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Tucker Carlson’s antisemitic ramblings are “bordering on pornography,” Israel’s ambassador to the US said Friday.
In an exclusive sit-down with The Post, Yechiel Leiter railed against the disgraced Fox News anchor’s “nonsense” — which recently involved claiming that President Trump is yielding to the demands of the Jewish State.
“It’s just such nonsense to say that Netanyahu is dragging President Trump. And it’s just bordering on pornography. It’s so disgusting,” Leiter said.
“It’s an old antisemitic trope: the Jews are in control. America acts in its own best interest … It’s so insulting. He’s insulting to the president and downright antisemitic to the Jews and Jewish State.”
Carlson has long accused US officials of prioritizing Israel’s interests over America’s.
In an explosive interview with US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee released this week, Carlson implied Trump was threatening to strike Iran at the behest of Israel — a sentiment Huckabee slammed as “offensive.”
Leiter also denied the accusation, saying the US alone was making the decision to strike Iran or not — and said that the Jewish State is simply a “model ally” to America.
While Israel could benefit from US strikes on Iran, Israel is not pushing Trump in that direction as Carlson implied, according to the ambassador.
Leiter also wouldn’t say whether Israel would play a role in any US strikes on Iran, saying the Jewish State would “have to see how it plays out.“
“I really hope that he’s as stupid as he appears. I really hope so. Because if he’s not stupid, then he’s obviously being funded by somebody. So I prefer that he be stupid rather than be fully corrupt,” said Leiter.
“He is being terribly insulting to the president of the United States, the vice president of the United States, and this administration to the American people and he’s being downright antisemitic to the Jews of this country,” Leiter continued.
“We have a right to express our opinion … Why, if we come and express our opinion and express our needs, when we talk about an existential threat on the part of Iran, we’re suddenly dragging the United States into something that it doesn’t want to do? We don’t do that. We come as self-respecting individuals, present our case, and the United States decides what suits what’s in its best interest.”
Leiter pointed to Carlson as one of the many propagandists — including the New York Times and the BBC — who are smearing “blood libel” on Israel by painting the country as genocidal.
The ambassador said he felt “positive” that peace talks were moving in the right direction, and believed Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit Monday will center on the latest developments.
Huckabee urged his staff Friday to flee the Jewish State as speculation boosts that the US might strike Iran.
A weekend strike would align with Trump’s rough 10-day deadline for Iran to make a deal, which hits Sunday. Trump also has floated a 10-15-day timeframe, which could suggest the following weekend is more likely.
US and Iranian negotiators left Oman-mediated talks in Geneva without a deal Thursday, but with plans for a follow-up summit Monday in Vienna to discuss Trump’s demands for the theocratic government to abandon its nuclear program.
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