Carlson fumes over Trump's embrace of foreign support

Independent media mogul Tucker Carlson this week fumed over President Donald Trump's remarks highlighting his popularity in Israel and joking about a political career in that country at the end of his term.

Carlson, formerly a Trump ally, has become increasingly critical in recent months, primarily over the ongoing Iran war. Many of Carlson's most notable breaks with the Republican Party stem from foreign policy disagreements and opposition to foreign adventurism. In a recent episode of his program, Carlson took exception to Trump's remarks that he had high support in Israel amid the conflict.

"The president of the United States [is] bragging about his popularity in a foreign country. 'I’m 99% in Israel.' Unmentioned is the fact that he’s 35% in the United States," Carlson said, according to Mediaite. "Thirty-five percent support from Americans, the people he pledged to represent, to fight for, whose side he promised to take in every conflict, foreign and domestic. And yet, there he is, bragging about how popular he is in a foreign country, the same country that got us into the war that is, to some extent, causing his unpopularity in this country, speaking of cold-hearted globalist betrayals."

Carlson, and many other critics of the Iran war, have blamed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for instigating the conflict and allegedly coercing the U.S. into the war. Trump administration officials have stated repeatedly that the U.S. opted to join Israel in the fight due to a belief that Iran would attack U.S. bases even if Israel acted alone.

The former Fox News anchor, for his part, suggested that Trump was seeking popularity outside of the U.S. due to falling support within its borders.

"That president has spent the last year looking outward toward the approval of other nations. That president has spent the last year fighting for people who are not his voters and in many cases, not even American and allowing his own country to languish," Carlson added.

Trump recently suggested that he could run for president of Venezuela after leaving the White House, suggesting that his ouster of President Nicolas Maduro had made him popular enough to win.

Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent for Just the News. Follow him on X.