Tucker Carlson predicted the GOP will get “spanked” in the midterm elections in an interview where he made multiple digs at the Republican Party and called President Donald Trump “weak” for starting a war with Iran.
“Trump allowed the U.S. government to be completely steered by this tiny little country in the Middle East, Israel, to our great detriment, and I watched it happen. I was offended by it. I argued against it directly to him. That had no effect at all. And then we wound up in a war with Iran that has gravely hurt the United States,” Carlson said in an interview that aired Friday with Mishal Husain on her Bloomberg TV show.
Watch Carlson’s interview with Husain below:
“I have held him directly accountable. It’s his fault,” Carlson said. “He’s the U.S. president. He was elected. That’s his job, and a huge part of the job is resisting pressure from outside forces.”
He added that “many presidents” have “resisted” what he called “attempts to control them from outside.”
“And he didn’t,” Carlson continued. “So he’s weak.”
Regarding the war, the former Fox News host told Husain he “knew that once we got into this, we wouldn’t get out until we were gravely diminished.”
He predicted Republicans will face challenges in the midterms as a result.
“I mean, they’re gonna be spanked,” Carlson said. “Yeah, they’re going to be punished for it, of course, but the question is, does that make the country better? No. I mean, not really.”
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He went on to blast the Republican Party for “betraying” their voters by not “uprooting” the “deep state.”
“You know, betrayal is the worst thing,” Carlson said before launching into a bizarre analogy.
“So, like, if my neighbor leaves his wife and kids and runs off with a stripper, I disapprove of that. If my dad leaves me and my siblings and my mom and runs off with a stripper, I never get over that for the rest of my life because that’s betrayal, and that’s exactly what happened,” Carlson said. “Trump betrayed not just the country but the people who vested their hopes in him, and that is low and wrong.”
Despite his recent split from the Republican Party, Carlson said he believes that if Vice President JD Vance had Trump’s job, the U.S would not be at war with Iran.
“I wish he had been elected president in 2024, but that didn’t happen. I love JD. I’ve never been shy about that. I’ve taken a lot of abuse for saying that,” Carlson said. “Probably haven’t helped him at all by saying that. I don’t agree with him on everything, of course, but I think he’s an honest, very smart, decent person. That puts him above almost all politicians I’ve ever met.”