Tucker Carlson Answers Your Most Asked Questions
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Tucker argues the U.S. is locked in a one-party system where donors—especially Miriam Adelson and the neocons—have privatized government and now run both parties, forcing wars for Israel and pushing data-center projects that impoverish Trump’s own rural base. He faults Trump for betraying voters on the Epstein files and Iran, says the MAGA coalition is being dismantled from within, and predicts the resulting inequality will produce socialism or worse. At the same time, he notes that personal relationships and family ties are quietly improving as people focus on what actually matters.
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"Ask Tucker" is available at TuckerCarlson.com for members only. Jeremy G. from Lake Ariel, Pennsylvania expressed being fed up with Republicans but hesitant to support DSA due to their anti-white positions and revolutionary aims.
Tucker noted uncertainty about DSA's stance on the Iran war, tax law, and improving life for average Americans whose ancestors fought in the Civil War. He questioned whether DSA represents a genuine alternative or serves as a false option within the one-party system where a tiny percentage of the population gets what they want.
Jane R. from Houston, Texas asked about James Talarico running for Senate in Texas. Tucker advised trusting instincts when someone seems suspicious. He described Talarico as using Christianity as cover while holding complete contempt for biblical Christianity and promoting anti-Christian programs. Tucker stated he would accept a lecture from an atheist who is honest about their beliefs, but finds no honor in using someone else's religion to sabotage it.
Jeff from Lake Ozarks, Missouri asked about chances of a third party called "Party of America" forming. Tucker stated the current system does not represent the majority, noting most people oppose priorities of both Republican and Democratic parties. He argued the promise of democracy is that the majority gets what it wants, which hasn't happened for decades. Tucker believes a third party will form but is uncertain about timing, noting politics is completely reciprocal and not rooted in any belief.
Timothy F. from Charleston, South Carolina asked if Democrats winning would impact wars in Ukraine and Iran. Tucker stated Democrats started the war by telling Russia NATO would include Ukraine in February 2022. He noted both parties have discussed overthrowing the Iranian government for 40 years because they are paid by Israel. Tucker emphasized his first priority is stopping these wars of choice, noting war kills economies, creates community chaos, and drives people to become cruel to each other.
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Mary-Kate C. from New Baltz, New York asked for the three best and three worst politicians. Tucker named Marjorie Taylor Greene, Joe Kent, and Thomas Massie as the top three, noting none currently holds office. Joe Kent was defeated twice due to a disinformation campaign by Nick Fuentes, who Tucker claims works for neoconservatives. Marjorie Taylor Greene was expelled for suggesting release of Epstein files. Thomas Massie noted AIPAC controls 90% of Congress members. Tucker stated the three were banished for telling the truth, with the desire to tell truth and courage to say it being signs of integrity.
Tucker described Ted Cruz as the most pathetic member of Congress with a disastrous personal life where he is not respected in his own home. He stated he would rather lose a hundred elections than have his wife and children disrespect him. Tucker noted Cruz was told all his life he is a genius due to high linguistic IQ, but this represents a trick at parties rather than actual wisdom or ability to make wise decisions.
Tom F. from Floral Park, New York asked about donor class control. Tucker explained politicians believe money equals power, leaving them vulnerable to manipulation. He identified Miriam Adelson as not from the country, living off money from her late husband's gambling industry exploitation, with her agenda being the State of Israel and Likud party. Tucker noted she donates to James Taylor, Trump's opponent, because she doesn't care about the United States. He stated donors have privatized the US government, using tax dollars and military for their own purposes.
Tucker emphasized blaming the American people for allowing this system rather than donors. He stated his role as a father of four is to say "no" and that someone must say it. He mentioned pharmaceutical lobby control, noting Fox got all drug ads back the week Tucker was fired. His criticisms of pharmaceuticals were moderate - questioning COVID vaccine effectiveness and suggesting not everyone needs antidepressants, Adderall, and benzodiazepines.
Austin from Youngstown, Ohio asked if Republicans will engage in self-reflection after losing in November and whether socialism will gain momentum. Tucker stated self-reflection is not in human nature, noting parties are groups of people who don't learn. He believes the country is heading toward socialism as a response to the majority no longer belonging to the middle class since Obama's second term in 2015. He wrote a book on this subject that received little attention. Tucker compared current inequality to Mexico's hierarchical system, noting the difference between how the rich and everyone else live has become extreme.
