Tucker Carlson has warned in a recent interview with Afshin Rattansi that the world is on the brink of nuclear war, stating the United States is already at war with Russia through Ukraine.

Carlson asserted that the CIA and U.S. intelligence services are directing military operations from Ukraine against Russia. “The CIA is running the war. The U.S. intelligence services are running the war out of Ukraine against Russia,” he said. “The United States is at war with Russia, and the only conceivable end stage if this continues is a nuclear exchange in which everyone is killed.”

He further claimed that the Ukraine conflict and the U.S.-Iran confrontation have merged into a global war that now threatens to destroy the United States.

Carlson also accused the Trump administration of abandoning its 2024 campaign promises, noting that President Donald Trump and his advisers have “almost systematically betrayed the people who voted for him in 2024.” He labeled this as “the greatest betrayal I am aware of in the history of American politics.”

The interview addressed topics including political censorship in the United States, the rise of BRICS nations, China’s growing global influence, and evolving international power dynamics.