Political commentator Tucker Carlson has issued a surprising apology tied to his past endorsement of Donald Trump.
During a recent episode of his podcast, the conservative broadcaster said he has been grappling with regret, describing himself as feeling “tormented” by having supported the president.
Carlson, who previously hosted on Fox News, revisited his earlier backing of Trump on Monday’s episode of The Tucker Carlson Show.
“You know, we’ll be tormented by it for a long time – I will be,” Tucker Carlson told Buckley Carlson, his brother and a former Trump speechwriter. “And I want to say I’m sorry for misleading people. It was not intentional, that’s all I’ll say.”
His comments arrive as criticism continues to grow over Trump’s approach to the Iran war.
“It’s not enough to say, ‘Well, I changed my mind,'” Carlson mused. “Or like, ‘Oh, this is bad. I’m out.’ It’s like, in very small ways, but in real ways, you and me and millions of people like us for the reason this is happening right now.”
Desecrating Easter was the first step toward nuclear war. Christians need to understand where Trump is taking us.
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Carlson has also aired his concerns publicly in recent weeks. “Christians need to understand where Trump is taking us,” he wrote on X earlier this month.
The post followed a message from Trump on Truth Social in which he warned Iran to ‘open the f—–g Strait, you crazy b——s, you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah’.
“How dare you speak that way on Easter morning to the country?” Carlson said in his podcast in response to Trump. “Who do you think you are? You’re tweeting out the f-word on Easter morning.”
Trump later hit back, calling Carlson a ‘low IQ person’ and insisting his former supporter ‘has absolutely no idea what’s going on’, The New York Post reports.
“He calls me all the time; I don’t respond to his calls. I don’t deal with him. I like dealing with smart people, not fools,” the president continued.
Recent polling suggests Trump’s latest moves may not be landing well with the public.
Several Republican Party figures have criticised the president after he shared an AI-generated image that appeared to portray him as Jesus, though Trump said it was intended to depict him as a doctor.
Trump has also found himself in a highly visible and at times confusing dispute with Pope Leo XIV, who has openly condemned the U.S. over its war with Iran. Trump has described the Pope as ‘weak on crime’ and ‘terrible for foreign policy’.
Trump recorded his strongest approval rating of the current term shortly after returning to office on January 20, when it reached 47 percent.
However, the most recent figures show just 36 percent of Americans approving of Trump’s performance as of April 2026.
At the same time, pressure has mounted for Trump to bring the Iran war to an end, which his administration began alongside Israel in February, as global oil prices have climbed to record highs.
Trump has also faced sustained backlash from Americans over inflation and the rising cost of living.