President Donald Trump is once again brushing off criticism from former Fox News host Tucker Carlson—this time with a blistering remark.
Carlson had accused Trump of enabling Israel’s preemptive strikes on Iran, saying sustained U.S. arms support made America morally responsible for the attack.
The Gateway Pundit previously reported that President Donald Trump slammed accusations from Tucker Carlson that he has “abandoned” his hallmark America First doctrine by siding with Israel’s preemptive airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites, according to New York Post.
The dispute erupted after Carlson accused Trump of betraying the MAGA base in his newsletter titled “This Could Be the Final Newsletter Before All-Out War.”
“Despite being complicit in the act of war, the president hopes last night’s events will help his ongoing nuclear negotiations with Iran,” Carlson wrote, according to The Independent.
“While the American military may not have physically perpetrated the assault, years of funding and sending weapons to Israel, which Donald Trump just bragged about on Truth Social, undeniably place the U.S. at the center of last night’s events,” Carlson added.
“Washington knew these attacks would happen. They aided Israel in carrying them out,” Carlson said, adding, “Politicians purporting to be America First can’t now credibly turn around and say they had nothing to do with it.”
During an interview with Steve Bannon, Carlson also laid bare the stakes, accusing globalist elites and war-hungry neocons of pushing America toward a disastrous conflict that could “scuttle” the nation on the “shores of Iran.”
“I actually really love Trump. I think he’s a deeply humane, kind person,” Carlson said.
“I’m saying this because I’m really afraid that my country is going to be further weakened by this. I think we’re going to see the end of the American Empire, obviously. Other nations would like to see that, and this is a perfect way to scuttle the U.S. on the shores of Iran. But it’s also going to end, I believe, Trump’s presidency—effectively end it. And so that’s why I’m saying this.”
During a bilateral meeting with the Prime Minister of the U.K., Trump shrugged it off.
“I don’t know what Tucker Carlson is saying,” Trump quipped. “Let him go get a television network and say it so that people actually listen. Thank you.”
WATCH:
Reporter: How did you respond to @TuckerCarlson criticizing you, saying that you were complicit in the war?
Trump: I don’t know what Tucker Carlson is saying. Let him go get a television network and say it so people actually listen. pic.twitter.com/zouE5eHAdw
— Grace Chong, MBI (@gc22gc) June 16, 2025
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