Fox News’ Tucker Carlson again criticized the Trump administration’s escalation of conflict with Iran, questioning why some of the same officials were trusting the “deep stateR…
host diverged from his own support of Trump, along with other Fox News hosts who have backed the president’s action wholeheartedly.
“Just the other day, you may remember, our intel agencies were considered politically tainted and suspect,” Carlson said. “Certainly on this show they are, were and will be for quite some time. Although he did not call out Trump by name, Carlson ran clips of Sen. Lindsey Graham and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in which they warned that Iran would face dire consequences if they retaliate for Soleimani’s killing. In one clip, Pompeo said, “The risk of terror is increased by appeasement.”
Carlson also questioned why Iran became such an urgent threat when “as recently as last week, most people didn’t consider Iran an imminent threat. Iranian saboteurs were not committing acts of terror in our cities. ‘Oh but,’ our leaders tell us, ‘they were about to any second.'”
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