Donald Trump 'under pressure from Benjamin Netanyahu' to launch nuclear strike on Iran, Tucker Carlson warns
BREAKING Shabana Mahmood waters down migrant crackdown after caving to rebel Labour MPs 1793636911.249 Donald Trump 'under pressure from Benjamin Netanyahu' to launch nuclear strike on Iran, Tucker Carlson warns Speculation continues to swirl that the US leader will resume strikes on Tehran after the Midterms Sign up to the US Politics Newsletter I agree to receive updates and information about my account, the GB News Community, and related products and services from GB News.
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The Israeli Prime Minister, who is currently mired in an election deadlock to form a new government, is said to be pressing Washington for a historic escalation in the war with Tehran. Mr Carlson, citing no other sources beyond an “informed observer”, said that a nuclear strike on the Islamic Republic could be just “days away”. The talk show host, who has been intensely critical of President Trump’s campaign against Iran and his relationship with Mr Netanyahu, made the remarks in a lengthy social media post.
TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say He suggested the target for a nuclear strike would be Pickaxe Mountain, found a mile from the Natanz Nuclear complex and home to a suspected vast underground facility. Mr Carlson said the site is where “Israeli intelligence claims the Iranian government has restarted its nuclear enrichment program”. “No conventional weapon in the American arsenal can penetrate 300 feet of solid granite to destroy the tunnels where enrichment is supposedly taking place.”
Left out here: Leaves out what changes the picture
The article says Pickaxe Mountain is where Israeli intelligence claims Iran has restarted enrichment. It gives no Iranian account of the site. Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei has said no nuclear activity takes place there. Without this, a reader believes the claim that enrichment is under way at the site goes unanswered.
How we know
- Daily Mail reported“has previously said that 'no nuclear activity is taking place' at Pickaxe Mountain”Tucker Carlson claims Trump may be days away from using a nuke on Iran to destroy its Pickaxe mountain lair in move that would mean 'WW3 is inevitable' (opens in a new tab)
In June 2025, the US launched Operation Midnight Hammer to strike the Islamic Republic’s nuclear sites at Fordow, Isfahan and Natanz. Tucker Carlson has claimed Donald Trump is under pressure from Benjamin Netanyahu to launch a nuclear strike against Iran | GETTY After the attack, Washington said bunker buster bombs, dropped from B-2 Spirit stealth bombers, had successfully penetrated the facilities' defences and knocked out Tehran’s nuclear weapons capacity.
However, strategic analysis suggests such weapons would be ineffective against a hypothetical base buried deep within Pickaxe Mountain. “The only military option is a nuclear strike,” Mr Carlson claimed, adding that his source told him that Mr Netanyahu “calls Trump about it every day”. President Trump previously spoke on Pickaxe Mountain, suggesting on October 15 that the US could strike the complex. Mr Carlson cited only an 'informed observer' in his lengthy X post | GETTY LATEST DEVELOPMENTS Donald Trump warns he will become 'Mr Veto' if Republicans lose control of Congress Benjamin Netanyahu accuses Arab parties of ‘stealing’ Israeli election as deadlock looms Hamas commander who held Irish-Israeli girl, 8, hostage killed in series of IDF airstrikes The target of the alleged strike would be Iran's Pickaxe Mountain, believed to house an underground nuclear base | GETTY “Their nuclear is buried under millions of tons of mountain.
Now we're looking at Pickaxe Mountain. We may have to go there. We'll take a shot at that one. We'll knock it out fast,” he said. Later that month, the US leader admitted: “We still have to take care of, I would say, one or two sites, but we can do that in 10 minutes. “You probably could look at Pickaxe Mountain, and you have to take care of that. We can do that all very quickly,” he added. Speculation continues to swirl that President Trump will resume the bombing campaign against Iran following tomorrow’s Midterm elections.
Left out here: Leaves out what changes the picture
The article quotes Trump in S17 to S25 saying the US could strike Pickaxe Mountain, placed straight after Carlson's claim that 'the only military option is a nuclear strike'. It never says that Trump explicitly ruled out using nuclear weapons against Iran in an October 16 interview. Without this, a reader takes Trump's remarks as support for Carlson's claim that a nuclear strike is close, when Trump had said publicly he would not use one.
How we know
- Ynet News (English) reported“Trump explicitly ruled out using nuclear weapons against Iran”Tucker Carlson: Netanyahu ‘cornered and desperate,’ pushing Trump for Iran attack (opens in a new tab)
President Trump has suggested the US could bomb Pickaxe Mountain previously | GETTY A Wall Street Journal report suggested that the US leader spoke with Mr Netanyahu about returning to strikes this week, although the specifics of their discussion are unknown. Mr Carlson also claimed that Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth and Central Command commander Brad Cooper were also being pressured to launch a nuclear strike. The talk show host alleged that Mr Netanyahu was “cornered and desperate” following last week’s Israeli election results.
“He can’t form a government unless Trump intervenes directly in Israeli politics and brokers a deal with other parties that gives Netanyahu 61 seats in the Knesset,” Mr Carlson said. Israeli elections remain deadlocked, with no party gaining enough seats to form a government | GETTY Mr Netanyahu's right-wing bloc, comprising Likud and its ultra-nationalist and religious Orthodox allies, has secured 53 seats, eight short of the 61 required to command a parliamentary majority.
Former IDF commander Gadi Eisenkot's centrist Yashar Party and its “change bloc” partners won 48 seats. The deadlock has been further complicated by the surprise success of Arab parties, with Joint List taking 12 seats, whilst Ra'am, the conservative party led by Mansour Abbas, claiming seven. It means that the two Arab parties could now act as potential kingmakers. Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter US Politics Donald Trump warns he will become 'Mr Veto' if Republicans lose control of Congress US Politics Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens anti-Semitism row fractures Democratic party days before 2026 midterms US Politics Donald Trump cancels weekend rallies ahead of next week's midterms - 'I feel perfect!'
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