Trump and Tucker Carlson Break Up For Good as President Slams “Low-IQ” Host Amid Iran Clash

Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Donald Trump and cable news host-turned-MAGA-sphere player Tucker Carlson have entered an escalating war of words, with the president calling his onetime Fox News star a “fool” after the staunchly conservative commentator implied Trump is pushing the conflict with Iran toward nuclear war — and even suggested he might be the Antichrist. In a recent call with the New York Post , Trump pushed back on Carlson after the pundit criticized the president’s profanity-laced and threatening Easter morning social media post, in which he warned he could level bridges and power plants in Iran and raged over the ongoing closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Related Stories News Asghar Farhadi Urges Filmmakers to Speak Out Against "War Crime" of Attacks on Iranian Infrastructure Amid Escalating Trump Threats Music Bruce Springsteen Rallies Hard Against Trump on New Tour, Leads "ICE Out Now" Chant “Tucker’s a low-IQ person who has absolutely no idea what’s going on,” the president told the tabloid. “He calls me all the time; I don’t respond to his calls. I don’t deal with him. I like dealing with smart people, not fools.” On Monday’s episode of his video podcast , Carlson — now a commanding voice in the online conservative media landscape, with 21 million followers across X and YouTube combined as of late 2025 — laid into Trump over the Easter post, chastising the president for using foul language and threatening mass violence on a day when Christians celebrate and reflect on the life of Jesus Christ. In his Truth Social post on Sunday morning, Trump repeated his threat to strike Iran’s energy infrastructure if the country does not reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a key passage through which roughly 20 percent of the world’s oil supply passes. “A whole civilization ...