Tucker Carlson called President Donald Trump a "slave" to Israel and said his handling of their war on Iran is "awful to watch" as the feud between the two continues to escalate.
"I’ve always liked Trump and still feel sorry for him, as I do for all slaves," the former Fox News host told Newsmax on April 10. He added that Trump "can't make his own decisions" and that the president is "hemmed in by other forces."
Carlson doubled down on his interpretation of the president when asked whether he thinks Trump is a "slave to Benjamin Netanyahu" in an interview on the BBC's "Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg" on April 12.
"I don't think it is as simple as 'he is under the control of Netanyahu,' but you could certainly summarize it that way and you wouldn’t be totally inaccurate," Carlson said, clarifying he blamed Israel for the U.S. entering the war. "We know this because the single biggest mistake Trump – or any American president in my lifetime – has made was going to war with Iran in an effort to change its regime."
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