Tucker Carlson says Trump should have been ousted over Iran threat

Driving the news: Carlson told NPR's Steve Inskeep that Trump "should have been removed from office immediately when he threatened nuclear war."

• "Threatening the offensive use of nuclear weapons? Which is to say threatening the destruction of humanity?!"

• "He should have been bundled up and taken out. That's a crime. There's no greater crime than that," Carlson said.

Context: Carlson confirmed that he believed Trump should have been pushed out through the 25th Amendment, which allows the vice president and a majority of the Cabinet to declare a president unable to discharge the powers and duties of the office.

• No president has ever been stripped of power through this provision.
• "He's not going to be punished for it. They'll get him on corruption or whatever," Carlson told NPR.

Reality check: Trump has never specifically threatened to use nuclear weapons against Iran. However, he has threatened to "annihilate" the country and warned a "whole civilization will die tonight" amid negotiations.

• Responding to Carlson's comments, the White House pointed Axios to Trump's Truth Social post from April in which he criticized Carlson and other MAGA voices critical of the president as "stupid people."

Zoom out: Lawmakers and officials have floated invoking the 25th Amendment against Trump dating back to his first term.

• Calls to invoke the 25th Amendment grew in April among House Democrats and MAGA figures alike after Trump's "civilization" threat.
• The White House called the efforts at the time "pathetic."

Go deeper: Why using the 25th Amendment to remove Trump is a long shot