Trump's Profanity-Laden Easter Post on Iran Draws 'Vile' Rebuke from Carlson
The President posted 'Open the F---n' Strait, you crazy bastards' with 'Praise be to Allah' on Easter morning. Tucker Carlson called it 'vile on every level' and urged officials to defy orders. Trump responded by calling Carlson 'a low IQ person.'
At 8:03 AM on Easter Sunday, President Trump posted a message on Truth Social directed at Iran:
Open the F---n' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in Hell -- JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP
In the same post, he warned: "Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran." Trump skipped church services. His official schedule showed closed-door "executive time" followed by an Easter dinner with First Lady Melania Trump.
Carlson's Response
On Monday, Tucker Carlson used his show to deliver his sharpest public break with the President to date.
"Who do you think you are? You're tweeting out the f-word on Easter morning?" Carlson said.
He called the post "vile on every level" and focused on the religious dimensions:
"No decent person mocks other people's religions. We are not a theocracy. And God willing we never will be."
Carlson argued the "Praise be to Allah" sign-off amounted to mocking Islam while threatening to destroy civilian infrastructure. He framed it as a question of whether any leader should claim divine authority over life and death:
"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."
He went further than criticism. Carlson urged administration officials to defy the President's orders on Iran strikes targeting civilian infrastructure -- an extraordinary call from someone who was, until recently, one of Trump's most reliable media allies.
Trump Fires Back
Asked about Carlson's remarks by the New York Post, Trump responded:
"Tucker's a low IQ person that has absolutely no idea what's going on. 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 Wider Reaction
Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy and Representatives Melanie Stansbury and Yassamin Ansari publicly called for invoking the 25th Amendment, which allows a president's cabinet to declare him unable to discharge the duties of office.
The fracture extends beyond Carlson. The Easter post sits at the intersection of several pressure points in Trump's coalition: evangelical Christians who expected reverence on the holiest day of the year, conservatives skeptical of the Iran campaign's scope, and media figures who have defended the administration's foreign policy but draw the line at threatening civilian infrastructure.
The Military Context
Trump's threat was not abstract. U.S. forces have already struck Iranian bridges and railways after his previous deadline passed. The "Power Plant Day" warning suggests planned escalation to Iran's energy infrastructure -- a step that would affect civilian populations directly. Wire's coverage of the ongoing military operations: the 8 PM deadline and strikes and the rescue of a downed U.S. airman from Iran's Zagros Mountains.