Overview
- Carlson, in a Monday podcast, condemned Trump’s Easter post as “vile on every level,” said no president should mock Islam, and warned that striking power plants and bridges would be a war crime.
- Trump responded on Tuesday by calling Carlson a “low-IQ person,” saying he no longer takes his calls, in what marks a sharp break with a onetime ally.
- Trump’s Truth Social message threatened to hit Iranian civilian infrastructure unless Tehran reopened the Strait of Hormuz, and he later warned that “a whole civilization will die tonight” ahead of an 8 p.m. ET deadline.
- The post drew bipartisan alarm, with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries saying “something is really wrong” and calling for a wellness check, while other lawmakers questioned the legality and judgment behind the threats.
- The blowup highlights a split inside the MAGA movement, with figures like Marjorie Taylor Greene condemning the message and Laura Loomer praising it, as legal experts note international law bars deliberate attacks on civilian infrastructure and the Hormuz chokepoint keeps global oil prices on edge.