--- title: "Tucker Carlson Claims Trump Could start Nuclear Strike on Iran due to Netanyahu Pressure" url: https://alitoday.com/tucker-carlson-claims-trump-could-start-nuclear-strike-on-iran-due-to-netanyahu-pressure/ date: 2026-11-03 modified: 2026-11-03 lang: en author: "Alitoday" description: "NEW YORK: US political commentator and former Fox News host Tucker Carlson has claimed that President Donald Trump’s administration could be days away from launching a nuclear strike against Iran...." categories: - "News" - "Top Stories" - "World" tags: - "Benjamin Netanyahu" - "Donald Trump" - "Iran" - "Mojtaba Khamenei" - "Nuclear Strike" - "Tucker Carlson" - "USA" image: https://i0.wp.com/alitoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/converted-2.webp?fit=840%2C527&ssl=1 word_count: 1542 --- # Tucker Carlson Claims Trump Could start Nuclear Strike on Iran due to Netanyahu Pressure **NEW YORK:** US political commentator and former Fox News host [Tucker Carlson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucker_Carlson) has claimed that President Donald Trump’s administration could be days away from launching a nuclear strike against Iran. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pressuring Washington to authorise an attack on a suspected nuclear facility in central Iran. In a lengthy post on X late Sunday, [Carlson ](https://tuckercarlson.com/)identified the potential target as Pickaxe Mountain, an underground complex where Israeli intelligence allegedly believes Iran has resumed its nuclear enrichment programme. https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/2117071025955389828?a=ouake1W7dIyGrFVvqI8&s=20 "Under pressure from Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Trump administration may be within days of launching a nuclear strike on Iran. The target would be Pickax Mountain in central Iran, 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. The only military option is a nuclear strike. Netanyahu has been pushing hard for one. “Bibi calls Trump about it every day,” says an informed observer." "Netanyahu is cornered and desperate. After last week’s 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. Otherwise, he is out as prime minister and on his way to ignominy, investigations and possibly jail. Netanyahu must stay close to Trump. He needs this war." he added "To that end, he’s applied maximum pressure to his closest allies in the administration, including Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and CENTCOM commander Brad Cooper. Both oppose a negotiated settlement to the war they’ve so grievously mismanaged; both are pushing to restart major combat operations." "Secretary of State Marco Rubio and CIA director John Ratcliffe are also following Netanyahu’s lead, as are leaders of the Democratic Party. In a recent meeting on the subject, former president Barack Obama said he opposes the current Iran peace deal being drafted in Doha." "The rest of America’s longtime allies in the Middle East are terrified by the prospect of more war. On September 27th, Netanyahu flew secretly to Abu Dhabi to enlist the UAE in his lobbying effort for a final attack on Iran. The Emiratis refused. After eight months of conflict, Gulf economies are teetering. So are global energy and fertilizer markets. They won’t recover soon." "Globally, there are a total of about 850 supertankers used to transport oil from producers to the rest of the world. In October alone, 11 of them were badly damaged in Hormuz. At this pace, a global depression is imminent. A nuclear strike would radically accelerate the destruction. Fallout from a ground explosion at Pickax Mountain would contaminate the Persian Gulf, poisoning the water supply for 100 million people." "And those are just some of the immediate consequences for the region. The rest of the world is every bit as 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 free them to use nuclear weapons against Ukraine. Pakistan and India would be tempted to do the same against each other, as would North Korea against Seoul. After the first nuclear strike, World War Three is inevitable. That war would be short and final." "We’ve been sleepwalking toward this moment for months. Since February, the administration has quietly rewritten America’s nuclear doctrine to make first use of so-called “battlefield nukes” easier and therefore more likely. No one in Washington in either party seems bothered by this. Now we’re on the brink of it." "Close observers say Trump is likely to decide by next weekend whether or not to use nuclear weapons. That would be November 7, six days from now. To his credit, he’s hesitating. At the moment, Trump is listening to his vice president, JD Vance, and to his envoy and friend Steve Witkoff, both of whom argue a deal with Iran can be made." "They’re right, though it won’t be simple. The Iranians are famously frustrating to negotiate with under any circumstances, and elements of that government have become more radical since Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his family were killed in February." "After decades of isolation, even relatively moderate Iranian leaders seem confused by how decisions are made in the