For decades, America's support for Israel wasn't up for debate; it was one of the few issues Republicans and Democrats broadly agreed on.
Ian thinks that era is ending.
He pointed to Rahm Emanuel, one of the Democratic establishment's most influential voices, publicly describing Israel as a "territorial pariah."
Those are the words not from a progressive firebrand, or a fringe activist, but from a centrist who has spent years firmly in Israel's corner.
Then Ian pointed to JD Vance becoming increasingly critical of Israel, Tucker Carlson openly attacking Israeli policy, and even Trump publicly praising Erdogan while becoming noticeably colder toward Netanyahu.
Americans instinctively root for the underdog, and for years, they saw Israel as one.
Today, he says more and more Americans see it as a wealthy, technologically dominant, nuclear-armed regional power.
That's a profound psychological shift because once voters stop seeing an ally as the weaker side, they begin judging its actions by a completely different standard.
The biggest threat to Israel's long-term position may be the slow collapse of the political consensus that has protected it in Washington for decades.
And if that consensus really is breaking apart, it will reshape American foreign policy across the entire Middle East.
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