Carlson Escalates Savage Attacks On ‘Homicidal’ Trump: Proven ‘Incapable of Leadership’

Tucker Carlson eviscerated President Donald Trump, once his close ally, during a 90-minute monologue this week, claiming that Trump has proven himself “incapable of leadership” by threatening the use of nuclear weapons in Iran.

Carlson put out the lengthy clip on Wednesday night under the caption, “Our political system has collapsed into paralysis and looting. Change is coming. Here’s what America should be.” In the video, Carlson laid out a 10-point manifesto for his vision of the future, which has led to widespread speculation he’s gearing up for a third-party presidential run.

Before getting to his platform, however, Carlson took some huge swings at Trump. “We are going to wind up, inevitably, with the use of weapons of mass destruction,” he began, adding:

And you have one participant—President of the United States—openly threatening that already, on Truth Social, on the internet, for everyone to see: “We’re going to eliminate your civilization.” Well, of course, you can’t do that with Tomahawks, but you can with nuclear weapons.

So you have the President of the United States—whatever they tell you—openly threatening the use of nuclear weapons in a conflict that has no immediate or obvious resolution. So where’s that going? Well, toward a nuclear strike. And what happens then, God knows.

But if you can even live with that fact—if you could even say, or just acknowledge without words, that yeah, this could wind up with people unleashing nuclear weapons on civilian populations—you’re already around the bend. You’ve already proven yourself incapable of leadership, because that’s crazy. That’s beyond reckless. That’s, well, it’s literally suicidal. And homicidal.

Watch the clip above.

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