President Trump Doubles Down On Tucker Carlson And Calls Him “Kooky” | JP
It appears President Trump and Tucker Carlson are in the midst of a feud.
As JP reported, Tucker Carlson critiqued President Trump in a recent newsletter he sent to his readers on the President’s response to the Israel-Iran conflict.
Carlson claimed that President Trump has abandoned his America First principles and is “complicit in war.”
You can read more about Tucker’s original comments here:
President Trump Pushes Back On Tucker Carlson
President Trump was later asked about Tucker’s comments that he was acting against America First principles, to which Trump responded that Tucker should get a news network if he wants to be heard.
Watch here:
Reporter: “Do you have any response to Tucker Carlson criticizing you and saying you that were complicit in the war?”
Trump: “I don’t know what Tucker Carlson is saying. Let him go get a television network and say it so that people listen.” pic.twitter.com/NO9r6F0whc
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) June 16, 2025
Now, Trump has doubled down and called Tucker “Kooky.”
Take a look at Trump’s latest post on Truth Social:
🚨New: President Trump calls out Tucker Carlson: “Somebody please explain to kooky Tucker Carlson that Iran can not have a nuclear weapon” pic.twitter.com/byixPiUzxT
— The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) June 16, 2025
Trump’s comments came shortly after he called for the capital of Iran to immediately evacuate, signaling a potential airstrike by the United States.
The Hill broke down Tucker and Trump’s public disagreement:
President Trump on Monday took a swipe at former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who has in recent days been critical of Trump’s handling of the burgeoning conflict between Israel and Iran.
“I don’t know what Tucker Carlson is saying. Let him go get a television network and say it so that people listen,” Trump told reporters when asked about Carlson’s comments during a meeting with the British prime minister at the Group of Seven summit.
Carlson has been an outspoken critic of any U.S. involvement in a potential war in the Middle East, and he voiced frustrations after Israel late last week launched missile strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities and killed multiple top Iranian military officials.
Carlson wrote that Trump was “complicit in the act of war” and said what occurs next in the region “will define Donald Trump’s presidency.”
In a post on the social platform X last week, Carlson called out “warmongers” who he said were calling on Trump to demand “direct US military involvement in a war with Iran.” He specifically cited former Fox News colleagues Sean Hannity and Mark Levin, among others.
Trump has danced around the question of potential U.S. involvement moving forward. The administration said Israel’s strikes on Iran were unilateral, but the U.S. assisted Israel with intercepting retaliatory Iranian strikes.
Carlson, who left Fox News in 2022, has been a longtime media ally of the president. Carlson spoke at the Republican National Convention last summer and hosted Trump as part of a speaking tour during the 2024 campaign.