Tucker Carlson criticizes Trump’s expletive-fueled Easter message threatening Iran: ‘Who do you think you are?’ | EUROtoday

Conservative broadcaster Tucker Carlson has criticized President Donald Trump over his expletive-laden social media broadside towards Iran on Easter Sunday, asking: “Who do you think you are?”

Ahead of his late Tuesday deadline for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the closure of which through the struggle has prompted world oil costs to spike, Trump warned on Truth Social that the U.S. army will bomb the nation’s bridges, energy crops, and different civilian infrastructure except motion is taken.

“Open the F***in’ Strait, you crazy b*****ds, or you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah,” the president wrote.

Reacting on The Tucker Carlson Show Monday, the host – who has lengthy been against army intervention towards Iran – addressed the president straight, asking: “Who do you think you are? You’re tweeting out the f-word on Easter morning?

“So, obviously you’re mocking the religion of Iran. OK. If you seek a religious war, that’s a good idea. But by the way, no decent person mocks other people’s religions. You may have a problem with the theology. Presumably, you do if it’s not your religion, and you can explain what that is.

“But to mock other people’s faith is to mock the idea of faith itself. And we should never mock that because at its core is the acknowledgement that we are not in charge of the universe. We did not build it. We won’t be here at the end of it. We can destroy life. We cannot create it because we are not God.”

Carlson continued: “The message of all faith at the biggest picture level is the message in our Bible, which is you are not God. And only if you think you are, do you talk this way.

“But it’s not just mockery of Islam. And no president should mock Islam. That’s not your job. This is not a theocracy. We don’t go to war with other theocracies to find out which theocracy is more effective. We are not a theocracy. And God willing, we never will be because theocracies corrupt the religion.”

In the identical episode, the host additionally urged the struggle may quantity to “a very stealthy, yet incredibly effective attack on what, from a Christian perspective, is the true faith, belief in Jesus,” a take conservative pundit Meghan McCain succinctly labelled “psychoville.”

Trump and Carlson have been shut allies previously, however appeared to have a break up over final summer time’s Operation Midnight Hammer strikes on Iran’s nuclear amenities, about which the previous Fox News host expressed robust disapproval and clashed with Republican hawks like Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.

The president has since stated Carlson has “lost his way”, whereas the latter has referred to as the present struggle “absolutely disgusting and evil”.

Former Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene was among the many first on the fitting to specific her disapproval of Trump’s submit, writing on X (Twitter): “On Easter morning, this is what President Trump posted.

“Everyone in his administration that claims to be a Christian needs to fall on their knees and beg forgiveness from God and stop worshipping the president and intervene in Trump’s madness.

“I know all of you and him and he has gone insane, and all of you are complicit.”

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries additionally reacted on X Sunday afternoon, commenting: “Disgusting and unhinged Easter message from Donald Trump. Something is really wrong with this guy.”