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Tucker Carlson says Trump is ‘not capable’ and hasn’t kept his promises

Fox News Channel host Tucker Carlson set straight any misinformation concerning his views on President Trump: “I don’t think he’s capable,” he said during an interview on Tuesday.

Urs Gehriger, an editor at “Die Weltwoche,” Switzerland’s leading German-language opinion weekly, noted that Carlson’s new book, “Ship of Fools,” is silent on Trump but comments on his critics. And so, Gehriger jump-started the conversation by asking what Carlson thought of Trump’s first two years in office.

Carlson said he cannot stand Trump’s self-aggrandizement and boasting. Then, when asked whether Trump has kept his promises, the usually quick-witted and long-winded Carlson had just one word: “No.”

Although it has a variety of voices, Fox News Channel has become the outlet often aligned with the current administration, at least in prime time.

Hosts such as Sean Hannity and Jeanine Pirro have taken near-unequivocal positions in support of Trump and against “the liberal left.” Hannity has even joined Trump on the campaign stage.

Though often a measured Trump supporter, Tuesday’s interview was not Carlson’s first verbal-lashing of the president; he called Trump’s attacks on then-attorney general Jeff Sessions, following his recusal from the Russia investigation, a “useless, self-destructive act.”

This week, he continued to disparage the president when Gehriger probed for more.

“His chief promises were that he would build the wall, defund Planned Parenthood and repeal Obamacare, and he hasn’t done any of those things,” Carlson said, adding that those goals were probably lost causes. Trump, he said, doesn’t understand the system, and his own agencies don’t support him.

“He knows very little about the legislative process, hasn’t learned anything, hasn’t surrounded himself with people that can get it done, hasn’t done all the things you need to do, so it’s mostly his fault that he hasn’t achieved those things,” he added.

He has come to believe that Trump’s role is not as a conventional president who promises to achieve certain things and then does. Instead, it’s to “begin the conversation about what actually matters.”

For the Fox News host, that issue is immigration.

The Washington Post’s Philip Bump previously reported that since taking over the prime-time slot left vacant by Greta Van Susteren when she departed the network shortly before the 2016 election, Carlson has been “a fervent advocate for Trump’s hard-right position on immigration.”

The interview, which ran 45 minutes past its allotted time, covered wide-ranging discussion points, some as striking as Carlson’s outspoken comments about the president.

For starters, he called Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and her socialist group “the future.” He also criticized the Republican Party, suggesting that it “will die” if it doesn’t begin to fairly represent middle-class American voters.

“The elite in our country is physically separated in a way that’s very unhealthy for a democracy,” he said. Rural America is “really falling apart,” he said, adding that “if you’re running the country, you should have a sense of that."

Gehriger said Carlson sounded like a “renegade.”

“He was so tough” on Trump, he told The Post. “He was nobody’s cheerleader. For a person who is so successful on Fox News, I didn’t expect him to be so outspoken."

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Trump did say Mexico was gonna' pay for the wall. Maybe he's making them pay through the TRADE AGREEMENT?

I don't know, life in America sucks. Too many minorities, too much crime, too much politics. 

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1 minute ago, Polaris 550 said:

Trump did say Mexico was gonna' pay for the wall. Maybe he's making them pay through the TRADE AGREEMENT?

I don't know, life in America sucks. Too many minorities, too much crime, too much politics. 

You get fucked by dogs.....you're the issue with america

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2 minutes ago, f7ben said:

You get fucked by dogs.....you're the issue with america

Did you see the size of my arms at the woodpile? I was about 68 years old at the time. Can you just imagine the size of my pythonian guns when I was in my 20s and 30s? 

Chicks dug me. Quit being a little dummy. Yes, I was a chick magnet.   

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1 minute ago, Polaris 550 said:

Did you see the size of my arms at the woodpile? I was about 68 years old at the time. Can you just imagine the size of my pythonian guns when I was in my 20s and 30s? 

Chicks dug me. Quit being a little dummy. Yes, I was a chick magnet.   

You were a dick magnet

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10 minutes ago, Polaris 550 said:

 

I don't know, life in America sucks. Too many minorities, too much crime, too much politics. 

Sucks to be you I guess. Life is awesome and even more so in America.

