Podcast host Tucker Carlson said the United States’s and President Donald Trump’s ceasefire with Iran is a win.
“A ceasefire would still be a win for the United States because war is just that bad. It’s so bad that even absorbing some humiliation and some measurable losses is still better than that,” Carlson said on the Tucker Carlson Show on Wednesday.
“Americans have died, America has gotten poorer, America’s become weaker, demonstrably,” Carlson continued. “We can’t open the Strait of Hormuz, which is the overriding objective.”
Carlson described those losses for the U.S. as understandable since most people can grasp that an all-out war is far worse.
“Most reasonable people accept it as a win because, objectively speaking, that’s a win. A ceasefire is a good thing,” Carlson said.
He emphasized that people who oppose the ceasefire would have to explain why the U.S. would have a vested interest in continuing the war.
“Almost anything is better than war. Even a step back or a step down, even giving up something you want, while bitter, is better than total war because there is nothing worse in this life than total war.”
Trump posted on Truth Social Tuesday, “Subject to the Islamic Republic of Iran agreeing to the COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE, and SAFE OPENING of the Strait of Hormuz, I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks.”
“Well, Amen. Cold water on a hot day. The nation, the world, breathed a sigh of relief,” Carlson said.
It comes after the president posted earlier Tuesday, saying, “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.”
The post received backlash from several prominent figures on the Right, including former Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and former Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly, citing the 25th Amendment in their remarks.
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Alternatively, Washington Examiner investigations editor Sarah Bedford described Trump’s style of posting as a tool to “achieve strategic goals.”
Negotiations are underway to keep the peace after the two-week ceasefire deal. Trump announced that he would be sending Vice President JD Vance to lead the negotiations team in Pakistan this weekend.