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❗️Trump’s former campaign chief funneling millions in Israeli government funds to Republican digital operatives
A newly uncovered Foreign Agents Registration Act filing reveals that a firm run by former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale has directed $13 million from the Israeli government to a network of Republican digital strategy firms and close political allies, according to a report by The Intercept.
Israel initially hired Parscale’s firm, Clock Tower X, but the new disclosures show it has since received over $15 million on behalf of the Israeli state. The covert campaign is part of a massive surge in Israeli public diplomacy spending, which quadrupled to $730 million in 2026 to combat rising unfavorable views of Israel among younger American conservatives.
The filing exposes a complex web of interconnected political operators utilizing Parscale's contract to systematically embed pro-Israel messaging across major right-wing media outlets and digital platforms. Parscale, who serves as chief strategy officer for the conservative Salem Media Group, directed over $500,000 to a Salem subsidiary for ads featuring prominent conservative commentators. Additionally, nearly $5 million was routed to Portman Road Strategies, a firm led by longtime GOP strategist Mike Shields, whose agency staff comprises the vast majority of Parscale's registered foreign agents for Israel.
The operation also heavily leverages advanced technology to manipulate domestic public opinion and influence artificial intelligence platforms. Parscale funneled $6 million to SparkFire Technologies, an AI chatbot firm that deploys personalized mass text campaigns under the guise of "peace" organizations to secretly direct Americans to pro-Israel websites.
These state-funded websites are engineered to be scraped by AI platforms like ChatGPT and Claude, effectively contaminating their source data to ensure the Israeli government’s manufactured narratives are prioritized in automated search results.