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What's Really Happening Between Israel, Iran, And The Middle East
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Cenk Uygur cited polling showing 68% of the country believes the US is heading in the wrong direction, and 76% are dissatisfied with the economy.
The Adelson family alone gave Trump over $317 million. The Israeli lobby donates to 94% of Congress. Netanyahu walked into the Situation Room and told Trump to attack. Every time a peace deal gets close, Netanyahu calls Trump and it collapses. This is 100% Israeli interest, 0% American interest.
Cenk Uygur stated the Adelson family alone has given Donald Trump over $317 million in campaign contributions, which he characterises as legalised bribery of US foreign policy.
Cenk Uygur stated the US has given $320 billion to Israel over the lifetime of the relationship, on top of $8 trillion spent on the post-9/11 global war on terror.
Cenk Uygur claimed the Israeli lobby donates to 94% of Congress members, including being the number-one lifetime donor to Trump, Biden, Schumer, Jeffries, and Mike Johnson.
Blocking the Strait of Hormuz costs Iran approximately $210 million a day in lost revenue. But it costs the rest of the world enormously more. China gets 48% of its energy through that strait. South Korea and India are already in crisis. The war has created an energy shock far larger in Asia and Europe than in energy-independent America.
Kevin O'Leary stated that China sources 48% of its energy through the Strait of Hormuz, giving Beijing enormous incentive to pressure Iran into a deal.
Netanyahu has been saying Iran is weeks away from a nuclear weapon since the 1990s. Iran has never enriched uranium above 60%, far short of the 90% needed for a weapon. Iran has no missile that can reach America. The grand Ayatollah issued a fatwa prohibiting nuclear weapons. The threat is a fabrication used to justify endless war.
