You’ve probably gotten wind of the fact that Tucker Carlson, the man who privately professed to hating Donald Trump, publicly interviewed him last night. They not only discussed how the clerks and cops at the Manhattan courthouse openly wept and apologized when he was arraigned, they discussed Putin, Xi, the bomb, everything.
As usual, Trump replayed his greatest hits. He thinks referring to nuclear energy as the “n” word is drop dead hilarious somehow.
And of course he loves the world’s dictators. It wouldn’t be a Trump interview without the usual lionization of people that make the rest of the world cringe.
Trump: "I'm an environmentalist also, in my own way, because I've done a good job with the environment. But nobody talks about nuclear." pic.twitter.com/Dr0egpr34L
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 12, 2023
I wonder if Tucker is inwardly cringing, worried that Trump may ask him about the texting around Fox News of how much he hated Trump? So far so good.
Trump’s too busy insulting other people to think about Tucker.
Trump calls Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley an "idiot" pic.twitter.com/M1Y2Pzu9I2
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 12, 2023
And of course talk goes to Putin.
Trump: "One of your fellow journalists said, 'who's the biggest problem? Is it China? Could it be Russia? Could it be North Korea?' No, I said, the biggest problem is from within. It's these sick radical people" pic.twitter.com/vLKOcRHCRK
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 12, 2023
“Sick” “radical” “idiot” so far nothing new.
wow, is this what happened during World War 2? pic.twitter.com/BnkwdbbnQw
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 12, 2023
Here comes the thigh slapper, har de har har.
"I call it the n-word" — Trump on nuclear weapons pic.twitter.com/MA59VbZsl9
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 12, 2023
"The world is exploding around us. You could end up in a third world war. And this guy's gonna be in Ireland?" — Trump on Biden's brief trip to Ireland pic.twitter.com/Tme2FNOVZ9
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 12, 2023
WWIII is now baked into the Trump cake. Expect to hear about it every time he makes an appearance.
Now it starts to get good.
Trump: "The get you on a perfect nondisclosure disclosure agreement" pic.twitter.com/pcwmFdOrhh
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 12, 2023
Vladimir won’t like this.
"I sadly killed a lot of Russian soldiers" — Trump on his 2017 strike on Syria pic.twitter.com/ELI3s07wIY
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 12, 2023
And of course he loves Xi. Xi is what he wants to be, president for life.
And the last clip is sympathy for the devil.
Trump is very clearly on Russia's side: "Putin — very smart. Now, he's had probably a bad year. Don't forget, that whole this is not … if he took over all of Ukraine." pic.twitter.com/92pcyOblWL
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 12, 2023
What, no Viktor Orban? Orban will be offended. He went out of his way when Trump was indicted to commiserate with him.
So where does this leave Fox News? Back in Trump’s corner? Still planning and hoping to see DeSantis on the top of the GOP ticket? They don’t know either?
That last one is just word salad. He may know what he was trying to say, but his brain is failing him.
(there were a zillion comments on the sniffing)
I am not a doctor but I recognize mental illness.
Just another mentally ill terror threat…
Lock him up!
In an asylum.
I can’t believe I’ve never seen video of Tucker Carlson before now. Does he always look so startled and stupid? When Trump says “nuclear warming” and the camera cuts back to Tucker, that look of dumbfounded stupidity is priceless.
Well, I’ve never put myself through the masochistic horror of watching Tuck-tuck live but in EVERY still shot I’ve ever seen of him and EVERY video clip that’s been presented, I’d have to say that IS Tuck-tuck’s normal facial expression. (I think there have been a few cases where he manages to achieve a look of “outrage” but it’s not that far removed from “deer in the headlights”; the only real difference is “outrage” features a sneering mouth while his “normal” look may include “sex-doll-open-mouth.”)