Overview
- In a New York Times interview published over the weekend, Carlson said Trump had no choice on backing Israel against Iran and called him a hostage to Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu.
- He said the Iran war drove the split and denounced Trump’s Easter post that threatened Iran and ended with “Praise be to Allah” as a moral outrage.
- Carlson claimed outside pressure from donors and media figures pushed Trump, naming Rupert Murdoch and Miriam Adelson, and said Mark Levin and Sean Hannity applied pressure that Levin and Hannity denied.
- Trump fired back on Truth Social with personal insults, calling Carlson an idiot and saying he should see a psychiatrist.
- The rupture widened inside the right as Carlson expressed regret for hosting white nationalist Nick Fuentes and accused Republicans like Ted Cruz and Mike Huckabee of justifying the killing of children, claims they rejected.