Tucker Carlson on his MAGA split and Trump's 'nihilism' | NPR's Newsmakers artwork
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Tucker Carlson on his MAGA split and Trump's 'nihilism' | NPR's Newsmakers

Sep 24, 2026 · 57 min

Tucker Carlson is talking about what happened behind closed doors in his very public break with President Trump.In this episode of NPR's Newsmakers, Carlson told host Steve Inskeep about a meeting with Trump in which, he says, Trump dismissed his concerns about the Iran war by saying, "We'll all die anyway."Carlson has taken the view not only that Israel influenced Trump to launch the war, but tha…