Tucker Carlson and Ted Cruz on Israel-Iran strike with Ted Cruz: “You know nothing about Iran”

Tucker Carlson and Senator Ted Cruz’s interview with Israel’s military movement to Iran became controversial when the former Fox News host asked Texas Republicans about Iran about Iran, highlighting the rift between President Trump’s allies.

Back and forth articulate Cruz’s support for Israel’s strike against Iranian targets. The Trump administration said the United States was not directly involved in the offensive, but it helped Israel defend Iran’s counterattack, and Mr. Trump weighed the strike against Iran’s nuclear targets. CBS News It has been reported before.

Carlson is a fanatical skeptic of military intervention – questioning the premise of a war with Iran and criticizing Cruz for saying he hopes the Iranian regime will be overthrown, telling Cruz: “You know nothing about Iran.”

One of the most controversial exchanges (released all on Wednesday) in the two-hour interview was Carlson asking Cruz what the population of Iran is. Cruz said he wasn’t sure.

“Don’t you know what you want to overthrow the country’s population?” Carlson asked.

Cruz retorted: “I wouldn’t sit around the population table in my memory.”

The host then asked Cruz about Iran’s demographic information. When Cruz said they were Persians, mostly Shia Muslims, Carlson asked him for this proportion, frustrating the SEAS senator.

“Well, I’m not an Iranian expert at Tucker Carlson,” Cruz said.

Two Trump supporters also argued whether Iran tried to assassinate Mr. Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed last week. Last year, federal prosecutors announced charges against Iranian assets, accusing him of planning to kill Mr. Trump.

Cruz cited the alleged assassination plots in criticizing Iran’s leadership, but Carlson questioned why the senator believes that if he believes Iran is trying to kill Mr. Trump, he doesn’t support immediate military action.

Meanwhile, Cruz suggested that Carlson had a “freak…obsessed with Israel” when Carlson asked about support from the U.S. Israel Public Affairs Commission. Carlson said he interpreted the comment as an allegation of anti-Semitism, which Cruz denied.

“You know nothing about the country you want to overthrow his government, and you call me reckless,” Carlson said in an interview.

“I want to stop a crazy guy who wants to murder us and get nuclear weapons that could kill millions of Americans. You say ‘I can’t see how good this is for America.’ It’s weird,” Cruz replied.

Cruz continued the fight on social media after accusing Carlson of “playing ‘in a difficult position on Iran’s population” and ridiculing questions about Iran’s size.

Painful exchanges reflect broader divisions among supporters of how Mr. Trump’s supporters should participate in the United States Israel-Iran conflict. The president has long criticized foreign intervention but also supported pressure on Iran.

Mr. Trump’s closest consultant No agreement has been reached yet According to CBS News, it is about whether the president should strike Iran’s nuclear facilities.

In addition to Cruz, some Republicans also support A tough policy against Iran and joining the United States to strike Iran. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham Tell CBS News Last weekend, he hoped to adopt diplomatic resolutions to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, but if it fails, he urged Mr. Trump to “go all out to ensure that after the operation is over, Iran has nothing left in their nuclear program.”

In the interview, Cruz told Carlson that he did not support sending U.S. troops to Iran, but told reporters Wednesday that the president “can reasonably decide” to bomb Iran’s underground nuclear ruins. Fuduo.

But other Trump allies are wary of the intervention. Steve Bannon, a former Trump strategist, told Carlson in an interview that he believes stopping “forever war” is the core magazine purpose and suggests that we participate in Iran can “bomb the coalition” and hurt Mr. Trump’s domestic priorities. Nevertheless, Bannon told reporters on Wednesday that he believes the “overwhelming majority of the Maga movement” will trust Mr. Trump’s verdict if he thinks a strike on Iran is necessary.

at the same time, A few congressional Republicans Call for a resolution to prevent Mr. Trump from taking military action against Iran without Congress’ approval.

It is not clear that the president downplayed the idea of ​​Mecca Rift on Wednesday and told reporters: “My supporters love me more today, and I fell in love with them.”

Before the Cruz interview was released, the president repeatedly criticized Carlson. The president calls him “weird” in a truth-clarifying position, and seems to mock Carlson for the man who ousted him from Fox News.

“I don’t know what Tucker Carlson is talking about,” Trump said. “Let him get the TV network and say it out so that people can listen.”