Israel has lost Americans

以色列失去了一位美国人

Today, Explained

2026-03-13

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The war with Iran is deepening divisions in the US-Israel alliance, on both the left and the right. This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Miranda Kennedy, fact checked by Andrea Lopez-Cruzado, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. A billboard of President Donald Trump in Tel Aviv, Israel. Photo by Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • The president isn't the most reliable narrator when it comes to his war in Iran.

  • You just suggested that Iran somehow got its hands on a tomahawk and bombed its own elementary school on the first day of the war.

  • But you're the only person in your government saying this.

  • But as it drags on and the Ayatollah gets replaced by his even more extreme Ayatollah son,

  • you gotta wonder why we're there.

  • If you ask some of the people closest to President Trump, the answer seems to be Israel.

  • Here's Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

  • We knew that there was going to be an Israeli action.

  • We knew that that would precipitate an attack against American forces.

  • Senator Lindsey Graham told the Wall Street Journal that he coached Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on how to lobby Trump to join a war against Iran.

  • He admitted that Israel is driving American foreign policy at the exact moment that Americans on the left and on the right increasingly disapprove of Israel.

  • Israel has lost Americans on Today Explained.

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