Carlson alleges Netanyahu urged Trump to consider Iran nuclear strike

Tucker Carlson alleged that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is urging President Donald Trump to consider a nuclear strike on Iran, but the claims of imminent planning have not been independently verified. Carlson said Trump might decide by November 7 whether to use nuclear weapons, while reporting on the same situation said no final decision had been made and diplomacy was continuing. In a November 2 post on X, Carlson identified Pickax Mountain in central Iran as the alleged target. He claimed Israeli intelligence believes Iran has restarted uranium enrichment there and said the underground facility could not be destroyed by conventional weapons. Those assertions, including his account of pressure from Netanyahu, were attributed to Carlson and were not supported by publicly verifiable evidence in the reporting. Carlson cited an unnamed informed observer for his claim that Netanyahu was pushing Trump to approve an attack and contacting him regularly. He also argued that Netanyahu’s political position after recent Israeli elections was driving the alleged pressure. The reports did not independently establish either the private lobbying or Carlson’s account of...