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Trump refutes Tucker Carlson’s criticism he abandoned ‘America First’ by supporting Israel: ‘I decide’
NY Post ^ | 6/15/2025 | Ryan King

Posted on 06/15/2025 10:44:51 AM PDT by marcusmaximus

President Trump rejected rightwing pundit Tucker Carlson’s criticism that he is abandoning America First principles with his support for Israel amid its military campaign against Iran.

Carlson, an ardent Trump ally, fumed at Israel’s preemptive strike on Iran last week, dubbing the US “complicit in the act of war” and arguing that, “politicians purporting to be America First can’t now credibly turn around and say they had nothing to do with it.”

Trump said he wasn’t familiar with Carlson’s critique but contended that, as a pioneer of the modern America First movement, he’s the final arbiter of what it means to put the US first.

“Well, considering that I’m the one that developed ‘America First,’ and considering that the term wasn’t used until I came along, I think I’m the one that decides that,” Trump told The Atlantic in response.

“For those people who say they want peace—you can’t have peace if Iran has a nuclear weapon. So for all of those wonderful people who don’t want to do anything about Iran having a nuclear weapon—that’s not peace.”

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1 posted on 06/15/2025 10:44:51 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

Those working to protect Iran are the ones who can’t claim they are America First.


2 posted on 06/15/2025 10:46:15 AM PDT by fruser1
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To: marcusmaximus

If Israel blows up Iran and stops it from gaining nukes with minimal involvement from USA I’m ok with that. I’m not signing on to another ground war.


3 posted on 06/15/2025 10:50:07 AM PDT by Bayard
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To: marcusmaximus

Iran has declared war on the U.S. and Israel and is our declared enemy. Iran is the incubator and sponsor of worldwide bloody Jihad terrorism around the world.

Israel is doing the U.S. and the world a great favor by taking out the threat of Iran’s initial weaponized strike capability.

I think Carlson is again one off.


4 posted on 06/15/2025 10:50:26 AM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: marcusmaximus

ROTFL!

5 posted on 06/15/2025 10:51:03 AM PDT by Carl Vehse (Make Austin Texas Again!)
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To: marcusmaximus

<< Carlson, an ardent Trump ally >>

Laughable.

“I hate him passionately,” Tucker said about Trump immediately after the 2020 election.


6 posted on 06/15/2025 10:52:45 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: fruser1

When your buddy ultimately kicks the bullies ass with the skills you trained on in the montage, that you can exhale a lot of senseless stress since 1978. You will note the rest of the world, is clearly stating with silence, IRAN had it coming.


7 posted on 06/15/2025 10:53:35 AM PDT by protoconservative (Been Conservative Before You Were Born )
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To: marcusmaximus

Terrorists felt free to slaughter Israelis on Oct 7 and it hardly ruffled Biden’s feathers. When is it okay to take measures against a nuclear attack by an entity outright committed to destroying Israel?


8 posted on 06/15/2025 10:54:40 AM PDT by Buttons12 ( )
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To: marcusmaximus

You hit my funny bone again. Congrats. Are you sure you are not a comedian by trade? Maybe moonlighting as a .....


9 posted on 06/15/2025 10:54:40 AM PDT by Kudsman (Cliff Notes answer: because, DEMOCRATS. )
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To: Buttons12

What nuclear attack are you referring to? The Israeli government has been saying the Iranians are a year or less away from a nuclear weapon since 1984


10 posted on 06/15/2025 10:56:57 AM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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To: Buttons12

<< by an entity outright committed to destroying Israel >>

And the U.S.

The regime has been leading “Death to America” chants for decades. It would be wise to take them at their word.


11 posted on 06/15/2025 10:57:50 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: marcusmaximus

The king has spoken. In your face, Tucker.


12 posted on 06/15/2025 10:57:59 AM PDT by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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To: marcusmaximus

That Tuckertoon is hilarious. )))


13 posted on 06/15/2025 10:58:11 AM PDT by Quentin Quarantino
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To: marcusmaximus

America first doesn’t mean America only. Our interest don’t lie only within our borders. Taking care of our interests abroad is also putting America first.

So is it in America’s interest to not allow the mullahs of Iran to have a bomb?


14 posted on 06/15/2025 10:58:16 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they. control you. )
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To: Bayard

Mother Tucker Carlson must have gone off the deep end.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,


15 posted on 06/15/2025 10:58:41 AM PDT by chopperk
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To: marcusmaximus
Donald J. Trump's December 7, 2015, Statement on Preventing Muslim Immigration
16 posted on 06/15/2025 10:58:47 AM PDT by Carl Vehse (Make Austin Texas Again!)
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To: Kudsman

Nope. Just one of those damn Boomers the Tuckerites are always mad at for this reason or that.


17 posted on 06/15/2025 10:59:31 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

That Tuckertoon is hilarious. )))


18 posted on 06/15/2025 11:00:18 AM PDT by Quentin Quarantino
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To: Bayard

That’s the view of most reasonable folks
Simply can’t trust Iran with nuke bomb projection

No brainer


19 posted on 06/15/2025 11:01:13 AM PDT by wardaddy ( The Blob must be bled dry)
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“Well, considering that I’m the one that developed ‘America First,’ and considering that the term wasn’t used until I came along, I think I’m the one that decides that,” Trump told The Atlantic in response.

Well . . . not exactly.



It was also used disingenuously by Woodrow Wilson (crazy, huh?).
20 posted on 06/15/2025 11:04:11 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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