The U.S. and Israel's joint attack on Iran has achieved no concrete objectives, yet it has created chaos everywhere—like a raging bull loose in a china shop. The worst part: the two powers cannot stop and don't know how to end it. Trump has created a disaster. Nothing goes right. He's becoming increasingly hysterical, now lashing out at the media. Tucker Carlson, once a devoted MAGA believer, has become Trump's enemy and political target simply because he harshly criticized the Iran attack. Carlson revealed yesterday on X platform that the CIA in an attempt to destroy him has fabricated charges against him, submitting a report to the Department of Justice proposing to prosecute him as an unregistered Iranian 'agent'.
Once a MAGA star, Carlson opposed Trump’s Iran war, got branded an unregistered “Iran agent” by the CIA, and now faces a planned DOJ indictment.
Other media outlets criticizing the war have also come under pressure. The Federal Communications Commission chairman has threatened to revoke their licenses immediately if they continue publishing 'fake news' about the war, completely disregarding the principle of press freedom.
Carlson was formerly a talk show host at Fox News and a core MAGA member with conservative right-wing positions. Trump had always regarded him as 'one of us' and allowed him access to meet and discuss matters. But like many MAGA supporters, he opposes Trump's 'Operation Epic Wrath' against Iran, believing the United States should avoid prolonged foreign wars. This directly contradicts the MAGA ideology. His strong anti-war stance naturally enraged Trump, who immediately turned against him, angrily declaring 'he has lost his way and no longer belongs to MAGA'.
What further displeased the war hawks was Carlson’s exposure that this war 'is being fought for Israel's interests', which stirred anti-war sentiment among MAGA supporters and severely undermined Trump's efforts to gain public support for attacking Iran. He also condemned the U.S. military's accidental missile strike that killed nearly 200 Iranian elementary school students, calling this atrocity inhumane and stating 'such a nation is simply not worth fighting for'.
Trump is notoriously narrow-minded and would certainly not let Carlson's criticism slide. Given his character, he would definitely take action to silence him. Last night, Carlson posted on X platform stating that the CIA is preparing to take action against him and has already submitted a report to the Department of Justice regarding alleged criminal charges. What are the charges? He said it concerns his communications with Iranian officials before the war.
The CIA has intercepted his text messages, and the Department of Justice intends to prosecute him under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. This law requires that anyone receiving funding from a foreign government to conduct lobbying must register with the Department of Justice, otherwise it constitutes a violation.
Carlson, naturally, vehemently denied taking Iranian money. He swore he needs no foreign funding and owes his sole loyalty to America. His protests fell on deaf ears. The CIA has extensive material on him, and prosecutors could build a case without much difficulty. Once the target is marked, there's no washing away the stain. This pattern—using law enforcement as a tool of political intimidation—has become routine in America.
Trump's media crackdown extends well beyond Carlson. Recently, the White House and Department of Defense jointly attacked CNN, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal, accusing them of publishing inaccurate coverage of the Iran war—what they call "fake news" designed to undermine America's military position.
The President's fury was swift. The Federal Communications Commission, which oversees broadcast licensing, issued a stark warning: media outlets must serve the public interest, and those spreading rumors or distorting news will lose their licenses. Translation: continue publishing reports that damage the war effort against Iran, and your broadcast license gets revoked. The threat dismantles any pretense of the "press freedom" America claims to champion.
Trump’s Iran gamble is a mess; furious at media critics, he leans on regulators to threaten their licenses.
Since Trump launched war on Iran, he's locked himself in a trap with no exit. Yet he refuses to step back, doubling down instead. Each move makes him more erratic, more ruthless toward American media. He's resorting to outright suppression. With his own hands, he's demolishing America's myth of "press freedom." In doing so, at least, he's inadvertently showing the world what America actually is.
Lai Ting-yiu
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The US-Israeli war on Iran has now ground on for two weeks. And guess what’s the most jaw-dropping part of this entire conflict? Trump decided to go to war on pure gut instinct, consulting only a handful of advisers — chief among them his son-in-law Jared Kushner — with apparently zero contingency plan for Iran's response.
