'This will haunt me for years': Tucker Carlson apologizes for helping Trump come to power

The former Fox News host, who once actively supported the 47th US president, has recently sharply criticized him for his actions regarding Iran. Now, Tucker Carlson regrets his support for Donald Trump, reports NBC News.

Tucker said in a video posted on April 20 that it would "harrow him for a long time" and apologized for "misleading people."

"I think this is the moment when you have to examine your conscience," Carlson said on "The Tucker Carlson Show," referring to his role and the involvement of other Trump supporters. "You know, this is going to haunt us for a long time. It will haunt me for sure. And I want to say I apologize for misleading people. It wasn't intentional."

Carlson, a previously staunch supporter of the president, noted in the video that he was involved in Trump's campaign: "We were certainly involved in that."

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"It's not enough to just say, 'Well, I've changed my mind,'" Carlson admitted during a program in which he spoke with his brother, Buckley Carlson. "Or, 'Oh, that's too bad, I'm leaving.' The fact is that, in small but very real ways, you and I and millions of people like us have caused what's happening now."

Carlson's statements come amid a growing rift among right-wing politicians and commentators over Trump's handling of the Iran war. Trump currently has the lowest approval rating of his second presidency, as more and more Americans are dissatisfied with his handling of inflation and rising costs of living—issues that consistently remain top of mind for voters.

In response to a request for comment, the White House referred Trump to an April 9 post on Truth Social in which he said Carlson and other former allies turned critics "have one thing in common: low IQ."

"These are stupid people, they know it, their families know it, and everyone else knows it!" Trump wrote in a lengthy post.

After Carlson criticized the 47th president's Iran policy earlier this month, Trump told the New York Post that he considered Carlson a "low-IQ person" who "has absolutely no idea what's going on."

Carlson isn't the only prominent Trump supporter to turn against him in recent months. Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and former Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene have called for the 25th Amendment to be invoked to remove Trump from office. Carrie Prejean Boller, who served on the House Religious Freedom Commission until February and was appointed by Trump, called him an "evil psychopath" on Instagram, while far-right influencer Candace Owens described the Trump administration as "satanic."

Influential podcasters have also criticized the president's actions regarding Iran. Joe Rogan said in March that some Trump supporters feel "betrayed" by the war, and Theo Vaughn questioned whether the Trump administration is helping ordinary Americans. However, even before the conflict, prominent podcasters had criticized him on issues such as immigration, the Epstein case, and US relations with Israel.

Carlson had long been a vocal supporter of the president, but during Trump's second term, he became increasingly critical of him, particularly for his policy toward Iran. He had previously called on the president's military advisers to reject any plans to kill Iranian civilians and sharply condemned Trump's tweet earlier this month, in which he called on Iran to "open the damn Strait" and called the Iranian government "crazy bastards." According to Carlson, the tweet was disgusting.

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Carlson's son, Buckley Carlson, worked in the press office of Vice President J.D. Vance, but recently left to start his own company.

Carlson left Fox News in 2023 shortly after the network agreed to pay $787,5 million to Dominion Voting Systems in a defamation lawsuit.

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