{"id":2579914,"date":"2026-03-14T18:07:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T22:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tucker-carlson-says-voters-feel-let-down-by-trump-over-iran-war\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T18:09:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T22:09:42","slug":"tucker-carlson-says-voters-feel-let-down-by-trump-over-iran-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tucker-carlson-says-voters-feel-let-down-by-trump-over-iran-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Tucker Carlson says voters feel let down by Trump over Iran war"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftucker-carlson-says-voters-feel-let-down-by-trump-over-iran-war%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2579914&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Tucker Carlson argues that Trump voters feel let down by the president\u2019s willingness to go to war with Iran, calling it a betrayal of his pledge to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/glenn-greenwald-explains-the-cheneys-obsession-with-trump\/\" title=\"Glenn Greenwald Explains the Cheneys... Obsession With ...\">end foreign wars<\/a>. He describes the move as \u201cwounding\u201d to those who supported Trump because they wanted a break from interventionism. Carlson contends that the core Trump base includes many non-traditional Republicans who wanted change adn opposed expanding an Israel-first foreign policy, arguing that the Baby Boomer cohort (born 1946-1964) are not representative of the Trump coalition. The piece notes a Washington Post poll showing Republican support for strikes on Iran rising to about two-thirds, but Carlson maintains that many Trump supporters remain upset and divided. It also references Trump\u2019s own questions about Nobel Peace Prize prospects and mentions a campaign narrative or plan labeled \u201cOperation Epic Fury.\u201d white House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt downplays intra-MAGA tensions, insisting Trump leads the movement and frames the Iran action as defending American interests against terrorists.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Tucker Carlson says voters feel let down by Trump over Iran war<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2531800\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former Fox News host <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tucker-carlson\/\">Tucker Carlson<\/a> said President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> going to war with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\">Iran<\/a> is a &ldquo;betrayal&rdquo; to voters who supported the president because of his promise to end foreign wars.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Carlson said it&rsquo;s &ldquo;wounding&rdquo; that Trump went back on his word of no new foreign wars when the United States <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4475344\/iran-preemptive-strikes-israel-us\/\">launched joint missile strikes<\/a> with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\">Israel <\/a>against Iran.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4492282\/carr-broadcasters-fcc-licenses-iran-coverage\/\">Carr threatens to strip broadcasters of FCC licenses over Iran coverage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4492238\/iran-no-problem-new-supreme-leader\/\">Iranian foreign minister says there&#8217;s &#8216;no problem&#8217; with new Supreme Leader<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4492174\/israel-lebanon-talks-israel-prepares-invasion\/\">Israel and Lebanon to hold talks as Israel prepares invasion: Report<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Breaking faith with those people, those voters, the ones who actually got Trump elected, and whose coalition promised a new day in American politics, that&rsquo;s a big deal,&rdquo; Carlson said on <em>Piers Morgan Uncensored<\/em> Friday. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a betrayal.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;It&rsquo;s: &lsquo;I can&#8217;t believe he did this to us &ndash; I just feel so depressed about it&rsquo;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tucker Carlson says the majority of people who voted for Trump feel let down by him over Iran: &#8220;It&#8217;s heartbreaking!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Watch more&#128071; <\/p>\n<p>&#128250; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h6wbQP2U5N\">https:\/\/t.co\/h6wbQP2U5N<\/a><br \/> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/piersmorgan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@piersmorgan<\/a> | <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TuckerCarlson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TuckerCarlson<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9WyxbXftbb\">pic.twitter.com\/9WyxbXftbb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Piers Morgan Uncensored (@PiersUncensored) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PiersUncensored\/status\/2032534911568196088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 13, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Carlson, who has received backlash from those within the conservative movement over his criticism of Israel, said the Trump voters he spoke to are upset over the Iran war.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;re mad, but they&rsquo;re more than mad. It&rsquo;s &lsquo;I can&rsquo;t believe he did this to us,&rsquo;&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout Trump&rsquo;s 2024 presidential campaign, Trump said he would end foreign wars if he was reelected. Entering his second administration, the war in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gaza\/\">Gaza<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\/\">Russia<\/a>&rsquo;s war in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Ukraine\/\">Ukraine <\/a>were two conflicts voters hoped Trump would solve.