Posted on 07/28/2026 11:34:57 AM PDT by Mariner
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during his last in-person meeting at the White House, reportedly sold President Donald Trump on starting a war with Iran.
Now, the GOP's America First wing fears he's about to pitch the president on ramping up attacks.
"I think all of President Trump's most ardent non-'Israel First' supporters are furious," said former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon. "Netanyahu has had twice as many visits to the White House in 18 months as Churchill had in all of World War II — with every one of them a disaster for America First."
The two men are set to meet Tuesday morning for the first time since the two countries attacked Iran in February, with Netanyahu in Washington to attend the funeral of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham. The meeting comes at a moment of tension between the two allies: While Trump has long defended Israel, he has grown increasingly willing to publicly criticize Netanyahu for being too aggressive with Lebanon.
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I don't get it.
One of us is confused.
Well it’s Polutico
visits to the White House in 18 months as Churchill had in all of World War II.
Just a stupid comparison.
Bannon...chief strategist?? As far as I know...Bannon is on his own...has his own show..no longer attached to the Whitehouse.
When are you going to personally pick up your rife and go fight.
If you can’t or don’t want to go, then you can send your son or daughter.
May I ask who Iran is targeting with those missiles?
Are their intentions obscure or too difficult to discern?
I think their intentions might in some way impinge upon America First but please help me.
You seem to have the answers.
Unfortunately fashionable to hate the Jews, blame the Jews… while ignoring the harsh realities of Islam.
Islam is a war plan.
The best thing Trump can do today is send Netanyahu home and tell him to manage his own affairs.
Because Iran cannot obtain that power. You do not let aggressive actors to go unchecked, because when they obtain what they want, they become a much greater threat byu exponential factors, that's why.
Does that help you get it now?
You certainly would allow a disease become worse, Iran is like a deadly disease. Had it been taken care of decades ago, we wouldn't have been placed in this position for this iissue. The issues would have been much easier to deal with as well.
Netanyahu came to Washington 7 times, 6 times meeting with Trump, in the past 18 months.
Churchill visited Roosevelt 11 times, staying in the White House for a combined 110 days.
I see that refrain all the time here on FR: "If Iran gets the nuke, NYC is gone!"
Well, NYC's Mayor is currently a Shia Twelver by the name of Zohran Mamdani. What benefit would they get out of nuking New York that wouldn't get with having a Shiite as mayor of America's most prominent metropolis?
A nuclear weapon in Iran's hands couldn't do near the amount of damage that we've already done to ourselves.
Steve Bannon is NOT a “Trump ally.” They Epstein BFF fraud does not speak for our president, or for MAGA.
Exactly.
Does anyone really believe we can back away from this now?
If Iran didn’t have enough incentive to build a nuke the rag heads in Tehran certainly feel they do now. The mullahs pledged themselves to our destruction long before this war, so you can be assured they are more obsessed with it now.
We have to finish this. Engaging in it was not optional.
The morons who are keeping their feet on the brakes are the ones prolonging this. Political pussyfooting around and half measures are what give you Afghanistan and Vietnam style forever wars.
More Fake News propaganda designed to foment anger and mistrust.
You are confused. They don’t have any ICBMs that can reach the United States.
They were only enriching to 4% under JCPOA. After Trump cancelled it, they still only enriched to 60%. There is no technological hurdle between 60% and 90% (weapons grade). They could have done it at any time and chose not to.
Aside from token gestures...they didn’t retaliate after we killed Suleimani. Aside from token gestures...They didn’t retaliate after Israel blew up their embassy. Aside from token gestures...They didn’t retaliate after we toppled Assad.
They were doing everything they could to avoid a wider conflict with the U.S.
They had stopped all nuclear weapons research in 2008.
They were not going to acquire nukes.
I urge you to fact check the claims I just made.
We didn’t do this because Iran was a threat to us. We did it because Iran was a threat to Israel.
This was not America First. This was Israel First.
Politico via yahoo? I’m not even going to bother reading it.
I know there lots of well-meaning FReepers who think we need to study what the other side is thinking.
I disagree. Most of it is not what they are thinking, but rather what they want us to think they are thinking - or just pure random crap.
The idea that we are gathering useful intel on the enemy is absurd.
Anything President Trump can do to make the Mullahs weaker without us having to put boots on the ground is what I voted for.
Go Trump.
Your #9 responds perfectly to the Child's immediately preceding post.
Politico via Yahoo -trash.
Well said.
America has been at war with Islam since the shores of Tripoli.
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