Blackmail, Bribes, and Fear: Netanyahu Claims He Controls Donald Trump and America. Tucker Responds.
In a Nutshell
Netanyahu claims he controls Trump, Congress, and America itself, while the US has spent over $300 billion propping up a client state of 9 million people that spies on its patron, transfers US military tech to China, and drags America into endless wars. The relationship is sustained by blackmail, bribes, fear of AIPAC, and Christian Zionist heresy, with 95% of the world's population opposing Israel's actions while the US shields it at the UN. The fix requires banning dual citizenship, forcing AIPAC to register as a foreign agent, and restoring the principle that American citizens serve only America.
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Social media discourse about Israel divides into two extreme positions. One side consists of ethnarcissists who equate any criticism of Israel's secular government with blood libel against Jewish people, and label anyone questioning historical arms deals with Stalin as Holocaust deniers. The opposing side consists of individuals who hate Jews as a blood thing, claiming anyone Jewish is inherently bad. Conventional Christian voices arguing that Israel is a secular government of another country with no connection to anyone's religion are notably absent from the conversation. Guilt and virtue are not passed down genetically, yet almost no one is making this argument.
Within the US government, the conversation mirrors social media dynamics, with bandwidth consumed by questions about Israel. Israel is a tiny country in the Middle East that is not critical to American national security. A country supposedly the most powerful in the world devoting all its internal time to conversations about Israel suggests neglect of other matters. This focus is not good for anybody, including Israel.
Four recommendations exist to make the Israel conversation healthier. The first requires getting global perspective on the actual relationship.
The United States has 350 million people and some of the deepest natural resources in the world, including energy, water, and agricultural products. The US is a powerhouse globally whose strength is inherent, making it a huge decisive country in world history. Israel has only 9 million people and no meaningful natural resources. It is physically tiny, about the size of New Jersey, but has a much smaller GDP than New Jersey. Israel's economy is about the size of Arizona's and almost half the economy of Massachusetts or Illinois. Israel's population equals Burundi's and is smaller than Belgium's.
Two THAAD missile batteries are currently in Israel, representing one quarter of the world's total supply. These American-made systems are manned by US troops. Since October 7th, 2023, the United States has spent at minimum $30 billion defending Israel. The entire Israeli military budget before October 7th was about $25 billion. Over Israel's existence of less than 80 years, the United States has provided at least $300 billion in support. Israel is by far the largest recipient of US aid over time and currently. Egypt receives the second-largest amount, provided at Israel's request.
India and China combined represent more than a third of the world's population. Both are rivals economically and militarily. The relationship with them has worsened or languished because of the bandwidth consumed by the Israel relationship and conflicts arising from US support for Israel's war in Gaza, described as a massive displacement of people and killing on a grand scale of unarmed civilians, women, and children.
Most Americans have no idea how disproportionate the attention and spending on Israel is. Political leaders continuously lie generationally about the nature and significance of this relationship. Nikki Haley stated at the 2023 Republican presidential primary debate that America needs Israel more than Israel needs America, calling it a complete inversion of the truth.
Israel could not survive without the United States. Israel fights its wars with American backing and the implied defense guarantee provided since at least 1973. Israel's generous social services are made possible by American subsidies. Every dollar going to the Israeli military from the United States is a dollar Israel can spend on its own people. No world exists where America needs Israel more than Israel needs the United States.
No one asked Nikki Haley to explain her statement because anyone whose mind formed that question would pause for fear of being attacked as an anti-semite. This state of perpetual intimidation has existed for over 50 years. Politicians make nonsensical statements without follow-up questions due to fear of attack.
The question arises whether some lunatic anti-semitic online commentary is not organic but generated to make legitimate questions about the US-Israel relationship appear as crackpot hate like David Duke level lunacy. This criticism targets the state of Israel's sophisticated propaganda campaign, but the true villain is argued to be US leadership putting up with serial humiliation for decades.
