Top-rated conservative podcast host Tucker Carlson set social media on fire Saturday when he announced that he had sat down for an interview with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.
The shocking announcement comes just under two weeks after President Donald Trump negotiated a ceasefire to the Iran-Israel conflict, which came after a wildly successful U.S. strike on several Iranian nuclear sites.
“We just finished up an interview with Masoud Pezeshkian, who is the president of Iran. A 70-year-old heart surgeon who leads the country we were just at war with a week-and-a-half ago,” Carlson said in a video announcement. He then acknowledged that the interview would be perceived as controversial, saying “we know we will be doing this interview but we did it anyway” before explaining his reasoning.
“Well, we did it because we were just at war with Iran ten days ago and maybe, again. And so our view, which has remained consistent over time, is that Americans have the constitutional right, and the god-given right, to all the information they can gather about matters that affect them,” Carlson continued. “If their country is doing something in their name…
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