‘No president should mock Islam’: Tucker Carlson blasts Trump’s Easter post threatening Iran

Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson on Monday condemned US President Donald Trump for mocking Islam in a controversial Easter-morning social media post threatening Iran.

“No president should mock Islam, that's not your job,” Carlson said, denouncing the president’s language and religious tone.

The dispute erupted April 5, Easter Sunday, when Trump posted a profanity-laden message on Truth Social warning that “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the F‑‑‑in’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah.”

Carlson, an ally of the president who has grown increasingly critical of the US war in the Middle East, argued the post mocked religious faith itself.

“Who do you think you are? You’re tweeting out the f-word on Easter morning. So, obviously, you’re mocking the religion of Iran. OK. If you seek a religious war, that’s a good idea. But by the way, no decent person mocks other people’s religions.

“You may have a problem with the theology. Presumably, you do if it’s not your religion, and you can explain what that is. But to mock other people’s faith is to mock the idea of faith itself,” he said.

‘You are not God’

Carlson added that Trump’s rhetoric suggested a Godlike self-perception.

“The message of all faith at the biggest picture level is the message in our Bible, which is you are not God. And only if you think you are, do you talk this way. But it’s not just mockery of Islam.

“This is not a theocracy. We don’t go to war with other theocracies to find out which theocracy is more effective. We are not a theocracy. And God willing, we never will be because theocracies corrupt the religion.”

Trump escalated his warnings on Tuesday, posting that “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again” if Iran does not agree to a ceasefire deal, calling the deadline “one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World.”

Carlson, who campaigned for Trump in 2024 and has supported many of his policies, is among several right-wing media figures who have grown critical of the president since the war began.

He and others have suggested US policy in the region is being influenced by Israel and warned that Trump may come to regret military actions against Iran.