Tucker Carlson on Trump's diplomacy: “It almost seems like this is an intentional effort to destroy the United States by our own government”
Carlson: “All of these negotiations have been run by non-diplomats”
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From the April 27, 2026, edition of The Tucker Carlson Show, posted on YouTube
TUCKER CARLSON (HOST): So, but what are our military options at this point?
JOHN KIRIAKOU (GUEST): I'm not sure that there are any viable military options. I mean, god forbid we should target the civilian infrastructure. That's a war crime. It's actually very clear in international law. You can't bomb the civilian infrastructure. You can't bomb the electrical grid or the water treatment plants. You can't. And we do, but it's a war crime, you can't do it.
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But we're going to have to let the diplomats do what diplomats are paid to do.
CARLSON: I don't think we have any left.
KIRIAKOU: No.
CARLSON: I mean, all of these negotiations have been run by non-diplomats, realistically.
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CARLSON: Why? Why do we have no ambassadors in our most important allies?
KIRIAKOU: I think the president concluded that these ambassadors were not fully bought into his foreign policy, and he withdrew them short of tour. They were all professional diplomats.
CARLSON: Career.
KIRIAKOU: Yeah, career diplomats, not political appointees. And the department just never named new ambassadors.
CARLSON: It almost seems like this is an intentional effort to destroy the United States by our own government.
KIRIAKOU: Yeah. It kind of feels that way, doesn't it?