President Donald Trump on Tuesday dismissed Tucker Carlson’s warning that his Iran rhetoric was pushing the country toward nuclear war, calling the former Fox host a “low IQ person” who had “absolutely no idea what’s going on.” Trump said in a phone call with The Post, “He calls me all the time; I don’t respond to his calls. I don’t deal with him. I like dealing with smart people, not fools.”
The exchange came after Carlson said in a Monday night post on X that Trump’s Easter morning Truth Social message was “the first step toward nuclear war.” Carlson wrote, “Christians need to understand where Trump is taking us,” and then escalated his criticism on his podcast, calling the president’s language “vile on every level” and asking, “How dare you speak that way on Easter morning to the country?”
Trump’s Sunday morning post warned Iran to “open the F—–’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah.” Carlson seized on the message as proof that the White House was drifting toward military escalation, saying Trump was setting in motion nuclear war to provoke armageddon. He also urged White House and military staffers to resign if Trump directs them to launch a nuclear bomb on Iran.
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The dispute is the latest sign of a public split among conservative figures over Iran policy, with Carlson casting Trump’s words and online posts as evidence of possible nuclear escalation. In January 2025, Carlson also suggested Trump did not put his hand on the Bible when swearing into office because he rejects God’s authority, saying, “Maybe he didn’t put his hand on the Bible because he affirmatively rejects what’s inside that book, and what’s inside that book are limits on human behavior.”
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The clash spilled into the broader Trump circle on Tuesday when former Vice President Kamala Harris’s @HQNewsNow X account claimed that Vice President JD Vance implied “Trump might use nuclear weapons.” The White House pushed back on its @RapidResponse47 account, replying: “Literally nothing @VP said here ‘implies’ this, you absolute buffoons.” Trump’s answer to Carlson was sharper still, and it left little doubt that he sees the break as personal as much as political.
