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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Those working to protect Iran are the ones who can’t claim they are America First.
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.
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.
ROTFL!
<< Carlson, an ardent Trump ally >>
Laughable.
“I hate him passionately,” Tucker said about Trump immediately after the 2020 election.
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.
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?
You hit my funny bone again. Congrats. Are you sure you are not a comedian by trade? Maybe moonlighting as a .....
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
<< 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.
The king has spoken. In your face, Tucker.
That Tuckertoon is hilarious. )))
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?
Mother Tucker Carlson must have gone off the deep end.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Nope. Just one of those damn Boomers the Tuckerites are always mad at for this reason or that.
That Tuckertoon is hilarious. )))
That’s the view of most reasonable folks
Simply can’t trust Iran with nuke bomb projection
No brainer
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