The second step involves getting self-respect and stopping being ordered around by a client state. The relationship resembles being screamed at by children, which no normal parent would allow. A huge country supporting a tiny country cannot be yelled at, humiliated, spied upon, or bossed around by the subordinate party.
Israel has spied on the United States for generations. Jonathan Pollard, an American citizen, was caught taking actual military secrets and sending them to Israel, which sent some to the Soviet Union. Pollard went to prison, then somehow went to Israel where he continues denouncing the United States. Anyone mentioning this is attacked as anti-semitic.
The USS Liberty attack, clearly targeted on purpose by Israel, remains something people are afraid to discuss, with discussion labeled shameful.
During the 12-day war with Iran, IDF officers in the Pentagon enraged American staff by barging into meetings, giving orders, and making demands. No one did anything about it. Foreign military officers from NATO countries are also present, but the Israeli behavior was distinctive.
Benjamin Netanyahu goes on television to meddle in internal American politics, taking sides and attacking Americans who are not fully on board with sending billions more to a country of 9 million people. Netanyahu called opposition the "woke reich," claiming these people are insane and need to be fought back against using tools of battle, specifically social media.
Netanyahu stated that TikTok is the most important purchase going on and expressed hope it goes through because it can be consequential. He identified X as the other most important platform and suggested talking to Elon Musk, stating "he's not an enemy, he's a friend." Netanyahu admitted pushing Congress to force a TikTok sale and using pressure campaigns on Elon Musk to censor X because it bothers Israel.
A foreign head of state totally dependent on US tax dollars stated that Americans don't have the right to hear the other side and would conduct secret pressure campaigns on Elon Musk to censor X. Free speech is described as the only thing setting America apart from other countries, being central to the entire idea of America.
The propaganda campaign immediately slanders anyone who disagrees as anti-semitic. Megan Kelly, described as the most moderate person on Israel who has stated 100 times that she likes Israel but questions being sucked into their wars, gets called a Nazi. Actual anti-semites making fun of Auschwitz get a pass from Netanyahu and his orbit.
If Americans think it was a bad idea for Israel to bomb Doha, Qatar, the site of the largest military base in the Middle East existing to protect Israel, they are called Nazis. Hamas was originally in Qatar because the Israeli government asked them to accept Hamas. The bombing was so reckless that Mossad opposed it and wouldn't participate.
Israel has a long history of transferring military technology, including American military technology, to China. China runs the port of Haifa, Israel's biggest port. The loyalty is not requited but one-way.
Benjamin Netanyahu told political allies, opponents, and foreign heads of state that he controls Donald Trump, controls the United States Congress, and controls the United States. He claimed that if kicked out of office, the next Israeli leader probably wouldn't have the same level of control.
President Trump stated he will not allow Israel to annex the West Bank. When asked if he promised leaders this week, Trump responded "Nope. I will not allow it. It's not going to happen." Trump confirmed he spoke with Netanyahu about this but stated "I'm not allowing Israel to annex the West Bank." Trump's poll numbers have fallen dramatically, particularly among young men who helped make him president.
People who don't want to see their government bossed around by a tiny foreign power are not haters. They don't hate any ethnic group. They just don't want to be humiliated. Donald Trump has lost support over the Israel question and is pushing back.
Restoring the concept of citizenship in the United States is essential for health and balance in the relationship between the United States and Israel. American citizenship must mean equality with no hierarchy of citizenship. All citizens are equal, each gets one vote, each gets justice before the law, and each gets to say exactly what he thinks. After expelling non-citizens from the country, dual citizenship should not be allowed. Citizens of two countries cannot serve two masters simultaneously. Dual citizenship exists across all nationalities, not just Israelis, and should be prohibited.
Americans should not be allowed to serve in a foreign military without losing their American citizenship. Fighting for another country means not serving America's priorities. Many Americans have fought in Israel, Gaza, Ukraine, and other countries for foreign militaries. They should lose their citizenship immediately. Every country has different perspectives and priorities based on history, language, size, and resources.
