American journalist Tucker Carlson feels ‘betrayed,’ criticizes Trump on Iran war: Report

Political commentator and former Fox News host Tucker Carlson said he feels “betrayed,” criticizing US President Donald Trump’s Iran war.

In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Carlson said, “I don’t hate Trump. I hate this war and the direction that the US government is taking,” adding that “I feel betrayed.”

The report said that Carlson has opposed the Jan. 3 US operation on Venezuela that led to the capture of President Nicolas Maduro, adding that he is now “the most prominent opponent of the Iran war” initiated by the US and Israeli strikes against Iran that began on Feb. 28.

“Why can’t the US government act on behalf of its own citizens?” Carlson asked before adding, “This is a generational problem that didn’t start with Trump.”

“If anything, Trump just proved the system was stronger than him,” he remarked.

Earlier this month, Trump said in a Truth Social post that Carlson was a “low IQ person” who is “always easy to beat” and “highly overrated.”

Carlson had previously been one of Trump’s most prominent media allies. At the 2024 Republican National Convention, he said Trump’s survival of an assassination attempt during the campaign amounted to “divine intervention,” suggesting God had preserved him for a purpose.