Fox News host Mark Levin accuses Trump of ‘bullying’ Israel over Iran deal

Fox News host Mark Levin launched an extended broadside against President Trump and his administration Saturday night, accusing the White House of “trashing” and “bullying” Israel amid tensions over a newly signed memorandum of understanding with Iran.

The friction centers on the MOU Trump recently signed with Iran, which establishes a 60-day negotiation period aimed at securing a final peace agreement. On Thursday, Vice President J.D. Vance publicly rebuked Israeli critics of the accord, saying that any Israeli official who thought “their biggest problem is the president of the United States needs to wake up and smell the reality of the situation.”

During a 17-minute monologue on Saturday’s edition of “Life, Liberty & Levin,” Mr. Levin directed his remarks at officials “in and out of the administration” and demanded they stop “bullying” Israel and “cozying up to” Iran. The segment is available on Fox News.

“I want to say to people in and out of the administration: Stop trashing, smearing, bullying the little state of Israel. Stop cozying up to and telling us that the enemy regime in Iran is now more rational, more moderate and a regime that we can deal with,” Mr. Levin said, according to Mediaite. “When just a few months ago they slaughtered 50,000 people, they’re still hanging young people today and, if they had a nuclear missile today, they’d fire it into our country as sure as I’m alive.”

Mr. Levin also extended his criticism to social media, questioning the MOU’s terms regarding Hezbollah.

“Item #1 in the MOU provides there’s an immediate and permanent end to the war and that includes Hezbollah in Lebanon. Iran is Hezbollah,” he posted on X. “What’s the enforcement mechanism? Nothing. Israel defends itself after constant attacks from Hezbollah and is admonished for it. Its interests are not aligned with ours, we’re told. It’s endangering the peace deal. This is beyond nuts.”

Mr. Levin also raised pointed questions on social media about the $400 million Boeing 747 gifted by Qatar to the U.S. government, which is being converted into a new Air Force One airframe as the two government-ordered Boeing 747-8 aircraft face budget overruns and delays pushing their delivery past 2028.

“If it’s legal and other countries do it so be it. Do you think wealthy countries should be able to lavish gifts on our government?” he posted on X. 

Mr. Trump separately criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying that Mr. Netanyahu had “no f—-ing judgment” after Israel launched military strikes on Beirut in response to Hezbollah missile attacks into southern Israel. Mr. Levin blasted the administration’s posture, saying in another post that Israeli soldiers were being killed while officials called the ceasefire intact. 

Mr. Trump responded Sunday via Truth Social, warning Iran that Hezbollah’s operations must stop or face further U.S. military strikes.

“Iran must immediately stop their highly paid PROXIES in Lebanon from causing trouble. If they don’t, we’ll hit Iran very hard again, just like we did last week, only harder!!!” the president posted.

The United States and Israel launched military operations against Iran on Feb. 28 following the collapse of negotiations over the Islamic republic’s nuclear weapons program. The strikes killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other senior regime figures on the opening day of the campaign. The New York Times reported April 7 that Mr. Trump was persuaded to authorize the military action against Iran following a February meeting with Mr. Netanyahu at the White House, over the doubts of administration officials, including Mr. Vance.