An attack on their system, which was hierarchical and therefore unstable. That's how drug gangs emerged there. And so Venezuela collapsed and Hugo Chavez was elected. He has been elected. And so Hitler was elected. He too was elected. Therefore, an economic system characterized by blatant inequality has political consequences every time. Unfortunately, those consequences tend to make things worse.
This means that I might vote for a member of the Social Democratic Party, hoping that this country will become more equal and less turbulent, but I am almost certain that what I will get is a system in which the powerful and wealthy already have much more power. Or we simply get rid of the rich, we eat the rich. Well, you know, I'm not too bothered by the idea of destroying the billionaire class. In fact, I secretly support that. But I'm not lying to myself, and I believe that their money will make everyone happier, calmer, and better off in some way. You are simply replacing them with a new class of billionaires, and they will be the technocrats who run the new system. They will have weapons, unlike billionaires. So no, I'm not optimistic at all. I am not optimistic at all.
But can I say one last thing because this sounds very depressing? I truly believe that people's relationships have become better and more realistic in the last ten years. I notice it in my own life and I see it all around me. People have become clearer about what really matters. There is much less trivial talk. I know that the public is supposedly obsessed with professional sports, drugs, and all that stuff. There may be some truth to that. But in the world I live in, people are deep, honest, and loyal to one another, and families are more closely connected. This is a real thing. In every conversation I have, it sounds like, "Yes, I want my children to move next door to me." That was not the America I grew up in at all. It's a much better version of it. So, I think that while all these terrible things are happening on a public level, there are beautiful things happening on a personal level. And I just want to be grateful for that. I want to say that out loud.
Elizabeth K. from Seattle asks: "Tucker, do you think the murder of Charlie Kirk will help or hurt the Republican Party in the 2028 midterm and general elections, and why?" Well, it was a disaster. Well, for Charlie, his children, and his widow, that comes first. And for us who knew him well and loved him, that's second. But for the country, that's third. Yes, and the same applies to the Republican Party. I mean, Charlie was the most important organizer in the Republican Party ever. They had something called the Republican National Committee, and it had authority, and you knew who ran it; Haley Barbour ran the Republican National Committee. It's a big deal. People send money to the Republican National Committee. That's all over. No one, no normal person would send money to a partisan organization. The parties are completely corrupt. It's like sending money to the Church of Scientology. Who would do that? You know, nobody. Charlie filled that void. This was through the "Turning Point" organization. You know, she wants to rally the voters, and she wants Ken Paxton to defeat that young man, Tellerico, whoever that person is, that shady fellow. Hmm, you're sending money to "The Turning Point". And that's all over. They destroyed the "turning point". That was entirely deliberate. They destroyed the "Maga" movement. They destroyed the Republican Party. And the people themselves, the neoconservatives, are the ones who did it. They did that intentionally.
Therefore, Trump was elected for a second time in 2024 with the broadest coalition the Republican Party had ever seen. And you had, you know, hippie moms who were interested in natural food from Napa, and you had lots of Black people, lots of Hispanics, and they were men because the promise was male leadership, which is what we need, by the way. Hmm, it turns out to be female leadership, passive, aggressive and extremely annoying leadership, hmm, which is the last thing we need, but whatever. In any case, you have this huge coalition of people, and within this coalition, there was a tiny percentage—the smallest part of the coalition—of neoconservatives who said, "No, we need to use the American military to fight wars for Israel." In other words, no one agrees with that. They have completely taken over the party because of Trump, and regardless of how they threatened Trump, it is clear that they threatened him, absolutely. They were allowed to do so, and now they run the entire party, as if anyone who doesn't support this isn't a true Republican. truly? I am fifty-seven years old, and I am the son of a Republican official. I have been a Republican all my life. I interned in the Senate 40 years ago for a Republican. Are you...are you lecturing me about what it means to be a Republican? I don't think so. Incidentally, I have been promoting and defending Republican politics on television for 35 years. So, suddenly, I became an intellectual criminal. I mean, I really don't care. I have