Once Israel’s Strongest Conservative Ally, Tucker Carlson Shatters Decades of Taboo with Blunt Rejection of “Chosen People” Theology and U.S. Aid to Israel
In what many are calling the most consequential conservative broadside against Israel in modern American history, Tucker Carlson has publicly broken with the pro-Israel consensus that has dominated the Republican Party and evangelical Christianity for decades.
During a lengthy segment on his widely watched show and in subsequent viral clips on X, the former Fox News host delivered a series of statements that have sent shockwaves through political and religious circles.
He flatly declared that there is no such thing as “God’s chosen people” in the way the phrase is currently wielded, insisting that God does not choose child-killers and labeling the entire concept a form of heresy used to shield criminals and thieves.
He described the blanket equation of Christianity with unconditional support for the modern state of Israel as nothing more than a theological scam, and he accused prominent Christian Zionists in Congress of manipulating faith for political ends rather than preaching genuine Christianity.
Perhaps the most incendiary moment came when Carlson turned his fire directly on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
He called Netanyahu “the enemy of the West,” arguing that the prime minister’s worldview judges entire groups of people as inherently wicked because of their lineage rather than their individual actions — a collectivist mindset Carlson compared to the same tribal thinking that made the Nazis dangerous.
Defending Western civilization, he said, requires protecting individual rights, a principle he believes Netanyahu openly rejects.
Carlson also highlighted the growing anger among ordinary Americans, pointing out that 350 million citizens are struggling to survive while the United States continues to send tens of billions of dollars to a country most Americans cannot even name the capital of.
One nine-second clip of him rejecting the “chosen people” doctrine exploded across social media, racking up more than 48 million views in under 24 hours — reach that rivals major network breaking-news events.
The public reaction has been swift and unmistakable. A CNN flash poll conducted after the monologue found that 62 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat agreed with Carlson’s core critique of unconditional aid and the theological arguments used to justify it. Agreement rose to 69 percent among self-identified conservative Christians under 50.
On X, hashtags such as #TuckerOnIsrael and #AmericaFirstNotIsraelFirst dominated trends for days, generating millions of impressions and countless messages from evangelical churchgoers who say they are, for the first time, openly questioning the “Israel right or wrong” teaching they grew up with.
Even Donald Trump, whom Carlson endorsed and still broadly supports, was put on notice.
Carlson warned that obsessing over one foreign country’s borders, wars, and lobbying while America itself falls apart is the opposite of the America First agenda Trump campaigned on, calling it a betrayal of everything the president-elect promised his voters.
What began as whispers in paleoconservative journals and anonymous online forums has, in a single week, become mainstream conservative discourse.
Carlson’s monologue has achieved what decades of books, documentaries, and alternative-media content never could: it has forced the debate into millions of American living rooms in prime time.
Whether this marks the beginning of a historic realignment in U.S.–Israel relations or simply the most public airing yet of long-simmering discontent, one thing is undeniable: the old automatic, unquestioned alliance — sealed with theology, money, and political intimidation — is fracturing in real time, and Tucker Carlson has just driven the wedge deeper than anyone thought possible.
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