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Tucker Carlson on whether Trump betrayed America First over the Iran war | The Economist

Published March 20, 2026 | Video Starts at 04:47

It's not. It's the single most obvious and single most popular political concept ever devised. Do you think Donald Trump has betrayed America First? I think that This war is something that he promised he wouldn't do, not once, but countless times. And until YouTube is banned, we'll be able to prove that. And the idea behind it is not only contrary to America first, it may be its inverse. (04:47–04:55)

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Asserts that Trump promised not to engage in the current war.

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“I thought Gaza had a right to exist.”
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