Tucker Carlson suggested that after failing to derail former President Donald Trump’s popularity through protests, multiple impeachments, and indictments, Trump’s detractors might resort to assassinating him.
“We’re speeding toward assassination, obviously, and no one will say that, but … I don’t know how you can’t reach that conclusion,” Carlson said in an interview with podcaster and comedian Adam Carolla earlier this week.
Carlson claimed that Trump’s legal issues have only made him more popular.
“If you begin with criticism, then you go to protest, then you go to impeachment, now you go to indictment, and none of them work, what’s next? I mean, graph it out, man!” Carlson said.
He suggested that such an assassination would be undertaken by “permanent Washington, both parties.”
Carolla had asked Carlson if “they” were going to let Trump become president again, which prompted Carlson’s assassination speculation.
Carlson had raised the issue with Trump himself in an interview last week. Trump is currently the leading Republican candidate for the 2024 presidential election.
“It started with protests against you. … Then it moved to impeachment twice. Now indictment. The next stage is violence. Are you worried that they are going to try to kill you? Why wouldn’t they try and kill you?” Carlson asked the former president.
Tucker: "It started with protests against you. Then it moved to impeachment twice. Now indictment. The next stage is violence. Are you worried that they are going to try to kill you?"
Trump: "They are savage animals. They are people that are sick." pic.twitter.com/acvqmw3YC0
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) August 24, 2023
Trump did not address the question directly, only saying, “They are savage animals. They are people that are sick.”
The former president continues to be among the most polarizing presidents in recent memory, with many left-wingers openly accusing him of colluding with America’s foreign adversaries, including Russia.
At the same time, Trump’s unorthodox foreign policy has drawn admirers from some of the same foreign leaders that many establishment politicians in the United States openly deride, like Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. In an interview with Carlson, Orban praised Trump as the man most likely to bring peace to Eastern Europe.
"Call Back Trump"
Tucker Carlson Asks The Prime Minister Of Hungary @PM_ViktorOrban What He Would Do About The War In Ukraine If He Was In Charge Of NATO
"Peace immediately. Call back Trump. That's the only way out."
"The best foreign policy of the recent several decades… pic.twitter.com/9TgeBKnmAm
— The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 (@ColumbiaBugle) August 30, 2023
In response to Carlson asking him what he would do if he were in charge of NATO, Orban said, “Peace immediately. Call back Trump. That’s the only way out.”
He added, “You can criticize him for many reasons. … [But] the best foreign policy of the recent several decades belonged to him. He did not initiate any new war. He treated nicely the North Koreans, and Russia, even the Chinese, you know. He did even the policy which was the best one for Middle East, Abraham Accords.”
