Top Trump social media strategist Alex Bruesewitz used an appearance on The Tucker Carlson Show to mount a full-throated defense of President Donald Trump on issues ranging from the Epstein files to Israel and the war with Iran.
According to the Daily Caller, Bruesewitzs interview with Carlson a former Trump ally who has since become one of his most prominent right-leaning critics quickly spilled over onto social media, where Bruesewitz explained why he has publicly rebuked some hawkish conservatives but not Carlson himself.
Bruesewitz later wrote on X that critics had asked why he criticized pro-war commentator Mark Levin on social media but hadnt called out Daily Caller co-founder Tucker Carlson.
The answer is simple. I know Tucker personally, so I chose to confront him directly, face to face. And I did, Bruesewitz wrote.
Bruesewitz said he used that face-to-face meeting to challenge what he described as false narratives about Trumps record on Jeffrey Epstein, Israel, and Iran. Heres what I told him: Its flat-out wrong to claim Trump covered up for Epstein Its a dishonest smear to claim that Trump is a slave to Israel. Trumps position on Iran has remained consistent from day one: Iran should never have a nuclear weapon, he continued.
Over the course of the televised exchange, Carlson and Bruesewitz revisited all three topics, with Bruesewitz repeatedly defending a president Carlson has said he now views with regret. Carlson has previously admitted he is tormented by his past support for Trump, a confession that has made his ongoing criticism of the president a favorite talking point for the populist right.
On Iran, Bruesewitz downplayed the recent conflict as a limited episode that disproved the lefts constant warnings of World War III under Trump-style foreign policy. He characterized the confrontation as a 90-day blip that resulted in minimal casualties and never escalated into the ground war that critics and neoconservatives alike had predicted.
Carlson pushed back, arguing that the original justification for confrontation with Tehran stopping Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon was built on foreign intelligence, not U.S. findings.
He contended that the case for war rested heavily on Israeli intelligence assessments that later proved inaccurate, raising questions about whose interests were really being served.
Bruesewitz responded by suggesting that the real danger lies in coordinated influence operations, some of which he believes may be funded from abroad, that seek to pressure American leaders into prolonged conflict. He argued that these campaigns weaponize social media to manufacture consent for escalation, often under the guise of grassroots conservative activism.
As an example, he cited a foreign agent contract held by former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale through his firm Clock Tower X, a deal Bruesewitz claimed was worth $46 million. Public records show a smaller verified total, as Parscales firm signed a $6 million services agreement with Havas Media Network in August 2025 and has since received $15 million from the company on behalf of the Israeli state, according to the Daily Caller News Foundation.
The same operation has reportedly been used to attack Carlson himself through anonymous shell websites, illustrating how foreign-linked money can be deployed to shape intra-conservative debates.
Bruesewitz also told Carlson that in June 2025, an unnamed friend had approached him about an unnamed Israeli foundation that wanted to pay him to push anti-Iran messaging on social media.
Turning to the Epstein files, Bruesewitz insisted that Trump should be praised, not blamed, for the public release of documents tied to the late financiers network. He rejected any suggestion of a cover-up and blasted outgoing Rep. Thomas Massie as an opportunist who only discovered outrage over Epstein once it could be used against Trump, noting Massie never mentioned the files during the Biden administration.
Carlson, for his part, pressed for broader accountability that would reach into elite liberal circles and Big Tech. He specifically named LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman as a figure whose ties to Epstein warrant serious investigation, a demand that cuts against the medias tendency to shield powerful progressives.
The two also touched on the SAVE America Act, the assassination of Charlie Kirk, and Floridas Republican gubernatorial primary, where Bruesewitz has thrown his support behind Rep. Byron Donalds.
He dismissed Donalds rival James Fishback as not an honest person, underscoring the broader struggle inside the GOP between populist conservatives and candidates more aligned with the donor class.
Despite sharp disagreements, the conversation remained cordial and ultimately circled back to a shared concern about foreign influence in American politics and media. We did find some common ground as well, including the need to get foreign money, whether that money comes from Israel, Qatar, Russia, China, India, or any other nation, out of the online political media ecosystem! Bruesewitz wrote on X, echoing a growing sentiment on the right that American debates should be driven by American voters, not overseas interests.
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