A single interview with an American diplomat has triggered a furious joint statement from 14 states, most of them allies of the US. Is there a precedent for an interview of a sitting ambassador of any state that has created such shock waves? The online reaction was often hysterical. If we live in an attention economy, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee — an evangelical Baptist pastor and the US ambassador to Israel — has just scored big time, as has his interviewer, the right-wing conservative broadcaster Tucker Carlson.

Parts of Maga view Israel with suspicion, but US ambassador continues to believe in its divine right to much of the Middle East

Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia denounce US ambassador's remarks suggesting Israel has right to much of the Middle East.