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4 minutes ago, f7ben said:

Not as many as dogs that have fucked you!!!1

What are you talking about, dogs? Are you a fukken nut or somethin'? 

Steve The Nigga's pic doesn't mean shit.............except to the people that I have beaten like rented mules. 

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29 minutes ago, Anler said:

Does Tucker know he works for Fox news? 

I’ve heard him criticize trump before. That Williams guy rips into him all the time as well. You think Shep Smith is a big trump fan?

C’mon...

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6 hours ago, Anler said:

Does Tucker know he works for Fox news? 

The rats are jumping off the ship.

6 hours ago, Edmo said:

I’ve heard him criticize trump before. That Williams guy rips into him all the time as well. You think Shep Smith is a big trump fan?

C’mon...

That Williams guy is a democrat, he's apparently the "balanced" part ot "fair and balanced news", Shep is part of the actual news side of Fox, the rest of "Fox News" is opinion matter as has been declared by Fox News Corp itself.

I believe that Mueller has to go to court today in Washington to tell a judge why he has accused Manafort of lying and breaking the plea deal, and that his team will be in front of another judge in NY today to recommend how much time Cohen should serve or not serve in jail. Could be an interesting day.

 

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8 hours ago, SSFB said:

Well shit, that makes Tucker a liberal according to some. :lol:

 

 

41 minutes ago, Pete said:

fox has a lot of RINOS working there. I haven't watched it in years now

Or a RINO apparently. 😂

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43 minutes ago, Mileage Psycho said:

The rats are jumping off the ship.

That Williams guy is a democrat, he's apparently the "balanced" part ot "fair and balanced news", Shep is part of the actual news side of Fox, the rest of "Fox News" is opinion matter as has been declared by Fox News Corp itself.

I believe that Mueller has to go to court today in Washington to tell a judge why he has accused Manafort of lying and breaking the plea deal, and that his team will be in front of another judge in NY today to recommend how much time Cohen should serve or not serve in jail. Could be an interesting day.

 

I guess some have the ability to separate the man from his actions. I’ve seen tucker agree with the “D” folks he has on about trump being an idiot and needing to shut his trap at times. And I’ve said that as well.

Some of his actions have been great IMO. Conservative justices, trade war, cutting taxes. Doesn’t mean you have to love the man...all this talk about swinging from his balls because you agree with something he did is rediculous.

Also let’s not forget who he ran against. Voters were put in a real tough position with these two morons.

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1 minute ago, Jimmy Snacks said:

 

Or a RINO apparently. 😂

fox news aint nothing they think they are.

I tell my wife this constantly.  One of the reasons im leaving lol

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1 minute ago, Pete said:

fox news aint nothing they think they are.

I tell my wife this constantly.  One of the reasons im leaving lol

Damn...your divorce sounds just like Ginger and Woolies breakup.😂

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2 minutes ago, Jimmy Snacks said:

Damn...your divorce sounds just like Ginger and Woolies breakup.😂

hahahaha.. they are hostile to each other.. my wife and I are getting along better than ever now. weird

ok except for her politics. I HATE it all

Im just sick of it day in and day out. Better things to do in life

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1 minute ago, Pete said:

hahahaha.. they are hostile to each other.. my wife and I are getting along better than ever now. weird

ok except for her politics. I HATE it all

Glad you two are able to remain civil with each other....most times it doesn't work that way. My wife watches Fox and Friends everyday and if I'm home I just make a smart ass comment and leave the room...shit drives me nuts. The only news I watch on TV now is the local stuff.

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3 minutes ago, Jimmy Snacks said:

Glad you two are able to remain civil with each other....most times it doesn't work that way. My wife watches Fox and Friends everyday and if I'm home I just make a smart ass comment and leave the room...shit drives me nuts. The only news I watch on TV now is the local stuff.

hey thanks. so you understand then. Your wife sounds like mine in the political sense. Yeah this divorce is out of the ordinary but its making life much easier to deal with. Now if I can just secure my house!

I just cant stand any of it anymore and I have told her repeatedly. She thinks the orange man is fucking god. I just LMAO and it pisses her off.

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24 minutes ago, Pete said:

She thinks the orange man is fucking god.

I don’t get why people worship politicians. Makes no sense to me. :dunno: 

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