Report: Huckabee Met Pollard at US Embassy

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Above: Jonathan Pollard leaves a courthouse following his release from prison in New York on Nov. 20, 2015. Image credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

The Spin

Anti-Trump narrative

Huckabee's secret meeting with Pollard shows how reckless this administration has become. Even their own loyalists, like Bannon, Carlson and Cernovich, are demanding answers. When Trump's inner circle is denouncing an ambassador for cozying up to a convicted spy, it's clear the chaos isn't partisan. It's coming from inside their own house.

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Pro-Trump narrative

Huckabee's meeting with Pollard wasn't some rogue operation —it was a personal gesture to a man who served his sentence and wanted to express thanks. No favors were asked or given, and they had to meet in Israel due to legal reasons. Critics are seizing on protocol nitpicks to smear an ambassador who's strengthened the U.S.-Israel alliance. The president's right to stand by him, as this outrage is manufactured.

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Cynical narrative

Pollard isn't just a friend of Huckabee and a convicted spy — he's a career-long enemy of the U.S. Not only did he steal American secrets and give them to Israel, but he did so so that Israel could then give them to the Soviet Union. What's more, he's now seeking a political career in Israel and recently said Israel should threaten to use nuclear weapons against America if Washington stopped supporting Tel Aviv. This isn't traditional U.S. political divides, but pro-America vs anti-America.

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