The Big Story
President Donald Trump’s prolonged deliberation about plans for the United States to target Iran has raised suspicions that the “podcast right” pressure campaign is gaining traction. By the “podcast right,” we refer to the so-called restrainers—anti-Israel and, at least rhetorically, antiwar media figures coalescing around Tucker Carlson. As we noted Tuesday, there appears to be coordination between these restrainers and far-left media figures like The Young Turks, Jimmy Dore, and Glenn Greenwald to portray all support for military intervention as the ranting of crazed neocon warlusting sadists who want to bring about “World War III.”
Greenwald appeared on “Breaking Points” with Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti Thursday, comparing President Donald Trump’s still-undeclared decision on striking Iran to President George W. Bush’s decision to invade Iraq, which Bush claimed was divinely inspired. Citing a text message from U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, in which Huckabee urged Trump to heed “HIS...