'NOT America First!' Tucker Carlson On Iran, Trump, Ben Shapiro, Cruz & More!

Tucker Carlson’s central argument in this conversation is that the U.S.-led war in Iran is a strategic catastrophe for America—one that violates the core promise of "America First" and was driven by Israeli interests, not American ones. He insists the case for the war benefiting the United States has never been made, and that the people who pushed for it are either dangerously ignorant or actively hostile to American national interests.

The War as a Strategic Disaster

Carlson’s framework is built on a simple question: what is the case that this war is good for the United States? He says no one is even attempting to make that case. Instead, critics respond with accusations of anti-Semitism. He argues the war is a disaster for American interests on multiple fronts. The Strait of Hormuz, through which 20% of the world’s energy flows, is now at risk. If the government controlling one side of that strait is replaced by warring tribes and civil war, piracy becomes inevitable. “Anybody with a $400 drone can prevent an oil tanker from getting through the straits,” he says. Chaos is the enemy of commerce. The net effect, he argues, is to hand the Middle East to China, which sat out the conflict and is now the largest trading partner of every country on both sides of the Persian Gulf.

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