Overview
- Carlson posted a clip on X asserting the U.S. government “has finally admitted that chemtrails are real,” promoting an episode featuring conspiracy advocate Dane Wigington.
- X appended a community note to the post stating there has been no U.S. government admission confirming the conspiracy.
- Commentators from across the political spectrum ridiculed the segment, with National Review’s Rich Lowry calling it “parodic” and others labeling the premise unserious.
- Aviation and meteorology professionals refuted the claim, noting the logistical impossibility of covert large‑scale spraying and clarifying that persistent trails are ordinary contrails.
- HuffPost and Mediaite highlighted Wigington’s history of pseudoscientific assertions, including a past claim that the government caused California’s 2011–2017 drought.