. . . as far as the Jews are concerned, I think that, like I said, you cannot actually divorce Israel and the neo-cons and all of those things that you talk about. . . ethnicity, religion, identity . . . .and let me give you like a perfect example . . so you say on your (Tucker Carlson) show that we have to treat Israel like any other country . . . and I sort of understand that in principle because Israel is another foreign country, but Israel is unlike every other country in the sense that, because the Jewish people are in a diaspora all over the world, there are [a] significant number of Jews in Europe but also in the United States, and because of their unique heritage and story, which is that they're a stateless people, they're unassimilable, they resist assimilation for thousands of years - and I think that's a good thing - and now they have this territory in Israel.
There's a deep religious affection for the state. It's bound up in their identity. The story of the Exodus from Egypt, the promise of the land, all these things. Let's say in the United States, for example, somebody like a Sheldon Adelson. He's not Israeli. Is he an ideological neo-con? Does he believe in the promise of democratic globalism? I don't think necessarily. His heart is in Israel. And it's because he's a proud Jewish person.
And I guess what I'm saying is that, if you are a Jewish person in America, you're sort of, and again, it's not because they're born, but it's sort of a rational self-interest politically, to say, "I'm a minority - I'm a religious ethnic minority. This is not really my 'home.' My ancestral home is in Israel." That's like a natural affinity that Jews have for Israel, and I would say, on top of that, for the international Jewish community. They're extremely organized and many of them are critical of Israel, or Israel's current government, or the project of Israel, but I guess what they have in common, unlike let's say, like Singapore, for example, is that they have this international community across borders, extremely organized, that is putting the interest of themselves before the interests of their home country.
And there's like, there's no other country that has a similar arrangement like that. No other country has a strong identity like that, this religious blood and soil conviction, the history of being in the diaspora, stateless, wandering, persecuted, and, in particular, the historic animosity between the Jewish people and the Europeans. They hate the Romans because the Romans destroyed the Temple. That's why Eric Weinstein goes to the Arch of Titus and gives it the finger and takes a picture. We don't think like that as Americans and white people. We don't think about the Roman Empire and two thousand years ago. They do.
And I guess that's really, and I don't think that's me saying the Jews, the Jews, the Jews. I don't think that's me being hateful. I don't think that's me being collectivist. I think that's understanding that identity politics, whether you love it or hate it, whatever you feel about it, it's a reality that we live in a world of Jews and Christians, of whites and blacks, these identities mean something to us and they mean things to each other. And we can't sort of wish them away. And it feels like white people and Christians are the only ones that do that. . . . .
A big challenge to (putting aside the tribal interest for the general interest*) is organized Jewry in America. I don't think Bill Ackman is capable of that. I don't think Sheldon Adelson is capable of that. I don't think Yoram Hazony is capable of that, for that matter. And many other(s) on the right and the left. And I see Jewishness as the common denominator. And you're right. It's not (that) all Jewish people feel the same way. No one would say that, but that does seem to be the common denominator. And I just feel like it needs to be called out explicitly. And I like what you said the other day. If you're serving in another country's military or have dual citizenship you really can't be a part of this (America First) project. . . .
What I would like is for the United States government to not be influenced by these kinds of foreign allegiances. Not with money that comes from, you know, "American citizens" like Sheldon Adelson, not from foreign lobbyists. Like in terms of tangible things I don't think we disagree on any of it. Like registering AIPAC and FARA (Foreign Agents Registration Act), banning dual citizenship . . .. .
We don't want to kill anybody, we don't want to harm anybody, we just want to put America First.
--------Nick Fuentes on the Tucker Carlson podcast, 10/27/25
*The specific phrase Tucker and Fuentes used for "general
interest" was "corporate interest," which is, of course, the "tribalism"
of Big Capital over the rest of us.
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