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Tucker Carlson says US should cut support for Israel

RT News · · 331 words · By Russia Today
Conservative Political Divide US-Israel Relations US Foreign Policy
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6 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Tucker Carlson has said the US has no obligation to give Israel anything and should cut off all aid to the Jewish state”
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The claim is corroborated by Israel National News, which reports that in an interview with Channel 13, Tucker Carlson called for an end to US aid to Israel.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Tucker Carlson Show is a weekly conservative political podcast hosted by commentator Tucker Carlson. It is one of the most popular podcasts in the United States. The show, available as audio and v…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tucker_Carlson_Show
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson (born May 16, 1969) is an American conservative political commentator who hosts Tucker on X and The Tucker Carlson Show since 2023. He previously hosted the nightly polit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucker_Carlson
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tyler Oliveira (born January 6, 2000) is an American YouTuber. He made several challenge videos before transitioning to videos centred on man-on-the-street interviews, which have covered topics includ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyler_Oliveira
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“Speaking to Israeli Channel 13 in an interview aired on Tuesday”
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Multiple sources, including Israel National News and JFeed, confirm that Tucker Carlson gave an interview to Israel's Channel 13 News.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Eva Lotte Louise Vlaardingerbroek (born 3 September 1996) is a Dutch far-right political commentator and activist. She has been particularly vocal about issues surrounding farmers in the Dutch farmers…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Vlaardingerbroek
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson (born May 16, 1969) is an American conservative political commentator who hosts Tucker on X and The Tucker Carlson Show since 2023. He previously hosted the nightly polit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucker_Carlson
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tyler Oliveira (born January 6, 2000) is an American YouTuber. He made several challenge videos before transitioning to videos centred on man-on-the-street interviews, which have covered topics includ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyler_Oliveira
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“Due to the US-Israeli war on Iran”
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Wikipedia explicitly documents the '2026 Iran war', stating that since February 28, 2026, the US and Israel have been engaged in a war with Iran. This is further corroborated by multiple news outlets including Al Jazeera, France24, and EuroNews.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been engaged in a war with Iran and its regional allies. The conflict began when the US and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, targeting mili…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Iran–Israel conflict is a long-standing geopolitical and military confrontation between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the State of Israel, involving proxy hostilities since 1985 and direct clas…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Israel_conflict
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Twelve-Day War was an armed conflict between Iran and Israel which lasted from 13 to 24 June 2025. It began when Israel bombed military and nuclear facilities in Iran in a surprise attack, assassi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve-Day_War
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“Carlson added that he blamed President Donald Trump for “folding under pressure from [Israeli Prime Minister] Benjamin Netanyahu” and pulling the US into a war with Iran”
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Wikipedia confirms a 'Trump–Carlson feud' involving public disputes. While the specific quote about 'folding under pressure' is not verbatim in the provided snippet, the context of the feud and the broader conflict with Iran (verified in claim 2) supports the narrative of Carlson's criticism of Trump's foreign policy.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson (born May 16, 1969) is an American conservative political commentator who hosts Tucker on X and The Tucker Carlson Show since 2023. He previously hosted the nightly polit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucker_Carlson
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Trump–Carlson feud refers to the ongoing public dispute between U.S. president Donald Trump and conservative media personality Tucker Carlson, a former Fox News host and podcaster. Once close poli…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump–Carlson_feud
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Tucker Carlson Show is a weekly conservative political podcast hosted by commentator Tucker Carlson. It is one of the most popular podcasts in the United States. The show, available as audio and v…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tucker_Carlson_Show
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“Trump released a series of controversial religion-themed social media posts and feuded with Pope Leo XIV over the war on Iran”
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The claim is corroborated by Wikipedia (2026 Holy See–United States rift), The Verity Ledger, and other web results detailing Trump's feud with Pope Leo XIV over the war in Iran and the controversy regarding AI-generated images of Trump as a Jesus-like figure.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pope Leo XIV (born Robert Francis Prevost, pronounced PREE-vohst, September 14, 1955) is the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City. He is the first pope to have been born in the U…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Leo_XIV
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The religious views of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, have been a matter for discussion among observers and the American public. Trump was raised in his Scottish-born …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_and_religion
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since January 2026, a diplomatic rift has emerged between the United States and the Holy See, which governs Vatican City and the Catholic Church, stemming from Pope Leo XIV's opposition to US foreign …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Holy_See–United_States_ri…
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“He has joined a growing list of disillusioned MAGA supporters such as ex-congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, commentator Candace Owens, and InfoWars host Alex Jones”
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Multiple independent sources (HuffPost and other web search results) confirm that Marjorie Taylor Greene, Candace Owens, and Alex Jones have criticized President Trump's decision to wage war against Iran and have aligned themselves with Tucker Carlson in this opposition.
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web search NEUTRAL — Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), Candace Owens and Alex Jones responded to President Donald Trump’s lengthy Truth Social post attacking them and other right-wing figures on Thursday for their continued…
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mtg-candence-owens-alex-jones…
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web search NEUTRAL — Marjorie Taylor Greene and Candace Owens criticized President Donald Trump on Thursday, following his remarks on Iran and dispute with Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Alex Jones and Owens.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/marjorie-taylor-greene-c…
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web search NEUTRAL — Greene’s own X post directly addressed the moment: “President Trump has gone mad as he wages war against Iran, a broken campaign promise. I fought alongside Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens,…
https://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2026/04/18/marjorie-tay…
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