Tucker Carlson Alleges Trump Dismissed War Risks with Fatalism

Carlson, who interviewed the president in late February, recounted the exchange during a conversation with NPR’s Steve Inskeep. According to the commentator, he had cautioned the president against being manipulated into military action by Israeli interests. When Carlson pressed Trump on the potential cost to American lives, the president reportedly replied, "In the end we all die, anyway, so it doesn't matter."

Journalist Ryan Grim characterized the reported remark as "extremely disturbing," arguing that the president's attitude toward the conflict—which Secretary of State Marco Rubio later acknowledged was influenced by external pressure—warrants immediate removal from office. While some observers, including journalist Pedro L. Gonzalez, have urged caution in accepting Carlson's account given his shifting political alignment, Carlson maintains that the case for the 25th Amendment was already established by the president's earlier threats to annihilate Iran's "whole civilization" using nuclear weapons.