he considers “America’s only remaining news source.”
Offering perspective on this question, the popular host compared the two nations deeming Israel to be, by comparison, “a tiny and inherently insignificant country, at least geopolitically” since it has “only nine million people” and “no meaningful natural resources.”
“And yet, despite its objective insignificance, it is the focus of the conversation,” he observed. “But it’s also the focus of the spending” including over “$30 billion” in military aid just since October 7, 2023, and “$300 billion at least” over 80 years in just “on-books numbers.”
“Israel is by far — no one comes close — the largest recipient of U.S. aid over time,” and since Egypt, the second highest recipient, is awarded their funds due to the regional priorities of Israel, “you could probably add that to the tally” as well, he said.
“We are spending our time, our money, and we’re taking enormous risks on behalf of a country that geopolitically is not significant at all,” the commentator said, summarizing the costs to the U.S. These include its strained relationships with massive nations like China and India, whom, with the overwhelming majority of the world, “hate” and reject the war in Gaza, which he classified as “not even really a war” but “a massive displacement of people and killing on a grand scale of unarmed people, of unarmed combatants, of civilians, of women and children.”
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Americans ‘marinate in lies’ regarding Israel, a ‘complete inversion of the truth’
And with the U.S. having isolated itself from virtually the entire world on these important issues, Carlson asserted that “most Americans have no perspective on just how disproportionate our commitment is” to Israel “because they marinate in lies about this relationship, mostly from our political class, (but) also from the media.”
Thus, in addressing Israel’s sophisticated propaganda programs that often produce “lies” that amount to a “complete inversion of the truth,” he cited former presidential candidate Nikki Haley who in a 2023 debate forcefully asserted “it is not that Israel needs America. America needs Israel!”