Overview
- Carlson, who issued the apology Monday on The Tucker Carlson Show while speaking with his brother, said he will be “tormented” by supporting the president and added he was “sorry for misleading people.”
- He acknowledged he campaigned for Trump and noted that his brother Buckley Carlson, a former Trump speechwriter, also helped, saying they are “implicated” along with millions of supporters.
- Buckley Carlson said Congress should consider the 25th Amendment, which lets the vice president and a majority of the cabinet declare a president unfit and transfer power.
- The feud has escalated as the president attacked Carlson on Truth Social in recent weeks, calling him “low IQ,” “stupid,” and “highly overrated.”
- The rupture has widened inside the MAGA media world, with figures like Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, and Alex Jones breaking over the Iran campaign, while Carlson’s son left Vice President JD Vance’s press office to start a consulting firm.