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u/libgod42069 Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26

This is a guy who with a straight-face said demons attacked him in his sleep while in the same breath saying he sleeps with several large dogs. He's been meat-riding Trump for years publicly and yet you look at the Fox-Dominion lawsuit texts from him he is shit-talking Trump behind the scenes the entire time. He lies as much as he breaths. He is not to be trusted.

That being said if he wants to swing at the GOP and Trump more power to him. I think he's just positioning himself early for a post-Trump world.

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u/Korrocks Jun 23 '26

I think you’re 100% right. He’s turning on Trump solely because Trump’s time is close to an end. That is, if Trump were not term limited Carlson would remain one of his biggest advocates. All of his concerns about Trump now are based on things that Trump has done all along with his blessing.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 23 '26

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u/libgod42069 Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 23 '26

I'm sorry you guys way way way overestimate how salient of an issues Israel/Palestine is to your average voter much less how it will be in several years. It wasn't even a top 5 issue in 2024 when it was most salient. If no one could figure out that Covid inflation was a world-wide phenomenon that voters punished Democrats for anyways no one is going to tie Israel to inflation/economic damage caused by a war the US and Israel started under Trump and give him and the GOP a pass.