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“Israel’s An Only Child” - Debate Over Trump’s Loyalty to Israel & Ties to Miriam Adelson

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🗓️ 29 October 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Patrick Bet-David and Glenn Greenwald debate America’s alliance with Israel. PBD compares Israel to the “only child” of the Middle East, while Greenwald exposes how U.S. elites and intelligence ties have skewed loyalty. They discuss Trump’s unpredictable diplomacy, Netanyahu’s influence, and the politics of blackmail.

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0:00.0

I grew up in Iran and I was born on Mejah Bishishishol, October 1878.

0:05.0

Another kid was born a month after me.

0:08.0

We grew up like this.

0:09.0

That kid, good kid, good family.

0:11.0

Both parents are doctors.

0:13.0

They did very well.

0:14.0

One is a doctor, the mother was an accountant.

0:17.0

Brilliant, very good families.

0:19.0

And as we were coming up, I knew I wasn't going to get anything for my parents. They didn't have money. They just brought me to America. My dad was a worker, 99 cents store in Englewood, California. My mother was, she's never worked for as long as I've known her. You know, homemaker. We came here. Why did you come, though? What was the reason?

0:39.8

Hulmini died six weeks later, we escaped.

0:42.2

June 3rd, 89, when he died, we escaped six weeks later. But I'm saying, why, why did you, if you weren't, you know, like kind of one of those oligarchal families under the Shaw? Why did a Christian family? We're Christian family. Right. My mom didn't feel safe. I was about to turn 12. She didn't want me to serve the military in Iran. And she said, we got to leave. My dad agreed. We went to Germany, refugee camp, airline in Nuremberg, 18 months. And we came here in November 28, 1990. But here's where I'm going. That kid grew up. The parents built a good business. The kid knew the parents had to give the business eventually to the kid.

1:13.1

And the kid's like, listen, you guys better take care of my business because it's mine.

1:17.1

Do you understand what I'm saying?

1:18.1

So it's almost like an entitled kid because they only had one kid.

1:23.0

Right. Do you know that's the reason why I don't believe you should ever have anything less than three kids? I think you should have three kids. If it's only one, guess how they feel? They own you. And I do think there's an element of Israel that is the only child in the Middle East. U.S. made that mistake by having the only child in the Middle East. I don't know if this is making sense to point I'm making. No, I understand the

1:44.2

point. The point I'm trying to say is like you negotiated this America. You put yourself in this

1:49.7

situation. And I think what Trump is trying to do, which maybe none of these other guys previous to him

1:54.9

have done, correct me if I'm wrong here, this is your world, is when you have an only child, you don't have a choice.

2:03.3

You kind of got to figure it out or else go raise two other kids that match your values

2:07.7

and principles and pin them against each other.

2:10.7

Meaning, if you see what Trump is doing with Canada, He pushes Mexico or he pushes China.

2:19.3

He pushes Russia.

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