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What Tucker Carlson Really Thinks of Donald Trump.

Let’s talk about those text messages where the FOX host shares his thoughts on the former President.

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min readMar 8, 2023
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There’s a lot we have learned about Tucker Carlson in recent weeks, particularly of course about his true feelings towards Donald Trump that he made clear via text message. One of the most glaring headlines has been the fact that he hates him with a passion, which of course is a nice element of drama considering how much time he invested in defending and amplifying him. But, I stumbled across a tweet that highlighted the real takeaway from all of this regarding Carlson and Trump.

Aaron Blake wrote:

“Tucker saying “I hate [Trump] passionately” is headline. But don’t sleep on: “That’s the last four years. We’re all pretending we’ve got a lot to show for it, because admitting what a disaster it’s been is too tough to digest. But come on. There isn’t really an upside to Trump.”…”

So not only does Tucker Carlson have a personal hatred for Donald Trump, his views into how Trump performed as President offer an interesting insight into how…

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Lauren Elizabeth
Lauren Elizabeth

Written by Lauren Elizabeth

Lauren is a writer & leftist with analysis on topics related to politics & policy. She can be reached at LaurenMartinchek@gmail.com or Twitter @xlauren_mx

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