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America’s friends should be defended, not marketed like a failing brand — and that’s exactly the point Megyn Kelly and Trump adviser Alex Bruesewitz raised when they put Israel’s recent influencer push on trial. What we saw on the airwaves was not simple PR; it was a heavy-handed, top-down campaign that has alienated ordinary Americans who still believe in strong, principled alliances.
Conservatives who love Israel should be honest: support must be earned through strategy and respect for American sensibilities, not through glossy social campaigns that look purchased. When foreign-funded messaging starts to drown out grassroots conservatism, it creates suspicion on Main Street and feeds the narrative that elites are playing by different rules.
Alex Bruesewitz, a figure who knows how modern political influence works, warned that these operations are misfiring — and his critique matters because it comes from inside the right’s media playbook. Rather than building durable pro-Israel conviction, some of these tactics have produced backlash and fractured the coalition that once stood firm for a secure Israel and an America-first foreign policy.
Megyn Kelly reminded viewers that politics is ultimately about voters, not PR firms, pointing to instances where heavy-handed outside spending tilted primaries and left rank-and-file conservatives feeling steamrolled. That’s the last thing we need heading into an already volatile political season: a perception that foreign actors are buying influence over American politics.
Worse still, some of Israel’s loudest spokespeople and celebrity surrogates have become liabilities rather than assets, delivering tone-deaf messaging that plays perfectly into the hands of critics on the left and isolationists on the right. Conservatives should call out these blunders when they happen — defending an ally doesn’t mean defending bad strategy or bad messengers.
The conservative case for Israel is a serious, strategic argument rooted in shared values and mutual security, not a social-media popularity contest. If the goal is to keep America safe and Israel secure, then advocates must focus on transparent, policy-driven outreach that respects American voters and their priorities.
Hardworking Americans want a foreign policy that defends our interests first while supporting reliable allies second; that’s the pragmatic patriotism Bruesewitz and Kelly urged this country to reclaim. It’s time for sober conservatives to demand clarity, honesty, and better messengers — because our friendship with Israel should be strengthened by principles, not undermined by sloppy influence operations.
