Aaron Mate, a journalist at The Grayzone, told CGTN that the US is acting as a tool for Israel to establish regional hegemony, with its military power and taxpayer funds being used to destabilize Iran. Mate also noted that the Trump administration does not seem to care about the economic impacts of the war in Iran on its base, adding that MAGA acts as a cult where Trump can do no wrong, and if anything bad happens, it is somebody else's fault.