absolutely no interest in any of that, in fact, at this stage. But it's amazing how quickly this happens, and it's also amazing how quickly people are able to create a new reality just by talking. If you start saying something over and over again, no matter how ridiculous, like that men can become women. Oh, really, they can. After a while, people accept it as a fact. And you see Trump doing this about nuclear war now. No, it's okay to use nuclear weapons. Well, we'll have a nuclear exchange then, because that's the nature of life. Words have a sacred power, and also a dark power, I would say. There is a reason why we call them spells or magic. In other words, this is absolutely true. They are talking to create this new Republican Party, which has absolutely no popular support, and shouldn't, because it is dysfunctional. Um...so, yes, they destroyed the party. One of the main things that happened, whoever did it, was the assassination of Charlie Kirk's character. I mean, look at this week's "Turning Point" event, it has all these speakers that Charlie Kirk didn't like. I'm not guessing; I knew Charlie Kirk very well. He has sat at this table with me more than once. And...we talked about it. Therefore, I am not attacking Ben Shapiro, whom I sympathize with. I don't think Ben Shapiro has a bright future at all, but Charlie Kirk despised Ben Shapiro. And how do I know that? Because he told me that. I know that Ben Shapiro would have spoken twice, you know, it's like everyone who was asked to speak wasn't going to speak. I am not attacking anyone in particular. The people at Turning Point are good people. I know Andrew Colvet, he's a really nice guy. He tries his best. That's right. I know people will hate me for saying that. I know the man. I admire him. We don't even disagree on many things. But it's not... I don't think one person makes the decisions. As usual, the donors are the ones who make the decisions. Their views are extreme. Most people disagree with them, but their word is law. It's very sad.
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Well, Tucker, I regret to inform you that Lynette K. of Land O' Lakes, Florida, is not happy with you. What? Tucker, would you feel any guilt if Congress were swept by a blue wave of Islamists and Marxists because you abandoned Trump because your feelings were hurt? Well, I would feel very sad if that happened, definitely. Trump never hurt my feelings. I have worked in television all my life. It is very difficult to hurt my feelings. When you are subjected to humiliation as you have been subjected to it repeatedly over decades, there are not many feelings left that can be hurt. So, you will not succeed in hurting my feelings. Trump is the one who abandoned me and his voters. Trump campaigned on a specific list of issues and beliefs, then betrayed them all. Therefore, I believe in loyalty. I married my high school sweetheart. I am surrounded by people I have known all my life. Therefore, I truly believe in loyalty and I think I demonstrate it. But I think it should be mutual. It's not a one-sided matter. Trump is not a god. I do not worship humans. If Trump makes a mistake, I'm not eager to point it out. Trump has made many mistakes that I haven't mentioned, but which I know a lot about. Because I feel sad. I have always liked Trump on a personal level, you know, and I still feel that way. I'm not angry with Trump, actually. He is not responsible. He does not run the country. I feel sorry for him. He is a puppet and a slave to greater powers. This is very disturbing to me as an American who believes in the democratic system. You can elect someone to make the change you voted for. Clearly, things don't work that way. So, I feel sad about that. I feel sad for him. He is eighty years old. I mean, will things end well for him? I mean, the whole thing is a tragedy. But my commitment is to what I believe to be the truth. I always say this with the caveat that sometimes I don't know what the truth is. And of course, I was very wrong before. But that does not shake my belief in the existence of truth. And that we must pursue it even if I see it vaguely. It still exists. If someone lies to you and you pretend that it didn't happen, you are complicit in the lie. I don't want to get involved in a lie. Also, you lack self-respect. Have some self-respect. Is this what you voted for? I don't think so. It is not what he promised. So why are you making excuses for that? What's wrong with you? I mean, this is a human thing. I understand that. We are so involved in things that we don't want to admit that we have been deceived. You know, a gypsy takes 100 euros from you in a card game and you act like nothing happened. Because you're a fool for playing this game with gypsies. Of course you will lose. So, I understand. I, I understand that. I feel it. I introduced Trump on stage at the Republican National Convention. I mean, you know, if anyone is involved in this, it's me. But I think our commitment to the truth and our self-respect require us to admit that that gypsy took 100 euros from us in a card game. Isn't that so?
