Tucker Carlson says Trump dismissed Iran war concerns: ‘In the end, we all die anyway’
Conservative commentator says he warned Trump days before Iran war that Israel was pushing US toward conflict
WASHINGTON (MNTV) — Conservative political commentator Tucker Carlson has claimed President Donald Trump dismissed his warnings about going to war with Iran days before the US and Israel launched attacks on the country, telling him that “in the end, we all die anyway.”
Carlson described the private Oval Office conversation during an interview with NPR’s Steve Inskeep published Thursday.
According to Carlson, he met Trump after returning from Israel, where he had interviewed US Ambassador Mike Huckabee.
Carlson said he told Trump that he believed the approaching conflict was not primarily about Iran’s nuclear program but was being pushed by Israel to advance its regional objectives.
“I said this to Trump, to his face, in the Oval Office, days before the war began,” Carlson said.
According to Carlson, Trump responded: “Yes, you’re right. But in the end, we all die anyway. So it doesn’t matter.”
Carlson said he was shocked by the response and asked Trump about the consequences for future generations and the United States.
“That’s a verbatim exchange,” Carlson said. He characterized the alleged remark as “nihilism” and argued that the consequences of war and “who lives or dies” do matter.
Carlson’s account of the private conversation has not been independently verified.
NPR said it asked the White House about Carlson’s claim. The administration did not specifically address the alleged remark and instead referred NPR to a social media post in which Trump criticized Carlson and others opposed to his Iran policy.
During the interview, Carlson also said he believed Trump should have been removed from office under the 25th Amendment after threatening the use of nuclear weapons against Iran earlier in the conflict.
The 25th Amendment allows the vice president and a majority of Cabinet officials to declare a president unable to discharge the powers and duties of the office, subject to procedures that can ultimately involve Congress if the president contests the declaration.
Carlson, once one of Trump’s most prominent media allies, has increasingly broken with the president over US policy toward Israel and the war with Iran.
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