Tucker Carlson says he regrets backing Donald Trump and is ‘tormented’

The podcaster admits he ‘misled’ supporters as his rift with the US president deepens over the Iran war

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Tucker Carlson, a Conservative podcaster, has said he is “tormented” by his support of Donald Trump, issuing in an extraordinary mea culpa that called for “a moment to wrestle with our own consciences”.

Carlson delivered that comment in a conversation with Buckley Carlson, his brother and a former Trump speechwriter, on The Tucker Carlson Show on Monday that reviewed the new money takeover of the traditional conservative values in a Republican party now dominated by the president.