Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson said in an interview with NPR, published on Thursday, that in the days before the US and Israel launched the war with Iran, President Trump dismissed Carlson’s concerns about the conflict by saying, “We all die anyway.”
Carlson said that he told Trump that the war was not about Iran’s nuclear program but instead was being pushed by Israel to achieve the goal of taking Iran “off the map,” diminishing the Gulf Arab states, and ultimately pushing the US out of the region.
“And he looked at me and said, ‘Yes. You’re right, but in the end we all die anyway, so it doesn’t matter.’ That’s exactly what he said, ‘In the end, we all die anyway,'” Carlson said, adding that Trump waved away concerns about their children and grandchildren.”I was shocked by that because it’s nihilism.”
When asked by NPR about Carlson’s claim, the White House didn’t respond and instead pointed to a Truth Social post Trump put out earlier this year, where he labeled Carlson and other conservative commentators “stupid people” for opposing the war with Iran, and claimed they thought it would be “wonderful” for Iran to have a nuclear weapon.
The New York Times reported earlier this year that two weeks before the war, Trump spoke with Carlson about the war and tried to reassure him. “I know you’re worried about it, but it’s going to be OK. Because it always is,” Trump reportedly told him.
