Tucker Carlson: “A week ago, the United States [declared] war on, you know…”

“I, I wonder, I mean, since all kinds of things have happened in the last two years that no one ever could have predicted, like really, really radical things, from Trump being shot in Butler, Pennsylvania, to right now, A week ago, the United States [declared] war on, you know, unprovoked. There's no direct provocation in the middle of negotiations with Iran. Like, even though it was happening, it was still a shock that it actually happened since we have a very recent track record of really unusual, if not radical things happening.” (1:02:06–1:02:16)

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