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Prior to &ldquo;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4476538\/israel-us-iran-conflict-launched-trump-khamenei\/\">Operation Epic Fury<\/a>&rdquo; in Iran, Trump touted that he deserved the Nobel Peace Prize over his claim that he ended eight wars in the first year of his second administration.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But Trump now remains unsure if he deserves the Norwegian Nobel Committee&rsquo;s top honor, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4489350\/trump-unsure-iran-war-nobel-peace-prize\/\">telling the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em><\/a>  on Thursday he has &ldquo;no idea&rdquo; if Operation Epic Fury will &ldquo;get him over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-head-to-chicago-with-hope-and-scars-from-2016-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Democrats head to Chicago with hope \u2014 and scars from 2016 - ...\">finish line&#038;rdquo<\/a>; with the committee members.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3842223\/trump-case-winning-nobel-peace-prize\/\"><strong>THE CASE FOR TRUMP WINNING A NOBEL PEACE PRIZE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Carlson stated the only people who support the Iran war are those born between 1946 and 1964, not the non-traditional Republicans who voted for Trump.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that those born between 1946 and 1964, often known as the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >postwar baby boom generation<\/a>, have a different perspective of the U.S. in the world.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;re not the ones who got Donald Trump elected, actually. The people who got Donald Trump elected are people who hadn&rsquo;t voted for Republicans before or even voted at all,&rdquo; Carlson said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Carlson argued that these voters supported Trump because they wanted someone who was different from the previous occupants of the Oval Office.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;re non-traditional Republican voters who voted for Trump because he promised not to keep doing the same thing, and one of the things he promised not to do again was to hand operational authority to Benjamin Netanyahu, as other presidents have,&rdquo; Carlson said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We don&rsquo;t want any more of that. Why would we?&rdquo; Carlson added.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Carlson said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-biden-doesnt-want-you-knowing-about-drug-price-controls\/\" title=\"What Biden Doesn...t Want You Knowing About Drug Price Controls\">people won&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t &ldquo;hand control&rdquo; to Mark Levin and Ben Shapiro, who are both staunch supporters of Israel, arguing those conservative commentators don&rsquo;t have America&rsquo;s &ldquo;[best] interest&rdquo; in mind.<\/p>\n<p>Republican support for continuing strikes in Iran has grown from 54% to 66% in recent weeks, according to a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/interactive\/2026\/iran-war-strikes-poll\/\"><em>Washington Post <\/em>poll <\/a>that interviewed 1,000 people.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4492106\/coalition-send-warships-hormuz-us-bomb-hell-shoreline-trump\/\"><strong>COALITION TO SEND WARSHIPS TO HORMUZ WHILE US BOMBS &lsquo;THE HELL OUT OF THE SHORELINE,&rsquo; TRUMP SAYS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While Carlson and some other conservative commentators criticize Trump for the war, White House press secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karoline-leavitt\/\">Karoline Leavitt<\/a> downplayed the tensions within the MAGA movement over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/confirmed-chinese-troops-on-canadian-soil-during-military-exercises\/\" title=\"Confirmed: Chinese Troops on Canadian Soil During Military Exercises\">military operation<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the social media tensions online, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4483261\/karoline-leavitt-denies-divisions-maga-iran-war\/\">Leavitt told a gaggle of reporters<\/a>, &ldquo;I would just remind people X is not real life.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This president lives in the real world,&rdquo; Leavitt continued. &ldquo;And with respect to MAGA, President Trump is the leader of MAGA. He&rsquo;s the creator of the MAGA movement. And there is nothing more &lsquo;America First&rsquo; than taking out terrorists who have maimed and killed our own servicemen and -women, who chant &lsquo;Death to America,&rsquo; and who pose a threat to the homeland.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carlson: Trump let voters down on Iran war<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3984,"featured_media":2579915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-collage-h23tcaa1x-1773517619126.jpg?1773510654&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[75072,69322,3634,75187,4223],"class_list":["post-2579914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-iran-war","tag-public-opinion-2","tag-trump","tag-tucker-carlson-2","tag-voters"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-collage-h23tcaa1x-1773517619126.jpg?1773510654&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2579914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3984"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2579914"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2579914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2579918,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2579914\/revisions\/2579918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2579915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2579914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2579914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2579914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}