Debate Over Iran at Trump’s Base
Debate Over Iran at Trump’s Base
Mark Levin, a famous host and an old neocon, has become furious in response to speculations about the possibility of a nuclear agreement between U.S. President Donald Trump and Iran, and has reacted angrily.
He considers this potential agreement a threat to Israel and demands congressional approval for any peace with Iran, while he does not make such a request regarding war.
Levin calls his conservative opponents, who advocate for non-military intervention, appeasers and capitulators, accusing them of underestimating the deadly threat from Iran.
He refers to the Iranian government as a death cult committed to the destruction of America.
Levin has implicitly criticized Trump for not visiting Israel during his recent trip to the Middle East.
He wrote that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu deserves the respect of the U.S. government, not to be ignored.
During his recent trip to the Middle East, Donald Trump visited three Arab countries: Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar, but refrained from visiting Israel.
While Benjamin Netanyahu had traveled to Washington twice since the beginning of the Trump administration.
Many have analyzed this as an indication of increasing differences between Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu over various issues, especially how to deal with Iran.
Levin is not the only hawkish figure opposing negotiations with Iran and aligned with Israel who defends military action against Iran.
Figures like Ben Shapiro, Pamela Geller, and Frank Gaffney have also remained in the neocon camp and continue to criticize negotiations with Iran, but the audience of the so-called MAGA movement increasingly disagrees with them or even mocks them, calling them warmongers and agitators.
In contrast, the anti-war movement within the Republican camp, led by figures like Tucker Carlson, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Rand Paul, Matt Gaetz, Steve Bannon, and Donald Trump Jr., is expanding.
They promote an America-first foreign policy and consider war with Iran as suicide. Carlson has issued a stern warning that attacking Iran would be catastrophic for America, and those proposing it are enemies of the nation, not its friends.
Liberal comedian Dave Smith has accused Ben Shapiro of hypocrisy, saying that despite opposing identity politics in America, his foreign policy is entirely based on Zionist identity politics. This shift in the right-wing emerges as neocons can no longer attract votes and support with traditional fear-mongering about Sharia, the Muslim Brotherhood, or fabricated threats.
Meanwhile, figures like Joe Rogan, Theo Von, and Glenn Greenwald, who are aligned with MAGA and possess independent thinking, play a significant role in redefining right-wing American foreign policy.
They have strongly criticized the killing of civilians in Gaza and, alongside harsh criticism of Israel, condemned its actions.
The increasing influence of these anti-war and realistic figures has caused neocons to lose their former position in conservative foreign policy and now be sidelined. As a result, Mark Levin’s political world is collapsing, and this decline is just the beginning.