𝐄𝐔𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄’𝐒 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐋𝐈𝐌 𝐏𝐎𝐏𝐔𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐀𝐍 — 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓’𝐒 𝐖𝐇𝐘 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐎 𝐖𝐎𝐍’𝐓 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐓 𝐀 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐔𝐙
This clip lays out a truth that most Western leaders are too terrified to say publicly. As the speaker explains, Trump’s ask of European allies on the Strait of Hormuz is simple:
“𝘐’𝘮 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦. 𝘐’𝘮 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘐𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘺, 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦. 𝘐’𝘮 𝘎𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺, 𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 10, 12 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸”.
But they won’t do it.
Why? Because their domestic Muslim populations — ranging from 𝟏𝟓 𝐭𝐨 𝟏𝟔% in countries like France — make any confrontation with Iran politically radioactive. And here’s the line that should stop everyone in their tracks:
“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰-𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦”.
That’s not Islamophobia. That’s demography. Polling data backs it up — a 2024 Pew Research survey found that 𝟓𝟕% 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟓 said Sharia should take priority over French law, compared to surveys showing majority support for Western-style democracy among young Iranians inside Iran (Pew Research Center). The Iranian regime oppresses its people 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 they’re pro-Western. Europe’s problem is the opposite.
Meanwhile, Rubio pointed out that the Strait of Hormuz situation is entirely Iran’s making:
“𝘞𝘦’𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘪𝘭 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘚𝘰 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵”.
European leaders respond with appeasement, claiming things were fine before American intervention — “𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯” — while Iran was actively 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐦𝐛 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥.
𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
But wait, there’s more:
Israel has excluded France from upcoming talks with Lebanon in Washington, saying France is not a neutral mediator.
Emmanuel Macron played a treasonous game, and now he’s paying the price: France is OUT.
You can’t recognize a fake state, restrict Israel’s fight with Hamas and defense against Iran, deny U.S. the use of airspace for support in missions against Iran, refuse to disarm Hezbollah, and still expect a seat at the table.
Macron pushed the limit too far.
Israel’s message to Paris is clear: the days of undermining our security while playing mediator are over.
