In a blistering takedown that’s sending shockwaves through the conservative base, Tucker Carlson — once a staunch ally of Donald Trump — is now calling out the former president for what he describes as America’s silent complicity in the Israeli strikes on Iran. The words are sharp, the tone grim, and the warning clear: We are sleepwalking into a catastrophic war.
On Friday morning, the sky over Iran lit up with fire and metal as Israeli warplanes pummeled nuclear and military targets. Tehran answered with a storm of missiles and drones aimed at Israeli cities. As smoke rises, diplomacy crumbles — and the Middle East edges closer to full-scale war.
Carlson, sounding more like a war correspondent than a media pundit, didn’t hold back. In what he ominously called “possibly my final newsletter before all-out war,” he accused the United States of being “complicit in the act of war.”
He’s not talking hypotheticals. He’s talking receipts — arms shipments, billions in military aid, and the quiet nods of approval from Washington’s elite. “Trump just bragged about it on Truth Social,” Carlson reminded readers. “You can’t arm a man, cheer him on, and then act surprised when he pulls the trigger.”
And while Trump may not have pushed the launch button, Carlson says he sure as hell loaded the gun.
More disturbing still, Carlson revealed that the U.S. government had advance knowledge of the strikes. “Washington knew these attacks would happen. They helped make them happen,” he wrote. “Politicians who claim to be ‘America First’ have zero credibility when they back foreign wars that have nothing to do with American interests.”
Carlson isn’t just throwing punches at Trump. He’s naming names: Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Rupert Murdoch, and billionaire GOP donors Ike Perlmutter and Miriam Adelson — all part of what he calls “the warmonger machine.”
And here’s where the lines really start to blur: Carlson says this isn’t about Israel or Iran anymore. “The real divide,” he posted on X, “is between warmongers and peacemakers.”
While the U.S. State Department officially denies involvement, Trump openly admitted he was informed of the operation beforehand — and praised it as “excellent.” He predictably pinned the blame on Iran, accusing them of torpedoing his revived nuclear deal.
But in New York, Iranian envoy Amir Saeid Iravani delivered a different message to the UN Security Council: “The U.S. and its allies share full responsibility for the consequences.”
So here we are — staring down the barrel of something that could redraw the map of the Middle East. As Tucker Carlson puts it, “If this is what ‘America First’ looks like, we’re in for one hell of a reckoning.”
This time, the fallout won’t stay overseas. And if this war explodes, the blood won’t be just on Israel’s hands — it’ll be on Washington’s too.
