Tucker Carlson Accuses ‘Weak’ Trump of Letting Israel Push Him Into Iran War: ‘Not the Most Powerful Man in the World’

Tucker Carlson branded President Donald Trump a “weak” man who allowed Israel to strong-arm him into the Iran War.

Carlson bashed his former pal yet again during a July 15 interview on Bloomberg journalist Mishal Husain’s podcast, after she asked if it was time to hold Trump “fully accountable” for the Iran war reigniting.

Husain said it made sense, since the president is the “most powerful man in the world.” Carlson scoffed at the description.

“I don’t think he’s the most powerful man in the world,” Carlson said. “I have held him directly accountable, it’s his fault, he’s the U.S. president, he was elected. That’s his job, and a huge part of the job is resisting pressure from outside forces.”

Carlson went on, saying plenty of presidents in the past have done a good job resisting “attempts to control them” by foreign governments. But he said Trump hasn’t been able to muster the strength to do it himself.

“He’s weak. I’m not pretending otherwise,” Carlson said. “But it’s also a factually verifiable statement that Israel pushed us into this, and Trump allowed them to do that. The secretary of state said himself said that on camera, so this is not like a conspiracy theory. It’s a fact.”

The ex-Fox News star added the U.S. government is “unwilling, or maybe unable” to fight off Israel’s meddling.

Carlson’s comments are not a total shock, considering he has been skewering the president over the Iran war for months. He has also been fixated on Israel lately.

“What we know for certain is that the United States went to war with Iran — a war we are losing, that we’ve effectively lost already — because of pressure from the prime minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu,” Carlson said last month.

Those remarks coincided with Carlson announcing he was officially ditching the Republican Party.

Trump has rejected claims claims Israel pushed him into the war, saying in March, “If anything, I might’ve forced Israel’s hand.” And he said in June Israel has “no choice” but to accept whatever deal he cuts with Iran.

“I call the shots. I call all the shots,” Trump told FT. “[Netanyahu] doesn’t call the shots.”

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