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Column: Tucker Carlson’s reversal on Trump is a familiar script

Column: Tucker Carlson’s reversal on Trump is a familiar script

This week Tucker Carlson apologized for unintentionally “misleading” voters into supporting President Trump’s return to the White House. The apology came days after the president called Carlson dumb and overrated on social media. We’ve seen this plot before: It’s a different name but the same story. Recall the president’s first term was closely shadowed by high-profile breakups from loyalists who disagreed with him on matters of substance. For example, the split with his first Defense secretary, James Mattis, began in 2017 when Mattis, a man who spent more than four decades in uniform, defended the importance of NATO. His successor, Mark Esper, found himself at odds with the president for refusing to use the military on citizens. On his way out the door, Esper told the country that if his replacement was “a real ‘yes man’ … then God help us.” Some of the highlights from Trump’s second term include squabbles with his biggest donor, Elon Musk, who was upset the president wasn’t lowering the national debt enough; with former congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene because …

Tucker Carlson’s too-little, too-late mea culpa for supporting Trump

Tucker Carlson’s too-little, too-late mea culpa for supporting Trump

Former Fox News host and ex-Trump advocate Tucker Carlson is feeling remorse for the role he and others played in publicly promoting Donald Trump as a candidate and as the president. “In very small ways, but in real ways, you and me and millions of people like us are the reason this is happening right now,” Carlson said Monday on his podcast, “The Tucker Carlson Show.” He was chatting with Buckley Carlson, his brother and a former Trump speechwriter, about the erosion of conservative values within the Republican Party under Trump. “I do think it’s a moment to wrestle with our own consciences,” Carlson said. “You know, we’ll be tormented by it for a long time. I will be, and I want to say I’m sorry for misleading people. It was not intentional, and that’s all I’ll say.” After nearly 10 years of yammering nightly about the greatness of Trump, Carlson picks now to cut the conversation short? There’s a lot more to say, but this time, it’s about Carlson’s too-little, too-late mea culpa. His …

‘That Is Not True’: Victoria Derbyshire Slaps Down Tucker Carlson’s UK Free Speech Claim

‘That Is Not True’: Victoria Derbyshire Slaps Down Tucker Carlson’s UK Free Speech Claim

Victoria Derbyshire and Tucker Carslon BBC Victoria Derbyshire has slapped down Tucker Carlson after he claimed it was “not legal” in the UK to criticise Israel. The right-wing podcaster made the bizarre allegation as he admitted Britain has “been shafted” by Donald Trump’s administration. He had earlier accused the US president of being “a slave” to Israel over the Iran war. Carlson, a former close ally of Trump, made his comments during an appearance on BBC 1′s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme. He said: “It is illegal, it is a crime for which you can be arrested in Britain right now criticising Israel. “If you say you’re for Palestine Action you can be arrested, a lot of people have been arrested, so in other words it is not legal in Britain to criticise another country.” Derbyshire interrupted to tell him: “That is not true.” Carlson replied: “I’m sorry, what is not true about that? Have people not been arrested in Britain for criticising Israel? They certainly have been. There’s video tape of it.” But Derbyshire …

“What are we doing?”: “Saturday Night Live” gets Tucker Carlson’s take on the Oscars

“What are we doing?”: “Saturday Night Live” gets Tucker Carlson’s take on the Oscars

The Oscars will be old news by the next “Saturday Night Live,” so the sketch show weighed in on the Academy Awards in advance. During the “Weekend Update” segment, “SNL” brought out conservative commentator (and current thorn in MAGA’s side) Tucker Carlson to weigh in on the best picture nominees. Cast member Jeremy Culhane played Carlson as constantly confused, letting out high-pitched laughter in between rhetorical questions. “Let’s all go to the movies,” he said. “Huh? Really? Yes, why don’t we grab some popcorn and watch American culture collapse. What are we doing? What’s going on?” Culhane’s Carlson started in on Best Picture nominee “Sinners,” pointing to it as a sign of a lack of morals. “That’s right, ‘Sinners.’ Because of course, leftist woke America’s favorite movie this year is about sinning. Ha! Why does that not surprise me?! No, sorry kids, we don’t go to church anymore. We go to ‘Sinners.’ That’s the rule, that’s the goal now,” he said. Speaking of Yorgos Lanthimos‘ “Bugonia,” Carlson said it was a sign that “heterosexual women …

Chabad ups security, reiterates peaceful mission after Tucker Carlson’s Iran accusation

Chabad ups security, reiterates peaceful mission after Tucker Carlson’s Iran accusation

(RNS) — Speaking to his millions of viewers last week, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson blamed an unlikely target, Chabad-Lubavitch, the Jewish Hasidic group known for its international outreach efforts, as an instigator of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.  He claimed, without proof, that Chabad is behind the war in an attempt to construct a Third Temple, a rebuild of a historical Jewish holy site, on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, and destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Muslim holy site that currently stands there. He also accused the group, and Jews in general, of orchestrating a global conflict between Christian and Muslim worlds. “This has been going on a long time in public through, in part, the efforts of a group called Chabad — C-H-A-B-A-D,” Carlson said, spelling out the group’s name on the March 5 episode of his YouTube show. The focus was quickly amplified by fellow conservative ideologue Candace Owens. “Tucker is telling the truth about the Chabad Lubavitch,” She posted on X to her nearly 8 million followers. “Remember they are digging tunnels …

‘Hated By All the Right People’ traces Tucker Carlson’s rise : NPR

‘Hated By All the Right People’ traces Tucker Carlson’s rise : NPR

Tucker Carlson attends a meeting with President Donald Trump and oil executives in the East Room of the White House on Jan. 9, 2026. Alex Brandon/AP Photo hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP Photo When Donald Trump first announced that he was running for president in 2015, Tucker Carlson, then the host of Fox & Friends Weekend, was one of the few pundits who took his candidacy seriously. “[Carlson] recognized that a nativist candidate running on white grievance actually might do pretty well in a Republican primary,” New Yorker writer Jason Zengerle says. “His star rose at Fox because he kind of had the foresight to see Trump coming.” In his new book, Hated by All the Right People: Tucker Carlson and the Unraveling of the Conservative Mind, Zengerle traces Carlson’s ascendency, and explains how he became one of the most influential people on the far right. “He is someone that Donald Trump definitely listens to, definitely wants to hear from. And Carlson is more than happy to provide his thoughts and his advice,” Zengerle …