War criminal Benjamin Netanyahu has been itching, praying, and goading for a regime change in Iran for decades. He might finally get his wish due to the incompetence and weakness of Donald Trump, who just announced he is leaving the G-7 summit a day early to deal with escalating conflict between Israel and Iran that now threatens to expand to all-out war.
Thankfully, previous U.S. presidents have kept Netanyahu at bay even as some of them championed the disastrous War on Terror that unleashed bloodshed, trauma, and birthed new extremist movements such as ISIS. Unfortunately, a slim majority of Americans who suffer from perpetual “economic anxiety” and amnesia decided to elect a corrupt vulgarian who is the perfect mark for Netanyahu. “AMERICA FIRST means many GREAT things, including the fact that, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post, in addition to telling everyone to “immediately evacuate Tehran!”
Comforting.
Trump promised he’d be an America First president and would bring about peace, stability, and newfound respect for the country that now has a measles outbreak and is using its military and National Guard to terrorize its own residents and citizens. Instead, Gaza remains annihilated, Ukraine and Russia are still fighting, tourism to America has plummeted, and the world is recoiling from Trump’s reckless trade wars. Now, Israel wants to use American B-2 bombers to destroy Iran’s nuclear enrichment facility and effectively bring America into what could explode into WW3.
Fortunately, a few powerful voices within MAGA and the right-wing movement are loudly anti-war and critical of joining a war on Israel’s behalf. This includes Tucker Carlson, who was mocked earlier today by Trump for his criticism, and liberatrian Dave Smith, who referred to Trump as “the most impotent bitch of a leader imaginable,” and alleged, “Trump has betrayed MAGA and every principle of America First. He is no longer worthy of any of our support. He probably never was.” Smith and Carlson probably won’t receive UFC invites anymore.
Alas.
Democratic leadership, predictably, has remained muted. This isn’t surprising considering many of them, like Senator Schumer, have been more hawkish against Iran than some Republicans. Rep. AOC joined Republican Rep. Massie in saying, “No” to war and asking Congress to decide such matters instead of the President. Still, foreign money from the Middle East feeds many hungry bellies in DC from all sides of the aisle.
As this dangerous situation continues escalating, I invited my friend Haris Tarin, who served as a Senior Official at the Department of Homeland Security during the Biden Administration and is currently at the Muslim Public Affairs Council as the Vice President of Policy and Programming, to discuss the blowback and fallout of this current conflict between Israel, Iran and the United States.
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