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Tucker Carlson's Break With Republicans and the Israel Question
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Theo surfaces a clip of Tucker Carlson declaring he will not support Republicans in the midterms, citing the party's Israel-first stance and its handling of Iran. Kennedy knows Tucker personally and calls him genuinely smart and articulate, but fundamentally disagrees. For Kennedy, the question is not whether America wants to be the world's policeman — it doesn't — but whether it can afford to let authoritarian strongmen fill that vacuum. He has met Xi Jinping face-to-face and reports that Xi is utterly convinced China is ascending while America declines, dismissing the U.S. as a country that debates whether men can breastfeed while China builds nuclear weapons and ships. Putin, meanwhile, wants to dominate Eastern Europe. Iran wants regional hegemony. All three are working together. Kennedy's operating principle: 'Weakness invites the wolves. If you turn the other cheek to these people, they'll stab you in the neck.'
Tucker Carlson publicly declared he won't support Republicans in the midterms, primarily over what he sees as an Israel-first rather than America-first posture. Kennedy respects Tucker but fundamentally disagrees, arguing Iran's nuclear ambitions make U.S. involvement a matter of direct American security, not foreign entanglement.
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Kennedy met Xi Jinping face-to-face and says Xi is absolutely convinced China is ascending while America declines. While China builds ships and nuclear weapons, Kennedy says Xi believes America sits around debating whether a man can breastfeed. Xi, Putin, and the Ayatollah are working together, each with expansionist goals.
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Hamas gets approximately 90% of its funding from Iran; Hezbollah is entirely Iranian-backed. Without Iran, neither terrorist organization could exist. Kennedy argues that the real problem in the Middle East has always been Iran's drive for regional dominance, not Israel's existence.
