Former Republican Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene alleged Wednesday that President Donald Trump had to make a deal with Israel to be elected president.
Greene said on āThe Tucker Carlson Showā that Trump would not have been able to become president if he did not agree to show allegiance to Israel, which she argued had more power over the U.S. than any other foreign country. The war has led to ongoing questions about Israelās influence over U.S. foreign policy.
āTo become president of the United States, thereās deals that have to be made. Otherwise, you arenāt allowed to have that power,ā Greene said. āAnd you can go president by president throughout time and especially throughout our lifetimes, and you can look at every single president and look at their career and the decisions that they made and you can very quickly see that they made their deal to support Israel at all times. Why does the United States of America do that for one foreign country? It makes absolutely no sense. We donāt do that for any other foreign country.ā
āNo other government on Earth does every single U.S. president, the vast majority of members of Congress completely pledge their allegiance ā¦ They pledge their complete allegiance to the government of Israel and their purpose and their protection ā¦ I believe that Trump had to make a deal like this in order to become president,ā Greene continued.
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Greene added that the U.S. government should be supported the Americans peoplesā interests over any foreign country. She said the U.S. entering a war with Iran on behalf of Israel did not benefit Americans in any way.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials convinced Trump to launch strikes against Israel during their visit to the White House on Feb. 11, The New York Times reported on April 7. Several U.S. cabinet officials, including Vice President J.D. Vance, described their reasoning for striking Iran as āfarcicalā and voiced skepticism about Israelās plan for regime change.
Trump agreed to Netanyahuās plan and reportedly remained committed to killing the ayatollah and destroying Iranās military, according to the Times.
Former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center Joe Kent resigned from the administration in March over the Iran war, stating that the war began ādue to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.ā
The Trump administration claimed Iran posed an imminent threat to the U.S., though they have not specified what the threat was. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. preemptively launched strikes because Israelās planned attack on Iran could have potentially caused American casualties.
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