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But, you know, I suppose people should recognize or if they don't know who Tucker Carlson is, he was a presenter on Fox News, became very influential in Trump's first presidency campaign.
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Rising racism, rising bond yields, rising populism: the UK is in a terrible place
and was very much on board for the second presidency, but in recent months has fallen out big time with Trump, largely down to the Iran war situation.
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Rising racism, rising bond yields, rising populism: the UK is in a terrible place
He has always argued to Trump, apparently, or according to himself.
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Rising racism, rising bond yields, rising populism: the UK is in a terrible place
And I actually believe it, that it would be a mistake to go into Iran.
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Rising racism, rising bond yields, rising populism: the UK is in a terrible place
It would be bad for the United States.
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Rising racism, rising bond yields, rising populism: the UK is in a terrible place
And, you know, he...
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He says in the interview that Israel has made Trump a slave.
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And, you know, Israel basically pushed the president into the war.
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Rising racism, rising bond yields, rising populism: the UK is in a terrible place
And it is interesting that Tucker Carlson has now, because of his focus on Israel and the Iranian situation, and he's also interviewed the white nationalist influencer Nick Fuentes recently,
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that he has been described in many quarters now as anti-Semitic, which he denies, like a lot of other people, which he denies, of course, naturally.
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Rising racism, rising bond yields, rising populism: the UK is in a terrible place
But I mean, I would have a lot of sympathy with what Tucker Carlson is saying about the Iranian war.
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Rising racism, rising bond yields, rising populism: the UK is in a terrible place
You know, he said that Trump said to him before the war started in February and perhaps slightly afterwards that,
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Rising racism, rising bond yields, rising populism: the UK is in a terrible place
Do you want to see Iran becoming a nuclear power?
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Rising racism, rising bond yields, rising populism: the UK is in a terrible place
Carlson said he's always believed that Iran was an economic power more than a nuclear power because of its control of the Strait of Hormuz.
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Rising racism, rising bond yields, rising populism: the UK is in a terrible place
So I think a lot of the perspective of Carlson over the years and the way in which he tackled and fell out with Trump over the bombing of Iran
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You know, he's right, actually, isn't he?
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Rising racism, rising bond yields, rising populism: the UK is in a terrible place
Yeah, absolutely.
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Rising racism, rising bond yields, rising populism: the UK is in a terrible place
The Iranian situation is turning out to be very bad.
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Rising racism, rising bond yields, rising populism: the UK is in a terrible place
Oh, yeah, they really do.
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Rising racism, rising bond yields, rising populism: the UK is in a terrible place
There's no doubt about that.