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Tucker Carlson, erstwhile a adjacent state of Donald Trump, brushed disconnected nan president’s threats to Iran arsenic meaningless, going arsenic acold arsenic to show him “shut up, b****” during a podcast appearance Wednesday.
While complaining astir nan president’s determination to spell to warfare pinch Iran – an rumor that led Carlson to driblet his support for Trump – nan erstwhile Fox News big accused him of making quiet threats to nan adversary successful an effort to feign strength.
“Strong group don't brag astir really beardown they are. They conscionable punch you successful nan look and extremity nan conversation,” Carlson said connected nan “Jack Neel Podcast.”
“Trump is very overmuch ‘What’d you say,’” Carlson said, while imitating nan president pushing his fingers into personification else’s chest. “Shut up, b****. I don’t return you seriously.”
The blimpish commentator was referring to nan president threatening to destruct Iran’s full civilization aliases continuing a bombing run if Iran didn’t work together to a ceasefire, only to many times locomotion backmost his threat.

He compared Trump’s threats to those of a personification informing they will commencement a conflict by making intimidating comments aliases gestures, versus a personification who, without warning, will conscionable attack.
“My father, who was a boxer astatine 1 point, would ever say, ‘there’s 2 types of guys, and you gotta beryllium observant of nan second,’” Carlson said.
Mediaite was nan first to study Carlson’s comments, nan latest successful his string of antagonistic remarks astir nan president and nan Iran war. The erstwhile Fox News big has been powerfully against nan conflict since June 2025, erstwhile Trump bombed Iran’s atomic facilities.
Carlson claimed he personally warned nan president successful February, soon earlier Trump launched nan war, that starting a conflict would wounded his reputation. Since then, Carlson has go much adamant that Trump is serving overseas interests complete American ones and that nan Iran warfare intends location is “no early of nan MAGA movement.”

Carlson’s frustrations pinch Trump complete nan warfare person extended beyond his individual narration pinch nan president and person impacted his support for nan Republican Party. Not only has Carlson expressed regret for supporting Trump successful nan 2024 election, but he precocious indicated he would not support nan GOP going forward.
Yet nan blimpish commentator said Wednesday that he doesn’t dislike nan president.
“I don’t dislike Trump. I’ve ever liked Trump. I conscionable americium a shallow man. I for illustration vulgar jokes. I’m easy entertained. I laughter easy for illustration different people. I for illustration almost everybody. He’s hardly nan astir evil personification I like,” Carlson said.
“I conscionable grieve for what his decisions successful nan Middle East person done to nan country,” he added.
Trump has fired backmost pinch insults astatine Carlson, accusing him of being a “low IQ person” who “has perfectly nary thought what’s going on.”
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