Transcript Excerpts: Tucker Carlson, NPR Interview (September 24, 2026)
Summary and short verbatim excerpts from Tucker Carlson’s September 24, 2026 NPR interview on the Iran war and Trump, with a link to NPR’s transcript.
Speaker: Tucker Carlson, Political commentator; host of The Tucker Carlson Show
Date: September 24, 2026
Venue / event: NPR Newsmakers interview with Steve Inskeep, Maine
Type: Interview · Country / body: United States
Original source: NPR (Morning Edition, Newsmakers; Steve Inskeep)
Copyright status: © NPR, all rights reserved (no licence for reproduction) (see terms)
Translation: Delivered in English; no translation.
Verified against source: yes, on October 7, 2026. Each excerpt was compared with a saved copy of the original page.
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Contents
- Short excerpts (Verbatim)
- Summary (paraphrase)
- Source and license
- Related coverage
- Corrections and takedowns
Short excerpts (Verbatim)
Each excerpt is copied word for word from the original source and is 50 words or fewer.
- “He was pushed by a foreign country to do this. It is the most profoundly destructive thing any single decision a president has made in our history.” See in the Quote Tracker
- “He should have been removed from office immediately when he threatened nuclear war.” See in the Quote Tracker
- “None of this is an antisemitic conspiracy theory. There’s nothing antisemitic about it. What you’re seeing now revealed is the control of what was supposed to be the most powerful country in the world by a country of 9 million people with no resources.” See in the Quote Tracker
Read the full text at the source: NPR (Morning Edition, Newsmakers; Steve Inskeep). Excerpt only, full text at source.
Summary (paraphrase)
Summary (paraphrase, Peter’s World)In an NPR Newsmakers interview with Steve Inskeep, Tucker Carlson discussed President Trump’s war with Iran, Israel’s influence on U.S. policy, antisemitism and his break with Trump. His account of a private Oval Office conversation is not independently confirmed.
Source and license
- Original: NPR (Morning Edition, Newsmakers; Steve Inskeep) (opened and saved on October 7, 2026).
- Copyright: © NPR, all rights reserved (no licence for reproduction). Terms page: https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179876898/terms-of-use.
- Translation: Delivered in English; no translation.
- Editor’s note: Excerpt only: NPR transcripts are copyrighted. Carlson’s account of a private conversation with President Trump is not independently confirmed; the White House did not answer specifically, per NPR.
- Editorial method: The summary is our own paraphrase and is labelled as such; excerpts are verbatim. Part of the Speech and Interview Transcripts library.
Related coverage
- Trump Threatens Iran as Nuclear Demands Return to Talks
- 2026 Midterms: What Is at Stake on Nov. 3
- Quote and Transcript Tracker
- Speech and Interview Transcripts: search all transcripts
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