Mark Hertling, on The Bulwark, puts Carlson in the absolutely crazy category for passing rumors about a nuclear strike
Mark HertlingRetired U.S. Army lieutenant general and former commander of U.S. Army Europe, on The Bulwark's Command Post
On The Bulwark's Command Post, Hertling says that the use of any U.S. nuclear weapon near Pickax Mountain would prompt every nuclear-capable nation to react, and that he puts anyone who recommends such use or passes rumors about it, as he says Carlson is doing, in the absolutely crazy category.
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Under pressure from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Trump administration may be within days of launching a nuclear strike on Pickax Mountain in central Iran, and Trump is likely to decide by Nov. 7, 2026, whether to use nuclear weapons.
“Anyone that would recommend the use of a nuclear weapon or even pass rumors about it like Tucker Carlson is doing, I'm going to put him in the absolutely crazy category.”
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Tucker Carlson says the Trump administration may be days from a nuclear strike on Iran; the White House says he has no insight into military planning
Tucker Carlson wrote on X that, under pressure from Benjamin Netanyahu, the Trump administration may be within days of a nuclear strike on Iran's Pickax Mountain. A White House official said Carlson has no insight into military planning.
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Episode of The Bulwark's Command Post, posted on its YouTube channel, in which host Ben Parker reads Carlson's post paragraph by paragraph and retired Army Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling responds.
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After host Ben Parker reads the first paragraph of Carlson's post, Hertling lists the U.S. nuclear weapons that could be used and says that once one is dropped near Pickax Mountain, every nuclear-capable nation will react and the genie will again be out of the bottle.
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Parker moves to the next paragraph of Carlson's post. Later in the episode Hertling says he does not know what Carlson is trying to do and that Carlson is not one of the people he would rely on to predict what might happen in future combat.
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The reference point is Carlson's claim that, under pressure from Netanyahu, the Trump administration may be within days of a nuclear strike on Iran's Pickax Mountain. Hertling describes Carlson's post as passing rumors and later says Carlson is not someone he would rely on to predict future combat, disputing the credibility of the claim.
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