Trump disavows Tucker

Yesterday, President Trump reacted to commentator Tucker Carlson calling his Iran strikes “disgusting and evil” by saying that “Tucker has lost his way.” He told abc News, “I knew that a long time ago, and he’s not maga. maga is saving our country. maga is making our country great again. maga is America first, and Tucker is none of those things. And Tucker is really not smart enough to understand that.” In two recent broadcasts, Carlson asserted the exact claims the Iranian regime makes: that the war serves Israel and not the U.S., that the Gulf states are the real victims, that the ayatollahs will unleash chaos, and that the Jews secretly want to rebuild their temple in Jerusalem on the ruins of Islam’s third-holiest site. Middle East Forum’s Gregg Roman said, “Tucker Carlson has become Tehran’s most effective propagandist.”