AIPAC must register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of the 1930s. It is a foreign lobby acting on behalf of a foreign government. There are a million foreign lobbies, but only AIPAC doesn't register and is somehow above criticism. People should know who is giving money to politicians and influencing them. Only AIPAC is exempt from this requirement. When topics cannot be spoken about and critics are labeled Nazis, the woke Reich, Holocaust deniers, or anti-Semites, it doesn't make the problem go away and creates resentment.
Christians are the largest group of Israel supporters in the United States, but their view is colored by a Christian heresy that God prefers some people based on their DNA. The core Christian message is that there is no chosen people based on DNA. The chosen people are those who choose Jesus. This is the universal message of the New Testament. Those claiming God will kill America if it doesn't support Israel are promoting heresy, not Christianity.
Lindsey Graham stated that Israel is America's most reliable friend in the Middle East and that this is not a hard choice for Americans or Christians. He warned that if America pulls the plug on Israel, God will pull the plug on America and kill those who don't support Netanyahu. This represents the view that God loves some people more because of their DNA, which is the opposite of the Christian message. The Christian message is universal and cannot justify the killing of innocents.
Four steps should be taken immediately to restore balance and reduce craziness in the US-Israel relationship: restore citizenship meaning, prohibit dual citizenship, require AIPAC registration, and correct Christian theology. These measures would de-escalate the conversation and make it sane.
Netanyahu has been intent for nearly 30 years, since first becoming prime minister in 1996, on dragging the United States into a prolonged war with Iran. The United States government went along with this. Netanyahu's policy has been to pull the United States into repeated wars, making the relationship dysfunctional.
In 1996, Netanyahu and American political advisers created a document called Clean Break. This document states that Israel will never compromise with its Palestinian Arab population and will control all Palestinian lands. This control would create unrest and militant reaction. Clean Break advocates going to war against any country in the region that supports opposition to greater Israel, meaning the United States will go to war for Israel.
Netanyahu was the big cheerleader of the Iraq war, providing testimony to Congress in October 2002 about how the war would lead to a breakout of freedom throughout the Middle East. He pushed for the war in Syria that began with Obama assigning the CIA to overthrow the Syrian government in 2011. Netanyahu pushed for ongoing wars in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, the 12-day war with Iran, and wars in East Africa including Sudan, Somalia, and Libya. All these wars were promoted as necessary to overthrow regimes supporting opposition to Israel's control over Palestine.
Israel is currently involved in seven wars: Gaza, West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Yemen. The United States has funded, armed, and diplomatically supported all of this. No American president for 30 years has resisted Israel. Netanyahu stated there will never be a state of Palestine.
American public opinion opposes what Israel is doing by large majorities. Americans want the United States to recognize the state of Palestine. However, the political class, including the White House and Congress, tells Americans what to believe rather than following public opinion. The situation in the Middle East is explosive, and Netanyahu is working to pull the United States into yet another war.
George H.W. Bush tried to constrain Israel in the modern period and there was talk of an assassination attempt against him. He lost after one term. A country of 9 million people is dictating terms to a country of 350 million people with no legitimate military, security, or economic reason for this arrangement.
Possible explanations for this dynamic include the AIPAC lobby, blackmail by Israel including credible claims involving Epstein, direct bribes, fear of American politicians, mainstream media owned by billionaires who tend to be ardent Zionists, and the large Christian Zionist vote base. None of these explanations fully add up because this arrangement is not in America's interest.
Israel is the most lawless state in the world, committing massive war crimes and being at war on seven fronts. This shows war as policy rather than diplomacy. At the UN Security Council, Israeli politicians yell at the rest of the world in vulgar, stupid, unbalanced, and irrational ways while the US representative agrees with Israel. The United States is complicit in genocide according to scholars, specialists, Israeli human rights organizations, observers inside Israel, and observers worldwide.
