.jpg)
What happened
Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson warned that President Donald Trump may be days away from authorizing a nuclear strike against Iran's heavily fortified Pickaxe Mountain facility. The facility is believed to be a tunnel complex where Iranian authorities have resumed uranium enrichment, according to Israeli intelligence.
Carlson claimed that Netanyahu has been lobbying Trump to authorize the attack, citing an unnamed observer who said the Israeli prime minister calls Trump about it every day. The commentator also alleged that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and CENTCOM commander Brad Cooper favor renewed combat, while Vice President JD Vance and presidential envoy Steve Witkoff argue that a deal with Iran can be made.
The success of a potential nuclear strike is uncertain due to the facility's depth and construction. Some analysts contend that even America's nuclear arsenal may be unable to reliably destroy the underground complex, which is estimated to sit at least 100 meters beneath the mountain.
Satellite imagery has also raised questions about whether the site currently represents an active nuclear threat, with construction activity and other observable indicators suggesting the installation may not yet be capable of enrichment operations.
A nuclear strike could have enormous international consequences, potentially breaking a more-than-eighty-year tradition of not using nuclear weapons and setting a precedent for other countries to carry out nuclear attacks.
