posted June 16, 2025 10:43 PM            

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) defended Tucker Carlson on Monday after President Donald Trump called the former Fox News host “kooky” for opposing further U.S. involvement in Israel’s attacks against Iran.

“Somebody please explain to kooky Tucker Carlson that, ‘IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON!'” wrote Trump on Monday evening. “AMERICA FIRST means many GREAT things, including the fact that, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!”

Reacting to Trump’s attack, Greene posted a photo with Carlson and wrote:

Tucker Carlson is one of my favorite people.

He fiercely loves his wife, children, and our country.

Since being fired by the neocon network Fox News, he has more popularity and viewers than ever before.

He unapologetically believes the same things I do.

That if we don’t fight for our own country and our own people then we will no longer have a country for our children and our grandchildren.

And foreign wars/intervention/regime change put America last, kill innocent people, are making us broke, and will ultimately lead to our destruction.

That’s not kooky.

That’s what millions of Americans voted for.

It’s what we believe is America First.

The congresswoman also warned against further involvement in the conflict earlier on Monday, writing, “Pray for our troops. Pray for the innocent people in Israel and Iran. Pray that we aren’t attacked on our homeland after our border was open for 4 years and millions of people and millions of gotaways came in. War has bad consequences. We voted for America First.”

Carlson accused Trump of being “complicit in the act of war” and aiding Israel’s attacks against Iran on Friday.