Will Trump’s Nuclear Attack on Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain Start World War III? Tucker Carlson’s Warning Explained | Today’s news
American conservative commentator Tucker Carlson claimed on Sunday (local time) that the US could launch a nuclear strike against Iran, targeting Mount Pickaxe in central Iran, and warned that such a move could trigger World War III.
In a post on X, Carlson argued that the use of a nuclear weapon by the United States would encourage other nuclear-armed countries to launch attacks of their own.
Carlson claimed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged Trump to authorize the attack on Pickaxe Mountain, where Israeli intelligence says Iran has resumed uranium enrichment. He argued that conventional US weapons could not penetrate the deeply buried facility, making nuclear attack the only military option.
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He wrote: “The rest of the world is equally exposed. No country other than the United States has ever used a nuclear weapon in war. Some would like to. An American nuclear attack on Iran would set a new precedent. The Russians have already told at least two other governments that an American nuclear strike on Iran would exempt them from using nuclear weapons against Ukraine. Pakistan and India would be tempted to do the same against Ukraine. After World War I, North Korea, as the first nuclear a war in North Korea. that war would be short and final.”
Carlson also claimed that the administration had quietly changed US nuclear policy since February to facilitate the first use of tactical nuclear weapons. He criticized politicians from both parties for failing to challenge what he described as the growing risk of nuclear conflict.
He wrote: “We’ve been sleepwalking to this point for months. Since February, the administration has quietly rewritten US nuclear doctrine to make the first use of so-called ‘nuclear weapons on the battlefield’ easier and therefore more likely. No one in Washington or either party seems to care. Now we’re on the brink.”
Trump renews strike warning against Iran
Carlson’s warnings come as US President Donald Trump renewed his threats to launch new strikes against Iran. At a rally in Iowa on Sunday (local time), Trump said: “And the only reason I’m not done with Iran is because I want to be nice. I want to try to save all those lives if I can…But at some point we’re going to have to give them the hammer.”
He had previously made similar remarks when addressing reporters in Washington, saying: “Do you really think I’m going to tell you if I’m going to do it?” He added: “And there’s a chance I’ll do it. There’s also a chance we’ll have a nice, big, beautiful deal.”
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The US president has previously said that he will decide on the future course of action towards Iran once the US mid-term elections are over.
While it remains unclear whether Russia would launch a nuclear attack on Ukraine if the U.S. used nuclear weapons against Iran, Russian officials have made conditional threats of nuclear weapons earlier during the war in Ukraine.
What has Russia previously said about using nuclear weapons?
According to a Reuters report in July 2023, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Moscow would have to use a nuclear weapon against Ukraine if Kiev’s counteroffensive at the time succeeded. He made the remarks in a message posted on his social media accounts, adding that Moscow would retreat from its nuclear doctrine in such a scenario.
Medvedev, the deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, a body chaired by President Vladimir Putin, said: “Imagine if … the offensive, which is supported by NATO, was successful and they took away part of our country, then we would be forced to use a nuclear weapon according to the rules of the decree of the President of Russia.” He added: “There would simply be no other option. So our enemies should pray for the success of our warriors. They are ensuring that a global nuclear conflagration is not ignited.”
His remarks referred to territory Russia unilaterally annexed from Ukraine and claimed as its own, a move condemned by Kiev and much of the West. His statement was more of a conditional threat than an announcement of a decision to launch a nuclear strike.