West. (There is a widespread belief in Tehran, for example, that the United States government controls Israel.) But overall, people who have spoken to decision-makers in Iran say there is consensus there that more war is bad for everyone and a deal is worth making." "One group that hasn’t been consulted so far is the global population — the hundreds of millions of people who will be killed along with their children if Trump is pushed by Netanyahu into launching a nuclear strike next week. Now would be the time for them to speak up." he said. However, Carlson’s claims have not been independently established, and there has been no public confirmation that the Trump administration has authorised or decided to carry out a nuclear strike. ## Netanyahu is pressing Trump Carlson claimed that conventional US weapons would be unable to penetrate the estimated 300 feet (91.44 metres) of solid granite protecting underground tunnels at the site, leaving a nuclear weapon as the only military option. Quoting an unnamed informed observer, "Bibi (Netanyahu) calls Trump about it every day." Carlson wrote. He further alleged that Netanyahu was pushing for renewed military operations partly because of his political position in Israel. According to Carlson, the Israeli prime minister needs Trump's intervention to secure a 61-seat majority in the Knesset and could otherwise face the loss of political power and possible legal investigations. Carlson also claimed that Netanyahu had been pressing senior US officials, including Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and US Central Command chief Admiral Brad Cooper, to resume major combat operations. He further alleged that Secretary of State Marco Rubio and CIA Director John Ratcliffe were following Netanyahu's position. These claims have not been independently verified. ## Carlson warns Carlson warned that a nuclear strike on Pickaxe Mountain could have consequences far beyond Iran. He claimed that a nuclear explosion at the site could contaminate the Persian Gulf and threaten the water supply of approximately 100 million people. He also warned that the use of a nuclear weapon by the United States could establish a dangerous international precedent, potentially increasing the risk of nuclear escalation involving Russia and Ukraine, India and Pakistan, and North Korea and South Korea. In his post, "After the first nuclear strike, World War Three is inevitable. That war would be short and final." Carlson wrote. He also alleged that the Trump administration had quietly revised US nuclear doctrine since February to make the first use of so-called battlefield nuclear weapons easier and more likely. No supporting documentation for this allegation was presented in the material cited by Carlson. ## Vance and Witkoff Carlson claimed that [Trump ](https://alitoday.com/tag/trump/)could make a decision by November 7 on whether to authorise the use of nuclear weapons against Iran. He added that Vice President JD Vance and US special envoy Steve Witkoff were urging the president to pursue a diplomatic agreement with Tehran rather than return to major military operations. Carlson said that people who had spoken with Iranian decision-makers believed there was a consensus that further conflict would benefit no one and that an agreement remained worth pursuing. "Now would be the time for them to speak up." Concluding his warning, he wrote. ## Trump mentions Pickaxe Mountain Carlson's warning followed remarks by Trump to reporters at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on Saturday. The US president said that one or two Iranian nuclear facilities remained potential targets and suggested that the military could strike them quickly. Trump specifically mentioned Pickaxe Mountain, saying: "You probably could look at Pickaxe Mountain, you have to take care of that. We can do that all very quickly." His remarks referred to a possible military strike but did not indicate that a nuclear attack had been authorised. The supplied Anadolu Agency report also noted that Trump had explicitly ruled out using nuclear weapons against Iran in an October 16 interview with Newsmax. ## White House Axios reported that Trump and [Netanyahu](https://alitoday.com/tag/netanyahu/) held a tense telephone conversation on Saturday, citing Israeli and US sources. According to that report, Netanyahu favoured renewed military action after Tuesday's US midterm elections, while Trump preferred to allow diplomatic negotiations to continue. A White House official, according to the Anadolu report, said the administration does not comment on sensitive military plans and that Trump was keeping all options open to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. Secretary of State Marco Rubio also reportedly said that no final decision had been made on resuming strikes. Iran, meanwhile, denies nuclear activity at the Pickaxe Mountain complex and has warned Washington and Tel Aviv against further attacks. As of November 3, Carlson's warning remains an allegation by the commentator, not confirmation of an approved US nuclear strike. The distinction is critical as diplomatic efforts and regional tensions continue to shape the situation.