President Donald Trump and former Fox News headliner Ticker Carlson have been at virtual odds in recent days, following the United States' support for Israel in their conflict with Iran.

The tiff started when Carlson, who has been a longtime skeptic of foreign policy experts who consider it essential to continue histility toward Iran, as the New York Post reported.

According to Carlson, we should avoid war with Tehran at all costs, considering the possible fallout, political and physical, if full full-fledged war ever breaks out.

Carlson's Comments

“While the American military may not have physically perpetrated the assault, years of funding and sending weapons to Israel, which Donald Trump just bragged about on Truth Social, undeniably place the U.S. at the center of last night’s events,” the former Fox News host wrote in a newsletter following the strikes.

Last week, Carlson slammed Trump, saying he was "complicit" in Israel's assault on Iran, considering confirmation which came late last week, assuring the American people that the U.S. Has assisted Israel in their defense against Iran's missiles.

He implied that the president had breached the pledge he had made to reduce U.S. engagement in foreign conflicts, which had helped him win over swing-state voters.

More Pushback

After accusing Trump of betraying the "America First" movement, Carlson retaliated on the MAGA figures who were outraged about it.

Carlson went on a full 45-minute tirade on Monday's show episde of War Room with Steve Bannon, in which he attacked several people, including former Fox News colleagues.

Included in his diatribe were comments pointed at his former boss, Rupert Murdoch, along with anyone else who claims Carlson is anti-Semitic because he opposes U.S. support for Israel in its battle with Iran.

“You’re not going to convince me that the Iranian people are my enemy,” Carlson said. “Again, we’re going down this here—here’s who you are required to hate. It’s Orwell, man. I’m a free man. You’re not telling me who I have to hate. I’ll decide who I like and don’t like.”

Trump's Response

Trump pushed off Carlson's claims that his support for Israel in the midst of its military operation against Iran betrays his commitment to America First values.

Although Trump claimed ignorance of the specific criticism, he argued that, as a forerunner of the contemporary America First movement, he is more than capable of deciding what it means to prioritize the United States.

“Well, considering that I’m the one that developed ‘America First,’ and considering that the term wasn’t used until I came along, I think I’m the one that decides that,” Trump told The Atlantic in response.

“For those people who say they want peace—you can’t have peace if Iran has a nuclear weapon. So for all of those wonderful people who don’t want to do anything about Iran having a nuclear weapon—that’s not peace.”