A political jab framed as bad for Trump: he surrounds himself with people who won't push back, and can't handle it when someone does.

• Trump was told directly last June that he's "being led around by the nose by Netanyahu" and everyone could see it.
• Trump hated hearing it and reacted badly, unlike a normal person who takes hard feedback.
• The comparison: even a "slobbering alcoholic" gets corrected by friends and has to take it like a man — but that honest pushback doesn't exist around Trump.
• The takeaway is that no one close to Trump is willing or able to tell him when he's wrong.

Outlook: Expect more public friction between Tucker Carlson and Trump's circle over U.S. deference to Israel and Netanyahu.