Američki predsjednik Donald Trump ponovno je zaprijetio vojnom akcijom protiv Irana, poručivši da će Washington u jednom trenutku morati "pokazati čekić" Teheranu. Njegova izjava dolazi usred sve glasnijih nagađanja o mogućem nastavku američkih napada, ali i tvrdnji njegova nekadašnjeg saveznika, komentatora Tuckera Carlsona, da bi Trump mogao razmatrati čak i uporabu nuklearnog oružja.
Trump je o Iranu govorio u nedjelju na predizbornom skupu u Dubuqueu u Iowi, dva dana uoči američkih međuizbora. Poručio je da zasad nije naredio nove napade jer želi izbjeći ljudske žrtve, no dao je naslutiti da bi se to moglo promijeniti. – Jedini razlog zbog kojeg još nisam završio s Iranom jest taj što želim biti dobar. U jednom trenutku morat ćemo im pokazati čekić – rekao je Trump.
Američki predsjednik ponovno je ustvrdio da su američki napadi uništili iranske nuklearne kapacitete. Novinarima je, međutim, rekao da je američka vojska onesposobila velik dio iranskih vojnih sposobnosti, ali da još treba "riješiti" jednu ili dvije mete. Spomenuo je i Pickaxe Mountain, podzemni kompleks u Iranu za koji se nagađa da bi mogao skrivati visoko obogaćeni uran. Upravo je taj kompleks u središtu objave Tuckera Carlsona na društvenoj mreži X, u kojoj je iznio ozbiljnu, ali nepotkrijepljenu tvrdnju da bi Sjedinjene Države mogle izvesti nuklearni napad na Iran, navodno pod pritiskom izraelskog premijera Benjamina Netanyahua.
Carlson tvrdi da nijedno konvencionalno američko oružje ne može prodrijeti dovoljno duboko kako bi uništilo podzemne tunele u kompleksu Pickaxe Mountain te da bi nuklearni udar zato mogao biti jedina vojna opcija. Pozivajući se na neimenovani izvor, ustvrdio je i da Netanyahu svakodnevno razgovara s Trumpom i zagovara takav napad. Za te tvrdnje nije ponudio dokaze. Njegova objava ipak je izazvala veliku pozornost na internetu i do ponedjeljka prikupila više od 48 milijuna pregleda.
Under pressure from Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Trump administration may be within days of launching a nuclear strike on Iran. The target would be Pickax Mountain in central Iran, where Israeli intelligence claims the Iranian government has restarted its nuclear enrichment program. No conventional weapon in the American arsenal can penetrate 300 feet of solid granite to destroy the tunnels where enrichment is supposedly taking place. The only military option is a nuclear strike. Netanyahu has been pushing hard for one. “Bibi calls Trump about it every day,” says an informed observer. Netanyahu is cornered and desperate. After last week’s election results, he can’t form a government unless Trump intervenes directly in Israeli politics and brokers a deal with other parties that gives Netanyahu 61 seats in the Knesset. Otherwise, he is out as prime minister and on his way to ignominy, investigations and possibly jail. Netanyahu must stay close to Trump. He needs this war. To that end, he’s applied maximum pressure to his closest allies in the administration, including Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and CENTCOM commander Brad Cooper. Both oppose a negotiated settlement to the war they’ve so grievously mismanaged; both are pushing to restart major combat operations. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and CIA director John Ratcliffe are also following Netanyahu’s lead, as are leaders of the Democratic Party. In a recent meeting on the subject, former president Barack Obama said he opposes the current Iran peace deal being drafted in Doha. The rest of America’s longtime allies in the Middle East are terrified by the prospect of more war. On September 27th, Netanyahu flew secretly to Abu Dhabi to enlist the UAE in his lobbying effort for a final attack on Iran. The Emiratis refused. After eight months of conflict, Gulf economies are teetering. So are global energy and fertilizer markets. They won’t recover soon. Globally, there are a total of about 850 supertankers used to transport oil from producers to the rest of the world. In October alone, 11 of them were badly damaged in Hormuz. At this pace, a global depression is imminent. A nuclear strike would radically accelerate the destruction. Fallout from a ground explosion at Pickax Mountain would contaminate the Persian Gulf, poisoning the water supply for 100 million people. And those are just some of the immediate consequences for the region. The rest of the world is every bit as exposed. No country other than the United States has ever used a nuclear weapon in war. Some would like to. An American nuclear attack on Iran would set a new precedent. The Russians have already told at least two other governments that an American nuclear strike on Iran would free them to use nuclear weapons against Ukraine. Pakistan and India would be tempted to do the same against each other, as would North Korea against Seoul. After the first nuclear strike, World War Three is inevitable. That war would be short and final. We’ve been sleepwalking toward this moment for months. Since February, the administration has quietly rewritten America’s nuclear doctrine to make first use of so-called “battlefield nukes” easier and therefore more likely. No one in Washington in either party seems bothered by this. Now we’re on the brink of it. Close observers say Trump is likely to decide by next weekend whether or not to use nuclear weapons. That would be November 7, six days from now. To his credit, he’s hesitating. At the moment, Trump is listening to his vice president, JD Vance, and to his envoy and friend Steve Witkoff, both of whom argue a deal with Iran can be made. They’re right, though it won’t be simple. The Iranians are famously frustrating to negotiate with under any circumstances, and elements of that government have become more radical since Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his family were killed in February. After decades of isolation, even relatively moderate Iranian leaders seem confused by how decisions are made in the West. (There is a widespread belief in Tehran, for example, that the United States government controls Israel.) But overall, people who have spoken to decision-makers in Iran say there is consensus there that more war is bad for everyone and a deal is worth making. One group that hasn’t been consulted so far is the global population — the hundreds of millions of people who will be killed along with their children if Trump is pushed by Netanyahu into launching a nuclear strike next week. Now would be the time for them to speak up.
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) November 2, 2026
Carlson je upozorio i na moguće katastrofalne posljedice takvog scenarija, od radioaktivnog onečišćenja Perzijskog zaljeva i masovnih ljudskih žrtava do opasnosti od širenja nuklearnih sukoba i izbijanja Trećeg svjetskog rata. Bijela kuća odbacila je njegove navode. U izjavi za Newsweek poručili su da Carlson nema nikakav uvid u vojno planiranje ni razmišljanja vrhovnog zapovjednika američkih oružanih snaga. – Predsjednik Trump na raspolaganju ima širok raspon opcija kada je riječ o Iranu i učinit će ono što smatra ispravnim kako bi zaštitio američki narod – priopćila je Bijela kuća.
Carlsona su pritom oštro kritizirali i optužili ga da je odavno izgubio doticaj sa stvarnošću zbog svoje opsjednutosti Trumpom. S druge strane, njegovu zabrinutost poduprla je bivša republikanska zastupnica Marjorie Taylor Greene, koja se posljednjih mjeseci udaljila od predsjednika. "To se mora zaustaviti", poručila je. U međuvremenu, Teheran je upozorio da će uzvratiti ako bude ponovno napadnut. Iako su se neprijateljstva nakon američko-izraelskih udara 28. veljače zaustavila, dogovor o trajnom okončanju rata još nije postignut. Sve se više nagađa o tome hoće li Washington nakon međuizbora ponovno pokrenuti vojnu operaciju protiv Irana.
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