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Trial Balloon · Ep. 192: November Surprises

Tucker Carlson Escalates Attacks On ‘Homicidal’ Trump

August 7, 2026 · 5:01 pm ET · Leave a Comment

“Tucker Carlson eviscerated President Donald Trump, once his close ally, during a 90-minute monologue this week, claiming that Trump has proven himself ‘incapable of leadership’ by threatening the use of nuclear weapons in Iran,” Mediaite reports.

Said Carlson: “So you have the President of the United States—whatever they tell you—openly threatening the use of nuclear weapons in a conflict that has no immediate or obvious resolution. So where’s that going? Well, toward a nuclear strike. And what happens then, God knows.”

He added: “But if you can even live with that fact—if you could even say, or just acknowledge without words, that yeah, this could wind up with people unleashing nuclear weapons on civilian populations—you’re already around the bend. You’ve already proven yourself incapable of leadership, because that’s crazy. That’s beyond reckless. That’s, well, it’s literally suicidal. And homicidal.”

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