The attack on Doha and Qatar was extraordinary. Israel claims it doesn't have to obey any laws anywhere and will go anywhere to murder anyone. Mossad and the Israeli military murdered negotiators of Hamas who were considering a ceasefire proposal. Israel repeatedly murders counterpart negotiators. The United States has been party to this.
The war in Iran was about Israel trying to stop a negotiated solution to Iran's nuclear program. The US bombing of Iran occurred a couple days before the sixth round of negotiations that were reportedly progressing productively. Israel assassinated senior Iranian government officials involved in negotiations, and the United States joined in. Israel murdered negotiators of Hezbollah and its own prime minister Yitzhak Rabin who was trying to negotiate peace.
Netanyahu and his coalition represent greater Israel or Eretz Israel Hashlema. Israel will control all lands of British Palestine after World War I. Instead of a Palestinian state for 8 million Palestinian Arabs and an Israeli state for 8 million Israeli Jews, Netanyahu wants Israel to control all the land, including half the population that are Palestinian Arabs. Netanyahu wants to expel them for an Arab-free land of Israel.
Netanyahu stated at the United Nations that there will never be a state of Palestine. The vast majority of the world says there needs to be a state of Palestine. The International Court of Justice, UN General Assembly, and UN Security Council all support this, except the United States government which protects Israel's position. It is remarkable that any Christian could support this with enthusiasm.
Senator Cruz stated that God says I will bless those who bless Israel, but Genesis actually says I will bless those who bless Abraham. He couldn't quote the passage properly. Foreign governments controlling American politics was agreed to be wrong during the Russia hysteria, yet now the national conversation is dominated by a tiny country at the behest of a foreign government openly calling for censorship of American citizens.
The biggest lie is claiming that those against Israel are anti-Semites. Jews in the United States are completely divided on this issue, as are non-Jews. This is not about Jews but about a state and what it's doing, its history, and American interests.
Jeffrey Sachs states that he is Jewish and expresses dismay at Israel's actions. He emphasizes that Israel is a state, not a religion, and does not reflect 2,000 years of Jewish culture. He argues that labeling opposition to genocide or Israel's wars as anti-Semitic is a lie used as a cudgel against American society and universities.
Sachs explains that religious Jews were against Zionism at its start, viewing it as a secular movement from Eastern Europe rather than a religious one. Rabbis of the era warned it would create trouble. The idea that criticism of Israel equals anti-Semitism contradicts this history.
Modern Zionism originated as a British Christian idea in the 19th century, not a Jewish one. An Anglican reverend influenced Theodore Herzl, a secular Jew in Vienna. In Jewish tradition of 2,000 years, Jews could practice their faith anywhere without requiring a specific homeland.
The Talmud contains the "three oaths" from early centuries AD, specifically in tractate Ketubot 111, instructing Jews not to return to Israel en masse as it would create trouble, and to live peacefully wherever they are. This injunction was followed for approximately 2,000 years.
During World War I, Britain made contradictory promises about Palestine. The McMahon-Sharif letters promised the land to Arabs, while the Sykes-Picot Treaty divided the Middle East with France. In 1917, under Zionist lobbying, Britain issued the Balfour Declaration promising a Jewish homeland in Palestine, which was Ottoman territory, not British land.
Edwin Montagu, the only Jewish member of the British cabinet in 1917, strongly opposed the Balfour Declaration. In a famous letter, he argued that Jews are a religion, not a nation, and that the declaration would make him seem less British. He emphasized his primary identity as British.
Sachs expresses strong opposition to Netanyahu's claim that Israel is "the state of the Jewish people," calling it revolting. He states that as an American Jew, the United States is his state, not Israel, and rejects the notion that Israel speaks for him.
Sachs describes Israel's actions including stopping food shipments to starve Gaza's population, destroying infrastructure to make the area unlivable for 2 million people, and murdering more than 60,000 people, the majority women and children. He characterizes claims that opposing these actions is anti-Semitic as preposterous propaganda.