JK from Norton Shores, Michigan asks: "Looking back, do you feel you could have done more to convince Trump not to drag us into this messy war with Iran?" What would these midterm elections have looked like without the war? Um, you know, no. I spoke to Trump. I mean, I don't know, it's written in my calendar. Um, but I spoke with him dozens of times last winter, in December, January and February, about Iran and Venezuela at length. I knew people in Venezuela and I knew many people in the Middle East, and I used to travel to the Middle East; I was in every country involved in this war in the weeks leading up to the war. Israel, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Jordan. I was in all those countries about two weeks before the war. And I was there, I knew people in all those countries and I loved those countries, but I was there talking about the war. So, I did everything I felt I could do. What I didn't do was admit to myself that the war was already coming. I couldn't believe it. I couldn't accept it. I never thought he would do that. He did not want to do that. I know that because I spoke to him about it at length. He had absolutely no enthusiasm for this. And I continued to believe despite all the evidence until I woke up on the morning the war began, February 28. I continued to believe that he would not do that. And I'm a fool because of that. And I think if I really believed that he would have done this, by the way, there were other people around him who held the same opinion. They were saying, he really wouldn't do that. It's brinkmanship. He will not actually wage a regime change war against Iran. We just fought a war in June. You know, the 12-day war. We destroyed their nuclear reactor, this whole thing is crazy. It can't happen. I felt this way about the Iraq War, by the way, in March 2003. I knew Bush, and I spoke to him about it at the time. I said, he really wouldn't do that because Saddam had nothing to do with the events of September 11. So why do we do this? Because Israel wanted it, that's the reason. But I didn't understand any of that. In any case, my sin, or at least my perception of my sin, is not being honest with myself about what was really going on. I think if I had known for certain that he would do this, I would have sounded the alarm more publicly than I did. I mean, I tried. I traveled to Tel Aviv, which I did not want to do, to talk to Huckabee and others about it. I apologize if I seem to be defending myself, but this is the truth. Yes, they will be crushed. This is the most hated war in American history, and it has been since day one. So why do voters reward that? They won't do that. It's not just this war; the Epstein story has done a lot of damage. He yelled at his voters because they wanted to see Epstein's files, which he did not have. The US government does not have those files; we do. We are citizens of this country. You're just passing through, man. You may be a federal employee or a politician, but those files belong to us. All of them, every single one of them. They have no right to withhold it from us. And when he turned around angrily at that ministerial meeting and said that anyone who wanted to see the files was not a supporter of MAGA, that was the moment I said, "Wow, things are getting dark." "What are you even talking about?" I spoke to him about it. I said to him, "What are you doing?" "You know." Oh, it's a democratic conspiracy, but of course it wasn't a democratic conspiracy. There are other reasons why he hid those files. Millions of them remain undisclosed, millions. We have the right to see each one of them. The Department of Justice has a moral obligation to track down anyone who may have abused children. What are you doing? Pizza and grape soda? Billionaires don't drink grape soda. No white billionaire in history has ever taken a single sip of grape soda. So don't tell me about pizza, and by the way, did Jeffrey Epstein eat a lot of pizza? I don't think so. I eat a lot of pizza. This is why I gain weight every year. Jeffrey Epstein never ate a single slice of pizza in his entire damned life. Have you seen that man? He's like a fitness-obsessed Mr. Narcissus. So when you have dozens of emails talking about pizza and grape soda, it's only fair that the Justice Department calls in the people in those emails and says to them, "Pizza and grape soda, tell me more." They did not do that. Why didn't they? Because they are protecting the criminals in the Epstein files. Well, if you do that, I suppose it's a deal, right? It's as if you get something in return. I have no idea what they get out of it. But what they will not get is voter support, because no one supports it. Isn't that so?
Michelle from Sacramento asks: "Tucker, I heard you say that you are not interested in running for president." This is frustrating, but I understand. Can you at least convince your brother, Uncle Buck, to run for office? "Uncle Buck's presidency will probably be the greatest since George Washington because Uncle Buck has an innate understanding and sense of American culture that I haven't seen in anyone else. Like real American culture and love for people. So, I think leadership starts with love. I've always believed that. I think that's the basic requirement for being a good father, not having the slightest clue what you're doing. I had children at 25. No, I was drunk half the time. I had no idea what I was doing. But I always loved my children, so it worked out fine. And that's true at every level of leadership. If you love the people you lead, of course you'll make mistakes and say stupid things and mislead them unintentionally, but you won't hurt them beyond repair because you love them. And our leaders don't love us. They have complete contempt for us. To them, we're just cattle on a tax farm. Quite plain. And umm, having a leader, and I think Uncle Buck, you know, it's going to be funny, but I actually think he'll be a great president because he loves people, all people. Uncle Buck, I don't think he's ever met any Someone who hasn't smelled him. He smells anyone, regardless of race, income level, or gender. He just—he likes people. Not in some creepy way, he just likes people. And the more time he spends with people, the happier he is. He really loves it. He mingles with them, you know, with other people. When was the last time we had a leader like that? I can't remember. You know, they're all weirdly sterile, germaphobes. They're just putting on an act. They wear work helmets or eat at fast-food restaurants, but ultimately, do you think they care about you? Not a chance. He, he really does. So, yeah, I'd vote for Uncle Buck in a second.
