Trump-Carlson Rift Grows Over Iran Threat Post

President Donald Trump faced sharp criticism from former Fox News host Tucker Carlson over an Easter Sunday social media post threatening military action against Iran, escalating a public rift between the two once-close allies amid an ongoing U.S.-Israeli campaign in the region.

The post, published on Truth Social just after 8 a.m. on April 5, 2026, warned that "Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fkin Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah." Trump, who signed the message as "President DONALD J. TRUMP," tied the threat to demands for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping route for global oil. The profanity-laced message, issued on a Christian holiday, drew immediate backlash for its tone and the apparent reference to Islam at the end.

Carlson, in a Monday episode of his podcast, The Tucker Carlson Show, condemned the post as "vile on every level" and accused Trump of mocking both Islam and Christianity. "You’re tweeting out the f-word on Easter morning? ... So, obviously you’re mocking the religion of Iran," Carlson said. "No...