The extremism of Netanyahu, Smotrich, and Ben-Gvir represents murderous elements in the government. This extremism has nothing to do with Jewish beliefs or ethics. Religious authorities in Europe at the time of the Balfour Declaration thought the idea was dangerous.
The biblical purpose of being in Israel was the temple in Jerusalem until its destruction in 70 AD by Romans. The Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam's third holiest site, now stands there. There is a significant effort, partly bankrolled by Christian foundations including in Texas, to rebuild the temple, which would require destroying the mosque. Some believe this destruction could be imminent.
Sachs describes Israel as the world's most lawless rogue state, flagrantly violating all limits, going to war at will, murdering foreign leaders with impunity, and acting with complete disdain. Netanyahu believes he controls the US government and can act without consequences.
The third temple movement is part of Israel's governing coalition. People in the government speak openly about making Gaza uninhabitable through ethnic cleansing or genocide. Zealotry can be suicidal, as demonstrated by ancient Jewish zealots who engaged in mass suicide at Masada rather than surrender to Rome.
Seventy percent of Americans oppose Israel's actions. Sachs predicts this public disgust will eventually influence the political class despite current alignment with Israeli policy.
Trump stated that annexation of the West Bank is impossible because the Israeli coalition was on the verge of annexing Palestinian lands, which would require murdering or ethnically cleansing millions of people, actions they appear ready to undertake.
Major population and economic centers including India, China, Russia, and Indonesia are aligning against the United States and Israel. The world is experiencing a significant realignment of power.
Almost the entire world opposes Israel's actions. The United States is the only significant state supporting Israel. Multiple UN votes show overwhelming opposition, with approximately 180 countries supporting Palestinian self-determination against 8-10 opposed.
The countries consistently voting against Palestinian statehood alongside the US and Israel are Micronesia, Nauru, Vanuatu, Palau, and Papua New Guinea. These are tiny Pacific nations where the US either buys votes or has compact agreements requiring alignment with US positions.
When counting populations of countries on each side of UN votes, approximately 95% of the world population supports Palestinian statehood and ending Israeli actions. The US represents 4.1% of world population, with Israel and a few small allies making up roughly 5% total.
Since 2002, the Arab Peace Initiative has offered normalization and peace between Arab countries and Israel based on two states. This has been supported by Saudi Arabia, all Arab countries, and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation representing 57 Muslim-majority countries.
The United States denied visas to the Palestinian Authority to attend UN debates, demonstrating continued alignment with Israeli positions.
Approximately 155 countries formally recognize Palestine, including Britain, France, and Australia, despite US pressure against recognition.
Netanyahu has repeatedly claimed he controls Donald Trump, including recently. This is described as self-destructive behavior. The question is raised how long Netanyahu can maintain power given US government dislike, his fractured domestic coalition, and worldwide opposition.
Trump presented a Gaza plan to Arab leaders that included stopping fighting and Hamas disarmament but omitted Palestinian statehood. After meeting with Netanyahu and Ron Dermer, key parts were rewritten to emphasize continued Israeli control over Gaza, contradicting what had been briefed to Arab leaders.
Trump's statement that he won't allow Israel to annex the West Bank is accurate because Israel cannot take any significant action without US backing. Trump could make peace by supporting Palestinian statehood, which would force Israeli withdrawal.
Palestine applied for UN membership 14 years ago in 2011. The UN membership committee determined Palestine met all criteria for statehood, including permanent population and defined boundaries based on June 4, 1967 lines. Obama advised Palestinians to accept observer status instead, promising membership would come later, which never occurred.
In 2024, the UN Security Council voted 12-0 with 2 abstentions in favor of Palestinian statehood, but the US exercised its veto. The General Assembly showed overwhelming support, but Security Council membership requires US approval.
Trump could convene the 15 Security Council members, lift the US veto, and enable Palestine to become the 194th UN member state. This would force Israeli withdrawal as the country could not fight against the entire world community.
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