On Monday December 29th, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with President Trump at Mar-a-Lago, marking his fifth visit to see POTUS in the United States this year and sixth overall, which includes when President Trump traveled to Israel in October.
As news of this fifth visit disseminated, a general wariness by many on the political right spread across social media.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene posted to X, writing, “Zelensky today. Netanyahu tomorrow. Can we just do America?”
Zelensky today.
Netanyahu tomorrow.Can we just do America?
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) December 28, 2025
Clint Russell commented that “Trump has now met with Netanyahu more times in under a year than Biden did in his entire presidency” and bemoaned ongoing tensions with Iran.
Trump has now met with Netanyahu more times in under a year than Biden did in his entire presidency. Oh and he’s threatening war with Iran…againpic.twitter.com/jK9yLKkeiH
— Clint Russell (@LibertyLockPod) December 29, 2025
Curt Mills of The American Conservative went on Steve Bannon’s War Room and similarly criticized Netanyahu’s boldness in asking the president to spend more political capital on wars Trump had promised to end, saying this round of meetings with the prime minister was not positive for those wishing to diversify from the Israeli-US relationship.
Curt Mills on Netanyahu’s visit with Trump in DC:
“Netanyahu came in asking Trump to spend political capital on wars he promised to end. Today’s meeting wasn’t positive for anyone who wants the U.S. out of these Middle East wars.” pic.twitter.com/15Cj2jxdwi
— The American Conservative (@amconmag) December 29, 2025
Gen. Michael Flynn’s son, Michael Flynn, Jr., wrote, “Why can’t Israel attack Iran on its own? They certainly have the capability to do so. The US has too many problems of its own. Many are tired of feeling ‘America Last’.”
Why can’t Israel attack Iran on its own?
They certainly have the capability to do so.
The US has too many problems of its own.
Many are tired of feeling “America Last”. https://t.co/kWLNgesmLs
— Michael Flynn Jr (@realmflynnJR) December 29, 2025
According to a recent poll conducted for the IMEU Policy Project, 44% of Republicans in general and 51% of Republicans under the age of 45 say they would support a presidential candidate in 2028 who would reduce the level of taxpayer-funded weapons support to Israel. Further, “[a]mong Republicans under 45, 53% want to allow the ‘Memorandum of Understanding,’ which supplies $3.8 billion in aid to Israel annually, to expire without renewal” and 51% are opposed to the 20-year military aid deal Israel hopes to achieve with the United States soon.
Earlier this month, President Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2026 into law which greenlights $500 million for Israel to support U.S.-Israeli missile defense cooperation.
The United States’ financial support of Israel is an issue causing serious consternation among constituents both on the political right and left. It is an area of fracture within the MAGA movement, as younger Republicans are signaling a fatigue with an uncritical, wholesale pro-Israeli approach.
“As Americans across the country had to witness another visit from Netanyahu as he tried to once again sway President Trump and America from America First values, I felt even more today the loss of Charlie Kirk,” said John Yep, President of Catholics For Catholics. “Charlie was a leader for the America First movement, pushing back on the stranglehold that the AIPAC lobby has on our country, seen most clearly when he personally visited Trump back in June to oppose the war in Iran.”
Yep continued, “As I stood in front of the first Turning Point headquarters on this cold December afternoon, remembering how Charlie founded and led this giant organization, his loss stung even more, but I left that place with the determination that we have to get more voices to fill his shoes to speak up for America First principles.”
Netanyahu is currently on trial for corruption charges in Israel, but President Trump said that a pardon is “on its way” from the Israeli government.
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