By Katherine Tinsley
1:59am PDT, May 13, 2025
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In a video shared to the
White House's Rapid Response X account, Steve Witkoff discussed how Donald Trump, as a cultural figure, will influence global conflicts.
"The neocon element believes that war is the only way to solve things, and the president believes that his force of personality — the way that he is going to respond to situations — can bend people to do things in a much better way," Witkoff said.
"I believe in that too," he added.
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Mark Levin, who is known for his MAGA ties, didn't approve of Steve Witkoff's word choice.
"By the way, neocon is a pejorative for Jew. Unbelievable," Levin wrote.
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Mark Levin continued to criticize Steve Witkoff online.
"lol. The envoy talks like the fifth column isolationists. Nobody believes war is the only way," Levin wrote. "We wait with great interest to see the deal you're negotiating with the warmonger Iranian terrorist regime."
"In the meantime, rather than sloganeering against patriotic Americans who love our country, use your name-calling for the terrorist regime that has murdered Americans, tried to assassinate our president, chants death to America, and has lied its way toward a nuclear bomb," he continued.
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Donald Trump's supporters rushed to Steve Witkoff's defense.
"'Fifth column.' This Fox host groundlessly calls Trump's chosen envoy a traitor to the United States. Perhaps the White House will stop granting Levin interviews or access to POTUS," executive director of The American Conservative Curt Mills commented.
"Give it a rest with the 'neocon' garbage. The person who's threatening to bomb Iran if they don't give up the nuke peacefully is the President," author of Disappearing the President: Trump, Truth Social, and the Fight for the Republic Lee Smith wrote in response.
