Tucker Carlson claims Netanyahu is pushing Trump towards a nuclear strike on Iran that could come within days
Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu and JD Vance. Tucker Carlson alleged on Sunday that Netanyahu had been calling Trump daily to press for a nuclear strike on Iran within days.Trump told reporters on Saturday that talks with Iran were "going fine" and he was "not in much of a hurry" — even as he warned he could wipe out Iran's remaining nuclear sites "in 10 minutes.Iran's Pickaxe Mountain facility, which Tucker Carlson claimed on Sunday is impenetrable to conventional munitions, making a nuclear strike "the only military option.Tucker Carlson, whose claims were contradicted by Marco Rubio, who said no final decision on resuming strikes had been made.
Tucker Carlson posted on X Sunday alleging that Netanyahu phones Trump daily to press for a nuclear strike on Iran's Pickaxe Mountain facility, claiming Trump could decide as soon as 7 November. Carlson offered no verified evidence, cited only unnamed sources, and on 16 October Trump explicitly rejected the idea of using nuclear weapons against Iran, saying: 'We don't have to.'
Carlson claims Pickaxe Mountain's 300 feet of solid granite makes it impenetrable to conventional weapons, leaving nuclear strike as the 'only military option.'
Vice President JD Vance and envoy Steve Witkoff are reportedly pushing for a negotiated deal, with a peace agreement said to be under discussion in Doha.
Carlson warned that a ground-level nuclear detonation would spread radioactive contamination across the Persian Gulf, putting the drinking water of roughly 100 million people at risk.
