Tucker Carlson

Carlson argues U.S. leaders keep the country perpetually at war to distract from their own bad leadership.

“identifying a foreign threat or foreign enemy or something to worry about far away removes attention from our own bad leadership”

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Carlson argues that long-term national survival requires a coherent nation with shared history and culture, plus dignity and self-respect.

“There are only two things you need to survive long-term in my opinion. One is a coherent nation”

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Carlson says Trump, whom he campaigned for as an alternative to the Uniparty, ended up aligning with Chuck Schumer and joining it.

“Trump, the last hope, winds up aligning with Chuck Schumer and just joins the Uniparty in the most obvious way”

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Carlson argues that people who organize their lives around loving or hating Trump become irrational.

“people who organize their lives around Trump, pro or con, don't tend to thrive. They tend to become irrational”

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Carlson recounts that Trump, in private conversations before the war, understood its consequences and showed no enthusiasm for it.

“Trump didn't want to start this war. He was fully informed about the consequences of it. I talked to him about it”

The Megyn Kelly Show: Tucker Carlson on Neocons vs. Trump's Iran Peace Deal, and "Hate Speech" Censorship, Plus Lindsey Graham's Primary Challenger | Ep. 1312 (May 7, 2026) · Listen from 30:51

Carlson contends that Israel's aim in Iran is chaos and civil war rather than a pro-Western government.

“The Israeli goal is not putting in a pro-Western regime. They know that's impossible. They're not stupid. The Israeli goal is chaos”

The Megyn Kelly Show: Tucker Carlson on Neocons vs. Trump's Iran Peace Deal, and "Hate Speech" Censorship, Plus Lindsey Graham's Primary Challenger | Ep. 1312 (May 7, 2026) · Listen from 15:28

Carlson argues expensive systems like aircraft carriers may no longer be an effective way to project power, compared with drones.

“they can be defeated or at least constrained at a thousandth the cost by less technologically advanced countries like Iran”

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Carlson argues that a ceasefire is a win for the U.S. even though the war's outcome is objectively a loss, because total war is so bad.

“A ceasefire would still be a win for the United States because war, total war, is just that bad”

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Carlson believes pressure on Trump to continue the war comes from major donors rather than media pundits.

“I do think this is coming from donors. I think it's coming from Miriam Adelson and Paul Singer”

The Megyn Kelly Show: Tucker Carlson on Neocons vs. Trump's Iran Peace Deal, and "Hate Speech" Censorship, Plus Lindsey Graham's Primary Challenger | Ep. 1312 (May 7, 2026) · Listen from 22:59

Carlson argues that Israel could not sustain a blockade or defend itself without the U.S. military.

“israel could not sustain a blockade or defend itself for 24 hours without the 1.5 trillion dollar u.s military backstopping it”

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Carlson proposes barring anyone holding a second passport from government service.

“the great sorting could begin by disqualifying anyone from government service who holds a second passport”

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Carlson calls for ending all U.S. military and economic aid to Israel.

“this distancing should begin with a total end of aid of any kind, military or economic, to Israel by the US government”

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Carlson argues that commodity prices during the Hormuz closure suggest markets are being manipulated.

“Clearly. International markets, equities markets, commodities markets are not what we thought they were”

The Megyn Kelly Show: Tucker Carlson on Neocons vs. Trump's Iran Peace Deal, and "Hate Speech" Censorship, Plus Lindsey Graham's Primary Challenger | Ep. 1312 (May 7, 2026) · Listen from 1:01:22

Carlson observes that large oil futures bets tend to be placed right before Axios reports on an imminent end to the war.

“every time axios announces an imminent end to the war a lot of people make huge bets on oil futures right before it comes out”

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Carlson predicts that internet censorship of Israel criticism will succeed.

“They're absolutely going to censor the Internet, of course, at the urging of the Israeli government using our tax dollars”

The Megyn Kelly Show: Tucker Carlson on Neocons vs. Trump's Iran Peace Deal, and "Hate Speech" Censorship, Plus Lindsey Graham's Primary Challenger | Ep. 1312 (May 7, 2026) · Listen from 43:42

Carlson says efforts to scrub people from the internet over their views clearly violate the First Amendment.

“It's completely in contravention of the First Amendment. It's the most obvious violation of the First Amendment”

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Carlson relays a Midwestern industrial employer's claim that factories cannot find enough English-speaking workers and a competitor is going out of business over labor shortages.

“there just aren't enough english speakers in the united states to staff a factory”

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Carlson says he will not support the Republican Party because it puts a foreign country's interests above Americans'.

“how could you support how could i or any american voters support a political party that's not loyal to the united states that puts the interests of a foreign country above those of its own citizens”

The Megyn Kelly Show: Tucker Carlson Says He’s Leaving GOP, Far-Left Mamdani-Backed Candidates Win NYC Primaries, How World Cup Renewed American Patriotism, w/ Halperin & Palihapitya | Ep. 1346 (Jun 24, 2026) · Listen from 52:47

Carlson says he told the New York Times he wishes he had never interviewed Nick Fuentes.

“And I said to her, I wish I'd never interviewed that kid”

The Megyn Kelly Show: Tucker Carlson on Neocons vs. Trump's Iran Peace Deal, and "Hate Speech" Censorship, Plus Lindsey Graham's Primary Challenger | Ep. 1312 (May 7, 2026) · Listen from 1:17:31

Carlson attributes The Daily Wire's layoffs to insufficient demand for its content.

“There's an awful lot of daily wire and not a lot of people want to consume it”

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Carlson says he does not regret choosing Trump over Harris but regrets promoting him as a no-more-wars candidate.

“What I feel bad about is getting up and saying, you know, vote for Trump, no more wars. And that just turned out not to be true”

The Megyn Kelly Show: Tucker Carlson on Neocons vs. Trump's Iran Peace Deal, and "Hate Speech" Censorship, Plus Lindsey Graham's Primary Challenger | Ep. 1312 (May 7, 2026) · Listen from 54:16

Carlson argues that regime change would not secure shipping because only a coherent Iranian state can guarantee the shipping lane.

“do failed states make for secure shipping lanes just the opposite only a coherent state whether you like that state or not can guarantee a shipping lane”

The Megyn Kelly Show: Tucker Carlson on Neocons vs. Trump's Iran Peace Deal, and "Hate Speech" Censorship, Plus Lindsey Graham's Primary Challenger | Ep. 1312 (May 7, 2026) · Listen from 11:44

Carlson relays Joe Kent's view that the Butler shooting investigation was closed prematurely and that Crooks may not have acted alone.

“We can be fairly confident that Thomas Crooks pulled the trigger. We cannot be confident at all that he acted alone”

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Carlson asserts that Israel's bombing of Beirut effectively ended the ceasefire in practice.

“within hours, of the president announcing this, Israel, our unmentioned partner in this war, decided to bomb civilians in Beirut, Lebanon”

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