Sharri Markson rips into Tucker Carlson for ‘hysterical protest' against Trump
Sky News host Sharri Markson says Donald Trump is 'likely' to order the B2 bombers with the bunker buster bombs to hit the Fordow nuclear site in Iran.
This comes as Soroka Hospital in southern Israel has been smashed by an Iranian missile as both countries continue to exchange fire.
'He'll do this despite the hysterical public protests from anti-Americans who claim to be American first – the most prominent of these is Tucker Carson,' Ms Markson said.
'Tucker is dressing up his anti-Western views as die-hard MAGA, when it's the exact opposite.
'In intelligence circles, he is considered a pawn and propaganda tool of Russia's.'
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