“If a Nuclear Weapon Is Used, It Will Be by Netanyahu,” Says Retired U.S. Colonel Douglas Macgregor
March 12, 2026
“IF A NUCLEAR WEAPON IS USED, IT WILL BE BY NETANYAHU.”
That’s the warning from retired U.S. Army Colonel Douglas Macgregor about where the Israel–Iran conflict could lead
Speaking to Tucker Carlson, he said that there is no reason for the U.S. to use nuclear weapons against Iran, but suggested that the Israeli prime minister’s influence over U.S. President Donald Trump and the power of Zionist billionaires in the U.S. could mean that they would be unable to prevent him from using a nuclear weapon.
A region already on fire.
Missiles flying across borders.
And now nuclear escalation is part of the conversation.
Because once that line is crossed…
the entire world pays the price.
WE SHOULD STOP THE ESCALATION. Every share matters.
Courtesy to: @middleeasteye
#Israel #Iran #NuclearThreat #MiddleEastConflict #fyp
English Script:
Douglas Macgregor: If a nuclear weapon is used, it will be by Netanyahu and his government. Not us.
Tucker Carlson: Yes. Good.
Douglas Macgregor: You know, I’ve met and talked with President Trump. I like President Trump personally. And you can say what you will about the man. But I see no evidence that he would be talked into that by Mr. Netanyahu. I just don’t. I hope I’m not wrong, but I just don’t see that happening. I also see little evidence that people at the top of the military establishment collectively would sign on for that. You might get a few. Unfortunately, most of them are airmen or in the Navy, but I don’t think they would be very supportive. I think they’d say, is this really the right place, time and reason?
Tucker Carlson: Yes.
Douglas Macgregor: Because increasingly we view nuclear weapons as something that protects your territorial integrity. But why would we do that with Iran? But Israel is different, as we’ve discussed. And the more desperate they become if Iran does not submit, and I see no evidence that they will submit. The more likely that option could be embraced and employed. And that’s why we started this, because you asked specifically about who has the authority. I hope President Trump does, but I don’t think so. I think Mr. Netanyahu is going to do whatever Mr. Netanyahu wants to do.
Tucker Carlson: I mean, because we’re implicated in that and because the millions of Americans who live in the region and the energy interests there, and just like the fate of the world, are all part of this calculation, why wouldn’t we bring him to heel and prevent that?
Douglas Macgregor: How do you do that? How do you do that? I mean, you’re going to have all the people that put you into the white House who spent billions on your campaigns, who gave you the power and the Congress that is essentially being purchased by the lobby, not by the lobby directly, but by the Zionist billionaires who pour money into the process to get people elected. You know how that works. What are they going to do? Are any of them going to sober up and go to Trump and say, look, this has gone too far? I don’t see any evidence for that.
