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Tucker Carlson breaks with Republican Party after 35 years over Iran war and Trump's foreign policy direction Conservative media commentator Tucker Carlson has publicly broken with the Republican Party he supported for 35 years, saying there is no chance he would back the party ahead of November's midterm elections. Speaking on the Can't Be Censored podcast, Carlson said he would not support the Democratic Party either, adding he did not know what he would do. The break was driven primarily by his opposition to the US-Iran war which began in February 2026. Carlson last spoke to President Trump on February 27, the night before the war began, and said Trump privately understood the risks but went ahead anyway. He later publicly apologised for supporting Trump during the 2024 presidential campaign, saying he was sorry for misleading people. Trump responded by calling Carlson a low IQ person and a broken man who never recovered from being fired by Fox News in 2023. Carlson accused the Republican Party of treasonous actions and of putting the interests of corporate donors and Israel above ordinary Americans. His overall favourability now stands at just 17 percent according to a YouGov poll conducted in March 2026. Research from the Brookings Institution published in June 2026 found that opposition to the Iran war has come not from the core MAGA base but from non-MAGA Republicans — a segment showing signs of low turnout enthusiasm heading into November's midterms.

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