Tucker Carlson claims Trump privately opposed neoconservative wars and the Ukraine conflict but later let his administration get taken over by pro-war officials — bad news for anyone hoping for a less interventionist foreign policy.

• Trump repeatedly told Carlson in private he was against regime-change wars, especially against Iran, and against the Ukraine war.
• Despite that, Carlson says Trump's administration got staffed with neoconservative officials, including Howard Lutnick, who pushed policies favoring a foreign power.
• Carlson links this shift to a string of foreign policy setbacks under Trump.
• He also ties the decision to keep most Jeffrey Epstein investigation files classified to pressure from this same group of officials.

Outlook: Carlson suggests this pattern points to a deeper, ongoing struggle inside the administration over foreign policy direction, with no resolution in sight.