Peloni: Carlson and his allies are specifically trying to become so outrageous that Trump will have no choice but to address their rank antisemitism.
Notably, Carlson doesn’t control Trump’s base, but he doesn’t have to control it to divide it, which he is specifically doing in the midst of the campaign for the coming midterms. Carlson only needs to split the MAGA base large enough to give the Dems control of the congress next year, and if he is successful in doing so, the consequences of this will be quite significant. Instead of Trump facing Russia, Russia, Russia for the balance of his term, he will be dealing with the latest obsession of the Left: Israel, Israel, Israel. The timing and growing crescendo of vocal assault specifically on Jews and Israel and Christian Zionists are all too damaging to the Republicans and too well timed with the coming midterms to suggest Carlson’s attempt to re-invent himself as the new Father Coughlin is motivated by anything else.
Do recall that Carlson, despite him being considered a conservative, has demonstrated that he has more in common with the Dems than he does with MAGA, which is why he is using the tactics of the Left to divide the most successful conservative grass roots movement in history, while ignoring topics such as the Christian genocide in Nigeria, the Sharia infiltration of the US or the influence on the US by any country or faction other than that of Jews and Israel. Instead Carlson has come to exclusively focus his attention on what he describes as America’s problem with being “controlled” by the Jews, despite the fact that the Saudis, Qatar and China wield far more influence in Washington than Israel, and that American Jews are currently facing the greatest level of threat in American history.
Echoing white supremacist rhetoric, Carlson aligns with extremists and brands Zionism a threat to Western civilization.
Israfan | Nov 27, 2025
Tucker Carlson speaking with attendees at the 2023 AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Photo by Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America – Tucker Carlson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikipedia
Tucker Carlson, once a mainstream media personality, has now openly embraced antisemitic conspiracy theories and anti-Israel rhetoric in a deeply troubling podcast interview that’s sparked national outrage.
Appearing on the Shawn Ryan Show, Carlson called Israel “a tiny, irrelevant country” that “orders around” the United States. He went further, claiming “95 percent of members of Congress take money from a foreign lobby, AIPAC,” and branded Israel “America’s most insulting problem.” His comments mirrored classic antisemitic tropes about Jewish control of U.S. politics and disloyalty.
But Carlson didn’t stop there. He praised notorious white supremacist Nick Fuentes, saying, “His message is… well, that’s certainly true,” aligning himself with one of the most vocal haters of Jews in the American political landscape. Carlson also ranted about Zionism, equating it with “tribalism” and comparing it to Nazi ideology, claiming it undermines Western values.
“There are enemies of Western civilization,” he said. “An attack on Western civilization looks like this… Zionism.” Carlson added that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “literally” the “main enemy” of the West an absurd and incendiary accusation with dangerous implications.
Carlson attempted to soften the blow with a hollow claim that he “wishes Israel well.” But his words carried the unmistakable echoes of hate that have historically been used to justify violence and exclusion of Jews from public life.
As antisemitism surges across the political spectrum, voices like Carlson’s fuel a toxic atmosphere where anti-Jewish bigotry is masked as political critique. The danger is not just in the words spoken, but in the normalization of such rhetoric on major platforms and among audiences already radicalized.
Carlson’s latest tirade is not a one-off it’s part of a growing wave of hate where Jews and Israel are demonized, distorted, and made into scapegoats. These aren’t just offensive remarks they’re threats to truth, decency, and safety.
@Peloni
Could it be to prevent that that Trump defended Carlson’s right to say whatever and host whoever on free speech grounds?
@Sebastien
I would argue that this is certainly a possibility, but there is a greater issue at hand that must be considered regarding Trump’s actions. Long before the feud between Trump and Carlson, Trump has taken to supporting Qatar in large and small ways. From his Qatari cabinet choices, to his Qatari dependent ceasefires, to his Qatari trip & investment deal, to his naming Qatar a MNNA, to his choice of Qatar supporting negotiators of the 20pt plan in Gaza, to his Muslim Brotherhood Executive Order which fails to address the Qatari Chapter of this group while naming chapters which are clearly less relevant to America. Trump has unabashedly opened himself up to criticisms of having a Qatar problem, and the association which Carlson has made with Qatar, as demonstrated by his description of Qatar as America’s greatest ally and really good people, raises the question of whether Trump is staying his hand against Carlson to avoid the political split which is clearly being weaponized against him, or if it is instead related to the his own Qatar problem, which Trump has specifically failed to address in any way since returning to office.
@Peloni Or perhaps both at once since there are usually multiple reasons for any given decision oe event historically.
@Sebastien
Yes, life is complicated like this. The article posted today by Anni Cyrus is particularly relevant to this subject as well.
I wish him and his family a blessed October 7 ‘experience’.
Interestingly enough, Carlson made the recent claim that he is reading the Bible for the first time in his life. If he started in the beginning, he obviously missed the Genesis 12:1-3 portion or discounts it as no longer valid. Whatever the case, Hashem keeps all His promises and Carlson is in for a very rough ride. As far as I’m concerned, others like him will suffer the same consequences unless they all wake up and repent. Until then, their futures are cast.
Carlson said:
“There are enemies of Western civilization,” he said. “An attack on Western civilization looks like this… Zionism.”
Carlson is 99% correct:
All he needed to do was replace the word “Zionism” with the word “Islam.”
Again, I hear somebody cite Western Civilization as being under threat. First Tucker, now you. But this is Western Civilization. Since when has Western Civilization ever been friendly towards Jews? The history of “Western Civilization has been the history of Europe confronting it’s own evil demons. Anti-semitism has been one of the founding pillars of Western Civilization. We are still struggling with it, we have made progress, but there is a lot to it that is just appearances. But even the need for appearance is a kind of progress.
In the greatest irony of all, the Torah introduced all of the essential precepts that bring about western civilization. The Ten Commandments revolutionized a brutal, chaotic world with rule of law, equal justice, private property and adherence to morality in family, community and employee relations. Basically, everything we take for granted in free democracies and free market economies. Antisemitism preceded the introduction of Christianity by five hundred years. The common thread is the challenge the Hebrew bible presents to each and every manmade system from Pharaoh to Marx. See George Gilder’s “The Israel Test”.
“There are enemies of Western civilization,” he said. “An attack on Western civilization looks like this… Zionism.”
I would like to know how this is achieved… The man is obviously “very disturbed”.
Having said that, it doesn’t mean that he is not dangerous.
My own take on this is that within a short period of time we have to destroy our enemies (from the Israeli standpoint). Once our enemies are no longer around to support the Carlsons of the world, things may change. Certainly this approach sends a message…
Tucker’s latest interview with Shawn Ryan is pretty scary. I am not going to sit through the video, I’ll skip to the transcripts.
But a few things he is not. He is not an AH, AH liked to give speeches and he was pretty good at it. Tucker is not a speechifier, he does not rally people, he mostly strikes a chord that resonates with a certain audience. He is not a Henry Ford or Lindbergh, he has no other accomplishments to his credit. He is not a Father O’Coughlin, he has no real spiritual authority of any kind and cites none. He is not NSDAP, he would never pay for socialism and would never associate openly with people who liked to beat people up. Not openly, anyway. Goering liked to hunt, but mostly liked to appear that he liked to hunt. AH didn’t approve of hunting because he was a vegetarian.
But, he knows how to fit inside the Overton Window and that it accommodates him is scary.