The Strait of Hormuz blockade is case in point: Trump has been completely paralyzed, leaving the war effort in shambles. Facing this disaster, he's doing what he always does — refusing to own it. Instead, he's throwing Kushner under the bus, saying "based on what he told me, I thought Iran was going to attack the United States." The implication is stark: his son-in-law may have fed him bad intelligence that dragged America into war.
Trump’s Iran war is falling apart. He now blames son-in-law Kushner (right), saying Kushner’s intel pushed him to strike.
The reality: Kushner, Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, and the rest of the White House's so-called "Jewish clique" were the key architects of this conflict — openly siding with Israel while dragging the rest of the world into the wreckage.
When the war kicked off, Trump was riding high. He was convinced that America's overwhelming military firepower would bring Iran to its knees within days.
Envoy Witkoff (left) is also in his sights — another key player in the White House “Jewish clique” driving Middle East policy.
He badly miscalculated. Iran did way more than just holding the line — it hit back hard and relentlessly, pushing the situation to the edge of Trump's control. The Strait of Hormuz remains firmly in Iranian military hands, and Washington has no answer. Reports say shipping companies have begged the US Navy for warship escorts, only to be flatly turned down — too few navy ships, risks too high. It is a humiliating display of impotence.
With the strait sealed shut, global oil and gas supply chains are in chaos and prices keep climbing. US allies are seething, and it's only a matter of time before that anger boils over at home too. Caught in a catastrophe of his own making, Trump is working two angles at once — engineering a face-saving exit while furiously offloading blame. This time, the scapegoats he has chosen are Kushner and Witkoff.
A few days ago, Trump told reporters his decision to go to war was built on what Kushner and Witkoff had told him — intelligence that made him believe "I thought [Iran] was going to attack us", and something needed to be done. Translation: if their advice was wrong, the blood is on their hands, not his.
What Kushner Actually Told Trump
So what exactly did Kushner and Witkoff tell him? The picture is coming into focus. Shortly before hostilities began, the two men flew to Geneva to negotiate with Iranian representatives. On their return, they briefed Trump, reporting that Iran had claimed to possess enough enriched uranium to build 11 nuclear warheads — and that both men believed Iran could use those weapons to strike the United States. Trump later told Fox News the US had no choice but to act pre-emptively. His analogy: in a gunfight, the gunman has to draw first.
Now that the war has sunk into a quagmire, Trump is leaning on that same briefing to explain why he "felt" Iran was about to strike — and to justify his rush to war. The subtext is impossible to miss: they may have fed him bad intelligence, and he would never have acted so recklessly on his own.
Whether or not Kushner actually misled his father-in-law, the fact that Trump launched a war on his son-in-law's word alone is breathtaking in its recklessness. Democratic lawmakers have said so bluntly: a president who bypasses the CIA, the NSA, and the entire US intelligence apparatus — choosing instead to act on the advice of a family member and a tight inner circle — and then drags the country into a costly, deadly war that harms innocents and devastates allies, has a serious problem of judgement.
There's another layer of absurdity that demands scrutiny. Kushner is Jewish, and his family business carries deep, entangled financial ties to Israel. His father is a close personal friend of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu.
There is every reason to believe that the intelligence and advice Kushner delivers to Trump tilts in Israel's favour — and that he may be actively steering Trump's decision-making toward Israeli objectives. Whose interests he puts first is not a difficult question to answer.
The "Jewish Clique" at the Core
Chinese Mainland commentator "Chairman Tu" has written a sharp exposé of the White House "Jewish clique" and its stranglehold on American policy. Kushner tops the list — a five-star inner-circle figure in terms of proximity to Trump. Second is Middle East envoy Witkoff, also Jewish, a real estate magnate with equally tight financial ties to Israel. Third is Commerce Secretary Lutnick, who also wields meaningful influence over Trump's Middle East agenda.
This "Jewish clique" at the heart of American power is the single greatest force behind Trump's decision to go to war with Iran. They have covertly helped Israel pursue its goal of destroying Iran, while dragging the rest of the world into the wreckage — forcing everyone to pay an enormous price for a war that was reckless, absurd, and entirely avoidable.
Lai Ting-yiu
