Megyn Kelly: “Trump was the taker” on Israel's push for Iran war “because he watches too much Fox News”
Kelly: “He got persuaded by the messaging”
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Megyn Kelly: "Trump was the taker" on Israel's push for Iran war "because he watches too much Fox News"
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From the April 2, 2026, edition of SiriusXM's The Megyn Kelly Show
MEGYN KELLY (HOST): I remember at Fox News, it was like a knee-jerk thing. You had to say, like, in Israel, we have a very special relationship. They're our most important ally in the Middle East. And every once in a while, I would remember to ask, why? Why again?
JOHN KIRIAKOU (GUEST): Why?
KELLY: To have somebody explain that to me.
KIRIAKOU: Yes.
KELLY: And it always kind of petered out after that. Like, why again? It was always about demonizing the Arab states. We're supposed to hate them because they're Muslims. We're supposed to love Israel because they're supposedly with us in the Judeo Christian narrative. There's been such a manipulation, paid for.
KIRIAKOU: Yes.
KELLY: A paid for manipulation that I think many of us are just starting to see, John.
KIRIAKOU: Benjamin Netanyahu said something that was very much overlooked and I think very disturbing last week. He was giving — had given a speech, and an Israeli reporter asked him a question about the American Israeli war against Iran. And he corrected her, and he said, it's the American war against Iran. We are America's ally.
KELLY: Oh boy.
KIRIAKOU: And I thought, oh buddy, that's not what you were saying two weeks ago. Now we stand alone doing your dirty work. But that's what it's come down to.
KELLY: That's clearly where it is. And he's already saying, there are many reports out from Israeli TV saying, if we do go boots on the ground, it won't be with them. Their boots [are] on the ground in Lebanon. They've got another issue they've taken on where a million Lebanese have been displaced —
KIRIAKOU: That's right. A million.
KELLY: — because really Israel wants to be the hegemon of the region and saw an opportunity here. And so we'll be on our own. It'll be American blood and treasure that spills on Kharg Island, not Israeli.
KIRIAKOU: I think you're exactly right.
KELLY: Right? Our super tight ally will let us do their bidding. I believe every word of what you said about how they've tried to get every president to do thisn and unfortunately, Trump was the taker. Trump was the one who was talked into it because he watches too much Fox News.
KIRIAKOU: Yeah, unfortunately.
KELLY: And he got persuaded by the messaging that's there.