Nick O'Neil from Georgetown, Ohio asks: "Why does President Trump keep pushing through massive data center projects in rural areas, which are the strongest strongholds of his base, and then wonder why he's losing support?" "Trump hates himself, and therefore he hates everyone who loves him. Okay, let's start from that point. Let me rephrase that. Trump hates himself. Therefore, he despises everyone who loves him, and I think his personal life and his history of marriages prove it. But his public behavior proves it too. So, the more loyal you are to Trump, the more he despises you. Loyalty isn't rewarded; it's punished. Trump recently did a podcast with Michael Cohen, his former lawyer, who went to jail and made a living criticizing Trump—that's what he does for a living—and Cohen attacked Trump in the most personal and vicious way, and Trump rewards it. So, just know that the people Trump hates the most are the ones who voted for him and are still loyal to him. They lack self-respect. And he despises that. He hates weakness, and he hates people who love him. It's true. He's not the only one who feels this way. People who hate themselves are all like that. Have you ever wondered why, having known people like that, they're often nicer to the parking attendant and the waitress than to their children and wives? It's all too familiar. Well, that's why. They reward loyalty and love with hate. Anyway, yes, what I like about data centers is how transparent and open the whole thing is. Nobody even pretends that data centers are going to improve your life. They're saying, "Oh, we're building a new prison, and we're going to put you in it." "And by the way, you will pay for it, because humiliating you is part of our worldview, our religion, or whatever. I have to humiliate you. You have to dig your own graves. I will not be satisfied with just executing you and throwing you into a grave. You have to dig it yourselves." This is exactly what a data center represents. But they don't pretend otherwise. They don't say, "Okay, we're going to build a data center in your county in Utah, and your life will go from bad to great." Instead they say, "No, we're building a data center, and you're going to pay for it, and that money is going to people who are already richer than anyone in history, to the billionaire class, and then your lives are going to get much worse." You will have no job or any human independence. You will not be able to make any decisions, and the most you can hope for is a check from the government. And so you become just another aid-dependent case. And how does this matter, or the situation with inherited money, work? What about people who live off inherited money? For example, if I gave you a check for one billion dollars when you were twenty-three years old, would your life be happy? If you keep dependent on aid generation after generation, will your life be happy? We don't need to guess; we know and see the results. Therefore, paying people to do nothing is the fastest way to destroy them, whether they are rich or poor, it doesn't matter. It's the same principle. This is the promise of data centers. This is the best-case scenario for data centers. And they say so quite openly. What do you think about me overthrowing the government now? Are you kidding me? Is this what you are promising me? I know that you will fall short in fulfilling this promise. Is this the best you can offer me? So yes, I think the whole thing is so amazing that they don't even bother to hide it, and maybe technology gives them the confidence that they don't have to hide it. Perhaps it's as if, with enough smart cameras, when artificial intelligence becomes as powerful as we expect, your consent won't be necessary. Shut up and eat your porridge, you [ __ ]. This is the position I feel we have reached. If we are not, tell me how I am wrong. I have never seen a product launch with this level of deviance. When Apple releases a new phone or any other product, they lie about how great it feels to buy it, of course. It's as if you never feel that buying something is not a fantasy experience. Okay, the whole thing is fake, do you understand? But at least they are making an effort. Like our sneakers will make us... We were talking off-camera about Newport's cigarette advertising campaign in the 1980s and 1990s, and its slogan was "Get some". And of course, the offer was: Buy a can of "Newport" and you'll have the girls. It will be that you will not be able to keep them away from you. This is not true, or perhaps it is. I never smoked Newport, but at least they appealed to a desire you had, even if it was a base desire. As for the topic of artificial intelligence in data centers, it's like saying: We're going to take all your money and make your life much worse. I myself have never seen anything like this before. Of course, Trump supports that. I mean, of course. This is where the money is.
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