Khanna: Carlson, Greene and Coulter Helped Push Trump Into Iran Ceasefire

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said conservative commentators and lawmakers—including Tucker Carlson, former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and pundit Ann Coulter—helped pressure President Donald Trump to accept a two-week ceasefire with Iran and step back from inflammatory threats.

What Khanna Said

In a video posted to the social platform X, Khanna said he felt relief "as a human being and as an American citizen" that the president announced the deal and withdrew what Khanna described as "his threat to destroy Iranian civilization." He argued the agreement was driven by public pressure rather than congressional action: "This did not happen because of Congress, which barely made a whimper. This happened because of the force of the American people. Not just progressives and liberals, but conservatives like Tucker Carlson, Marjorie Taylor Greene and even Ann Coulter spoke out against the horror of threatening genocide against another people."

"The only thing that will save this country, the only thing that will save our democracy is a broad, populist social movement," Khanna added, noting he is a potential 2028 White House contender.

Timeline And The Deal

In the days before an 8 p.m. EDT deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Trump posted warnings on Truth Social that included threats to destroy Iranian bridges and the electrical grid and a statement that Iran's "whole civilization will die." Those posts prompted broad condemnation and calls from some lawmakers to consider the 25th Amendment.

With only hours to spare, the White House announced a two-week ceasefire agreement with Iran that called off hostilities and allowed the Strait of Hormuz to be reopened. The administration hailed the deal as a diplomatic win for the United States.

Responses From Conservative Voices

Tucker Carlson, the former Fox News host, denounced Trump's Easter Sunday remark and called it "vile on every level," arguing that the United States should not wage war on other theocracies or invoke religious superiority.

Marjorie Taylor Greene urged congressional action to remove the president, calling for invocation of the 25th Amendment and labeling the threats "evil and madness."

Ann Coulter wrote on X that she regretted that past legal critics had loudly denounced Trump's actions, saying it made it harder for them to speak "with authority now that he’s actually committing war crimes." She also reposted a critique by independent journalist Glenn Greenwald calling the president's Tuesday threat "one of the sickest, most demented, most morally reprehensible and most disgusting things any American President has ever said."

Congressional Reaction

Following the Truth Social post, Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.) filed articles of impeachment, saying the president had "blown past every requirement to be removed from office." Larson called Trump's statements and profanity-laced Easter Sunday post signs of growing instability and warned they could foreshadow war crimes and jeopardize U.S. security.

Why It Matters

The episode highlighted unusually public pushback from prominent conservative media figures and right-wing lawmakers against the president’s rhetoric, and underscored bipartisan concern in Washington over the potential for escalatory military action against Iran.

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