U.S. Official Says Israel May Use Nukes Against Iran

This analysis is based on Ben Norton’s latest Geopolitical Economy Report episode examining Trump advisor David Sacks’ warning that Israel may consider using nuclear weapons. The information comes directly from Norton’s transcript and on‑air reporting about the escalating U.S.–Israeli war on Iran.

In a stunning admission that cuts through months of official denial, a top advisor to Donald Trump has warned that Israel may resort to using nuclear weapons as its war on Iran spirals out of control. The warning came from billionaire venture capitalist David Sacks — Trump’s White House AI and Crypto czar — who acknowledged that Israel is taking unprecedented damage and could face “destruction” if the conflict continues. His comments, delivered on the All‑In podcast, reveal a crisis far deeper than what U.S. officials or mainstream media have admitted.

Sacks, a staunch supporter of both Trump and Israel, described a battlefield situation in which Israel’s air defenses are being overwhelmed, missile interceptors are running low, and Iranian retaliation is inflicting levels of damage that Israeli authorities are actively censoring. “Israel is getting hit harder than they’ve ever been hit before in their history,” he said, adding that if the war continues for weeks or months, “Israel could just be destroyed… and then you have to worry about Israel escalating the war by contemplating using a nuclear weapon, which would truly be catastrophic.”

This is not fringe speculation. It is a rare moment of candor from inside the U.S. political and financial elite — and it exposes the contradictions at the heart of Washington’s decades‑long posture toward Iran. While U.S. officials insist Iran is the nuclear threat, Norton makes clear that Israel is the only nuclear‑armed state in West Asia, operating outside the Nuclear Non‑Proliferation Treaty and refusing repeated international calls to disarm. As the British House of Commons acknowledged, “It is universally acknowledged that Israel has a nuclear weapons capability… estimated to have a stockpile of approximately 90 warheads.”

Yet it is Iran — which has no nuclear weapons and has repeatedly voted at the UN for a nuclear‑free Middle East — that has been targeted by U.S. and Israeli military campaigns, sabotage operations, assassinations, and sanctions. The war that erupted after the U.S.‑Israeli surprise attack on February 28 has now escalated into a regional crisis, with Iran striking U.S. bases across the Gulf and targeting infrastructure that the region depends on for survival.

One of the most alarming revelations in the the show concerns desalination plants — the lifeline for more than 100 million people on the Arabian Peninsula. Sacks admitted that after the U.S. and Israel bombed an Iranian desalination facility, Iran retaliated by striking a plant in Kuwait. “If you see that type of destruction continue,” he warned, “you could literally render the Gulf almost uninhabitable… you’re not going to have enough water for 100 million people.”

Meanwhile, the Pentagon — now rebranded as the Department of War — is requesting an additional $200 billion to sustain the conflict, even as U.S. officials privately acknowledge the war is deeply unpopular and politically disastrous months before the midterm elections. Oil prices are surging, inflation is rising, and the prospect of U.S. ground troops entering Iran is becoming increasingly real.

Inside Israel and the Gulf monarchies, governments have responded with sweeping censorship. According to the show, dozens of people have been arrested in the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, and Israel for posting videos or photos of missile strikes. Independent Israeli outlet +972 Magazine reported that “our coverage is not truthful,” detailing how authorities are suppressing information about the scale of damage. Forbes confirmed that even ordinary citizens have been detained for sharing footage of Iranian attacks.

Ben Norton also reveals a profound shift inside Iran itself. For decades, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei opposed nuclear weapons on religious grounds, issuing a fatwa declaring them a sin. But after his assassination in the opening hours of the war — and with his son Mojtaba Khamenei now elevated to Supreme Leader — Iranian military leaders are openly questioning whether ideological restraint is still viable in the face of existential threats. As the Norton notes, “it is now likely that Iran actually is going to pursue the development of nuclear weapons.”

Taken together, the picture is stark: a U.S.‑engineered war that has destabilized the entire region, pushed Israel to the brink, endangered its own Gulf allies, and may trigger the very nuclear proliferation Washington claims to oppose. And now, even insiders like David Sacks are warning that the conflict is spiraling toward a catastrophic threshold.

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