April 25, 2026
NY Post - Sorry, Israel-haters — US aid pays off big for America and the numbers don’t lie
Tucker Carlson is “tormented.”
Not by a policy failure, not by a domestic crisis — by the fact, he said this week, that President Donald Trump backed Israel in a war against Iran.
It’s in line with a grievance the podcaster and former Fox News host has nursed for months.
He’s told his followers that Israel is “a completely insignificant country” with “no resources.”
America gets “nothing” from the relationship, he’s said, repeating a theme that echoes throughout the right-wing influencer world.
Theo Von, the third-biggest podcaster on Spotify, declared on his show: “All of our f—ing money goes to Israel.”
Candace Owens turned such complaints into her brand’s growth engine.
Influencers are political adolescents — especially in this era of grift, when an emotional statement on a visceral topic can achieve instant fame.
But to be fair to Von and those who rightfully question US foreign aid, the idea of giving $3.8 billion a year to a country of 10 million on the other side of the world while Americans struggle at home is genuinely puzzling.
It deserves a real answer.
Read the full article on the New York Post.
Joseph Epstein is the Director of the Turan Research Center.