Tucker Carlson sarcasticly floats nuking Iran if they actually try killing Trump in fiery clash with Ted Cruz over Israel conflict
Right-wing pundit Tucker Carlson suggested that the US should contemplate nuking Iran if allegations are true that the theocratic regime has been conspiring to assassinate President Trump, during a fiery two-hour debate with Sen.Ted Cruz.Carlson scoffed at Cruz (R-Texas) for confirming to him that Tehran has conspired to kill Trump and argued in disbelief that if those accusations are real, the US needs to respond with military force.“This just seems like a huge headline and you’re acting like everyone knows this.
I didn’t know that,” responded Carlson after having needled the Texas Republican for not knowing how many people live in Iran.Iran-linked assassination plots against the president were widely reported last year during the 2024 election — including a murder-for-hire scheme in retaliation for Trump’s killing of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Major Gen.Qassem Soleimani in 2020 that was thwarted by the feds.“I’ve never heard evidence that there are hit men in the United States trying to kill Trump right now.
We should have a nationwide dragnet on this and we should attack Iran immediately,” Carlson added.“Why aren’t we at war with them? Why don’t we just nuke Tehran if they’re trying to murder our president? There’s nothing you could do that would be worse for the United States than murdering Trump.”The former primetime Fox News anchor sounded deeply skeptical that Iran actually tried to kill Trump and took steps beyond a mock video of the regime striking the real estate mogul on a golf course.Cruz told Carlson that someone had been arrested in an assassination scheme against Trump, but the conservative personality was indignant and grilled him about why he wouldn’t back nuking Iran.Last year, it emerged that the feds foiled a potential plot to kill Trump.The scheme allegedly involved the hiring of Asif Merchant, a Pakistani man who claimed to have dealt with an Iranian handler who pushed him to hire a hit man, according t...