I recently watched former Fox host Tucker Carlson interview Professor Jeffrey David Sachs in a forum billed as the “First Annual Tucker Carlson Summit (2025)” to explore the future of international relations and global security.

Along with the apparent flattery of President Donald Trump, I got the feeling that I was watching a disguised swamp creature trying to influence U.S. foreign policy by disparaging U.S. arrogance and neocon behavior and suggesting that we become more forgiving and tolerant of those trying to destroy America.

Judge for yourself… 

Professor Jeffrey David Sachs, 70, is widely regarded as a telegenic, well-known, well-educated, and well-spoken “public intellectual.” He is an American economist and public policy analyst recognized for his work in development economics, global health, and environmental sustainability. He has had significant roles with major institutions like Harvard University and Columbia University and has advised international organizations, governments, and political leaders. His broad expertise and involvement in various United Nations global policy initiatives have made him influential and controversial.

Rather than seeking U.S. global dominance, Sachs advocates for a multi-polar world where the U.S. shares power with emerging global players like China, Russia, and Iran. His approach emphasizes cooperative diplomacy and international solidarity to tackle issues like climate change and global health crises. This contrasts sharply with a more aggressive U.S. foreign policy, leading Sachs to criticize American actions such as NATO expansion and military interventions, especially in the context of the Ukraine War.

Sachs has controversially claimed that the war was a direct result of U.S. arrogance in pushing a global game of “Risk,” provoking Russia’s security concerns, and laying the entire Ukraine war and the loss of thousands of lives directly at the doorstep of U.S. arrogance rather than its actual source in political corruption and the exploitation of Ukraine’s natural resources.

Raised in a traditional Jewish social justice household, Sachs’ education and environment have shaped much of his approach to international relations, where he often stresses the importance of human dignity, justice, and peace. However, his connection to Judaism does not seem to have made him particularly focused on Israel-specific political issues in the way some of his background might be. He is more often associated with global solidarity, human rights, and far-left Catholic viewpoint, where his Jewish values of compassion and community should have aligned with his professional stance.

Though Sachs has played a significant role in shaping global policy, his contrarian views on U.S. foreign interventions and diplomatic engagement with Russia and Iran have made him a polarizing figure. While some criticize him for being too lenient toward authoritarian regimes, others see him as a visionary calling for reform and a more cooperative global order. 

No friend of Israel…

Like many progressive democrat Jews, Sachs appears to have a particular hatred of Israel. In this interview with Piers Morgan, Sachs’s views are on display for all to see. 

Even the pro-Islamacist Al Jazeera has taken note...

Professor Jeffrey Sachs: ‘US is complicit in Israeli genocide’

Columbia University’s Jeffrey Sachs says the war in Gaza could end today if the United States stopped supplying weapons to Israel.

“Does the United States want to be complicit in genocide?” This is the question that US leaders should be asking themselves as Israel’s war on Gaza continues, argues Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Sachs.

Sachs tells host Steve Clemons that Israel could not continue “for one day” without US support, and the rhetoric from top Democrats criticising Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “meaningless” because no action is taken to stop the war crimes.

This has led to US isolation on the world stage, as Israel is allowed to continue “whatever they have in their minds… which will never lead to peace”. <Source>

Bottom line…

There is little doubt in my mind that Tucker Carlson, a wealthy, aging, frat-boy elitist media host, and the professorial-looking anti-America, anti-Israel Sachs represent a clear and present danger to the Trump Administration as they cloak their neo-progressive values in the guise of conservatism. These individuals are representative of swamp creatures found in the high echelons of government organizations like our intelligence agencies, the State Department, and the deep state bureaucracy.

For me, the red flags are flying. As an economist, Sachs is a devoted disciple of John Maynard Keynes, who believed governments could spend their way out of difficulty. Likewise, radical, far-left disrupter of governments, billionaire George Soros is one of Sachs's biggest supporters. His unwavering support for the corrupt UN Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change marks him as a harbinger of disinformation.

It is my fear that Americans, with little time from their day-to-day concerns, may allow the views espoused by Carlson and Sachs to condition their thinking, causing them to turn away from the philosophy of American exceptionalism and Trump’s “America First” worldview to give the swamp creatures new life in the 2026 mid-term elections when the neo-liberals, aka the progressive communist democrats, have an opportunity to recapture the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.

We must be vigilant in clutching political snakes to our breasts, lest we are fatally bitten.

We are so screwed.

-- Steve