{"id":91829,"date":"2026-03-06T15:32:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T20:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/?p=91829"},"modified":"2026-03-06T15:32:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T20:32:15","slug":"trump-disavows-carlson-says-former-fox-news-host-not-maga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/trump-disavows-carlson-says-former-fox-news-host-not-maga\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump disavows Carlson, says former Fox News host \u2018not MAGA\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By JNS STAFF<\/p>\n<p>(<em>JNS.org<\/em>) \u2013 U.S. President Donald Trump said that Tucker Carlson, the former Fox News host who regularly shares antisemitic conspiracy theories, is \u201cnot MAGA,\u201d following Carlson\u2019s sharp criticisms of the administration\u2019s military strikes on Iran.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_91830\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2048px-Tucker_Carlson_51770614301-1320x880-1.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91830\" class=\"wp-image-91830 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2048px-Tucker_Carlson_51770614301-1320x880-1-300x200.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2048px-Tucker_Carlson_51770614301-1320x880-1-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2048px-Tucker_Carlson_51770614301-1320x880-1-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2048px-Tucker_Carlson_51770614301-1320x880-1-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2048px-Tucker_Carlson_51770614301-1320x880-1.webp 1320w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91830\" class=\"wp-image-91830 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2048px-Tucker_Carlson_51770614301-1320x880-1-300x200.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2048px-Tucker_Carlson_51770614301-1320x880-1-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2048px-Tucker_Carlson_51770614301-1320x880-1-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2048px-Tucker_Carlson_51770614301-1320x880-1-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2048px-Tucker_Carlson_51770614301-1320x880-1.webp 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-91830\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tucker Carlson speaking with attendees during the 2021 AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Ariz., on Dec. 18, 2021. Credit: Gage Skidmore via Creative Commons.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cTucker has lost his way,\u201d Trump told chief Washington correspondent Jonathan Karl, of ABC News, in a March 5 interview. \u201cI knew that a long time ago, and he\u2019s not MAGA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MAGA refers to the president\u2019s Make America Great Again movement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMAGA is saving our country. MAGA is making our country great again. MAGA is America first, and Tucker is none of those things,\u201d Trump said. \u201cTucker is really not smart enough to understand that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carlson has publicly condemned the joint U.S. and Israeli strikes against Iran as \u201cabsolutely disgusting and evil\u201d and warned the conflict could reshape Trump\u2019s political movement.<\/p>\n<p>He has also drawn criticism for unfounded claims linking the Chabad\u2011Lubavitch movement to the war, which Jewish leaders have rejected as baseless and inflammatory.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to the president\u2019s comments, Carlson told Status that \u201cthere are times I get annoyed with Trump, right now definitely included. But I\u2019ll always love him no matter what he says about me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Supporters of Trump\u2019s position have applauded the president\u2019s remarks.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican Jewish Coalition praised Trump for distancing himself from Carlson\u2019s rhetoric. Leo Terrell, chair of the U.S. Department of Justice\u2019s task force to fight Jew-hatred, stated that \u201cif you are with Tucker, you are not with President Trump. 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