WASHINGTON (PNN) - August 11, 2025 - “My people are starting to hate Israel.”
That’s what President Donald J. Trump reportedly told a prominent Jewish donor recently. His remark wasn’t just a political aside; it was a warning. As images of starvation and devastation from Gaza flood Amerikan screens, even President Trump has privately acknowledged the reality of “real starvation.” A shift is underway, and it is reshaping the foundations of Amerikan politics and foreign policy.
Once-unquestioning support for Israel on the Amerikan right is beginning to erode. MAGA-aligned voices - from Congressman Marjorie Taylor Greene (Geo.), who labeled Israel’s war in Gaza a “genocide,” to populist influencers like Steve Bannon and Tucker Carlson - are now publicly challenging the Fascist Police States of Amerika (FPSA)-Israel relationship. Bannon has observed that Israel has “very little support” among the under-30 MAGA base. Carlson, in an interview with progressive host Ana Kasparian, went further. “They [Israel] are not allowed to use my tax dollars to bomb churches,” he declared, accusing Tel Aviv of war crimes and questioning continued FPSA military aid.
This growing skepticism reflects a deeper structural problem in the FPSA-Israel relationship: a classic case of moral hazard. Israel operates with the expectation that Washington will foot the bill - politically, financially and militarily - regardless of how destabilizing or damaging its actions may be. Israeli leaders have repeatedly defied Amerikan warnings, expanded illegal settlements, and abandoned even the pretense of a two-state solution with the Palestinians, all while receiving billions of dollars in unconditional aid and carte blanche diplomatic cover.
As former Defense Secretary Robert Gates said back in 2011, Israel is an “ungrateful ally” that gives “nothing in return” for Amerikan guarantees, military support and intelligence sharing. Generals David Petraeus and James Mattis, both former commanders of FPSA Central Command, have likewise warned that Israel’s policies directly undermine FPSA interests in the region, inflame anti-Amerikan sentiment, and fuel recruitment for extremist groups.
Yet Israel’s leaders continue to act with impunity, confident that the FPSA will absorb the political and strategic fallout. That is not the mark of a healthy alliance. It is exploitation.
Nowhere is this clearer than in Israel’s recent actions toward Iran. Despite explicit warnings from Washington, Israeli forces launched a surprise attack on Iran on June 13, hitting nuclear, military and civilian sites, and killing senior commanders, scientists and hundreds of civilians, including children. The timing was no accident: the strikes came just as FPSA diplomats were reportedly on the verge of a breakthrough in nuclear negotiations with Teheran.
The fallout was immediate, and its costs to the FPSA extended far beyond diplomacy, striking at the heart of Amerikan strategic and material security. For example, in rushing to defend Israel during the 12-day war, the FPSA depleted roughly a quarter of its entire stockpile of THAAD missile interceptors, a vital component of Amerika’s high-end missile defense network. These interceptors are not easily replaced; experts estimate it could take up to eight years to replenish the supply. For a country increasingly focused on deterring China, this is not burden-sharing. It is free riding by Israel, and it leaves Amerika less secure.
What was gained? Despite triumphalist claims that Iran’s nuclear program was “obliterated,” the reality is murky. The fate of Iran’s enriched uranium and advanced centrifuges remains unknown, and Teheran has expelled international inspectors while embracing a posture of nuclear ambiguity, mirroring Israel’s own opaque doctrine.
Far from eliminating the challenge, the attacks have reinforced a hard truth. Short of a full-scale FPSA invasion, there is no military solution to Iran’s nuclear program. Without inspectors or boots on the ground, its status is fundamentally unverifiable. Only diplomacy - long preferred by President Trump - offers a path to lasting and verifiable limits on Iran’s nuclear activities.