In a late-September interview, a former ally who once campaigned for the president has turned into one of his sharpest critics, arguing that the nuclear language Donald Trump aimed at Iran this spring should have triggered removal from office. The moment belongs to a longer human pattern: when power is wielded with apocalyptic words, the question becomes who inside the system is willing to say that the words themselves are the offense. Carlson's answer is that the Cabinet should have acted, and his forecast is that accountability, if it comes, will arrive through the back door of corruption ra
Tucker Carlson Says Trump Should Be Removed Under 25th Amendment Over Iran Nuclear Threat
"He should have been bundled up and taken out."
Mark
Why does this carry any weight? Plenty of people criticize Trump.
Mimi
Because of who is saying it. Carlson campaigned for Trump in 2024. Now he's saying the Cabinet should have removed him over the Iran threats.
Mark
What exactly is he reacting to?
Mimi
April, when Iran first closed the Strait of Hormuz. Trump warned that a whole civilization would die, then on Easter Sunday posted about Power Plant Day and Bridge Day.
Luke
Worth being clear that this is Carlson's opinion. Nothing in the reporting says anyone in the Cabinet considered the 25th Amendment.
Mark
He said it was a crime. Is that established?
Luke
No. That's his characterization. The source doesn't cite any legal analysis or any official finding.
Mimi
Still, he was asked directly by Inskeep and he didn't soften it. He said yes, it should have been used.
Mark
And his prediction about impeachment?
Luke
That's a forecast, nothing more. He says Democrats will go after corruption, not the war. We don't know what any of them plan.
Mimi
What stands out is his claim that the war threat itself won't be punished.
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- A former Trump campaigner now calls the president's April nuclear threat against Iran a crime and demands removal under the 25th Amendment.
- Trump's warning that 'a whole civilization will die tonight' landed while the Strait of Hormuz stood closed, raising the stakes of every word.
- Carlson's call to 'bundle up' the president and remove him pushes a fringe constitutional remedy into mainstream political debate.
- No Cabinet action or White House response has surfaced, and the 25th Amendment remains a demand rather than a process.
- Carlson predicts that Democrats will pursue impeachment over corruption rather than the war, leaving the Iran question unresolved.
In a late-September interview, a former ally who once campaigned for the president has turned into one of his sharpest critics, arguing that the nuclear language Donald Trump aimed at Iran this spring should have triggered removal from office. The moment belongs to a longer human pattern: when power is wielded with apocalyptic words, the question becomes who inside the system is willing to say that the words themselves are the offense. Carlson's answer is that the Cabinet should have acted, and his forecast is that accountability, if it comes, will arrive through the back door of corruption rather than through the war that prompted his anger.
On NPR, Tucker Carlson, once a Fox News host and a Trump campaigner in 2024, said the president should have been removed from office by his own Cabinet under the 25th Amendment. The remark came after the president's threat of nuclear attack on Iran earlier this year, which Carlson described as a crime with no greater equal. When NPR's Steve Inskeep asked directly whether the amendment should have been invoked, Carlson said yes, adding that the president should have been bundled up and taken out.
The weight of the words comes from the speaker's history. Carlson has become one of the loudest voices against the war with Iran and against Israel's role in it, a turn that makes his criticism harder to dismiss as ordinary partisanship. The threat he points to dates to April, when Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz and Trump warned that a whole civilization would die that night. On Easter Sunday he escalated, promising a strike on power plants and bridges and telling Iranian leaders they would live in hell unless the strait reopened.
Carlson also predicted that any impeachment push from Democrats would not center on the war. In his telling, they would pursue corruption or something similar, and the president would not be punished for the threat itself. The source records no reply from the White House or Cabinet, and no sign that the 25th Amendment is under active consideration. What remains is a prediction and a demand from a former ally, and an argument over how history will judge the Iran policy.
In an interview with NPR, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson said President Donald Trump should have been removed from office by his own Cabinet, using the 25th Amendment, after threatening nuclear war earlier this year. "It's enough for me to say he should be removed from office," Carlson said, adding that Cabinet secretaries should have acted the moment Trump threatened a nuclear attack.
NPR host Steve Inskeep pressed him on the point, asking directly whether the 25th Amendment should have been invoked. Carlson confirmed it. He said Trump should have been "bundled up and taken out," and called the threat a crime, saying there is no greater one.
The remarks carry weight because of where Carlson comes from. He campaigned for Trump in 2024 and has since become one of the president's loudest critics, particularly over the war with Iran and the part Israel has played in it.
The threat Carlson is pointing to dates to April. Iran had closed the Strait of Hormuz for the first time in the conflict, and Trump responded publicly, warning that "a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again." The warning was aimed at Iran.
On Easter Sunday, Trump followed with a post on social media. "Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!!" he wrote. He then demanded that Iran open the strait, using profanity and telling Iranian leaders they would otherwise be living in Hell.
Carlson also looked ahead to what political consequences Trump might face. He said Democrats will likely try to impeach the president, but not over the Iran war. In his view, they will build a case around something like corruption instead. "He's not going to be punished for it," Carlson said of the war threat, adding that Democrats would "get him on corruption or whatever."
The source does not report any response from the White House or from Cabinet members, and nothing suggests the 25th Amendment is under active consideration. What the interview records is a prediction and a call from a former ally, and it frames the argument over how Trump's Iran policy will be judged, and by whom.
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It's enough for me to say he should be removed from office.— Tucker Carlson, NPR interview
He's not going to be punished for it. They'll get him on corruption or whatever.— Tucker Carlson, NPR interview
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