American conservative commentator Tucker Carlson is one of the most consequential political figures in today’s United States. Millions tune into his monologues, interviews and shows across platforms and formats at a scale rarely seen in the western public sphere. He has termed the war against Iran “evil”, and said, following the American bombing of a school in Iran, that a country that thinks it is acceptable to kill innocent children in a war was not worth defending. Mr. Carlson’s influence comes from the courage of innocence. He casts himself as the child who screams that the king is naked in...