Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has often stood by President Donald Trump, however broke with him Monday for calling former Fox Information host Tucker Carlson “kooky” — after the right-wing pundit criticized America’s alleged involvement in Israel’s assault Friday on Iran.
Carlson opposes doling out U.S. tax {dollars} for Israel’s newest battle and referred to as for America to “drop Israel” in a publication Friday to allow them to “fight their own wars.” Trump insulted Carlson in an interview on Monday, prompting Greene to talk out.
“He unapologetically believes the same things I do,” Greene wrote Monday on X, previously Twitter, about Carlson. “That if we don’t fight for our own country and our own people then we will no longer have a country for our children and our grandchildren.”
She continued, “And foreign wars/intervention/regime change put America last, kill innocent people, are making us broke, and will ultimately lead to our destruction. That’s not kooky. That’s what millions of Americans voted for. It’s what we believe is America First.”
Israel on Friday deployed warplanes and drones it smuggled into Iran to kill high generals and scientists, mere days earlier than negotiations between Iran and the U.S. concerning nuclear de-escalation had been set to happen, prompting Iranian retaliatory strikes on Tel Aviv.
Trump stated final month that he “warned” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to not strike Iran, because the U.S. was “very close to a solution,” however stated Friday that he knew about Israel’s unprovoked assault beforehand, which Carlson argues “is not America’s fight.”
“At an absolute minimum, the United States continuing to insert itself in this conflict will further whip up the radical Islamic world’s hatred for the West and fuel the next generation of terrorism. The worst case?” the conservative pundit wrote Friday in his publication.
“Thousands of immediate American deaths, all in the name of a foreign agenda that has nothing to do with our country,” he continued. “It goes without saying that neither of those possibilities would be beneficial for the United States.”
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Carlson argued that continued U.S. navy support to Israel isn’t “America First,” a coverage espousing non-interventionism, and accused Trump of being “complicit” in Israel’s assault. The president slammed Carlson on Monday whereas chatting with reporters.
“Somebody please explain to kooky Tucker Carlson that, ‘IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON!’” Trump added on social media, later including: “AMERICA FIRST means many GREAT things, including the fact that, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON.”
Carlson, who has expressed remorse over supporting the Iraq Struggle throughout his time on Fox Information, joined Steve Bannon’s “War Room” podcast Monday and informed the previous Trump adviser, “You’re not going to convince me that the Iranian people are my enemy.”
Bannon appeared to agree that U.S. involvement within the battle was a foul thought.
“Again, we’re going down this, ‘Here’s who you are required to hate,’” Carlson continued on the time. “It’s Orwell, man. I’m a free man. You’re not telling me who I have to hate. I’ll decide who I like and don’t like based on my values and interests. It’s all so fake.”
