'Trump may have been hypnotised' to start Iran war, Tucker Carlson Yalda Hakim Sky News
Like him or loathe him, Tucker Carlson is a window into Trump's world Over the past decade, Carlson has become one of the most influential and polarising voices in the MAGA movement - which is why I was interested to hear what he made of Donald Trump's decision to strike Iran. Yalda Hakim Tucker Carlson: Iran war marks end of Trump I first saw the scale of Tucker Carlson's political power and influence up close at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee in 2024. Donald Trump had survived an assassination attempt just days earlier. The mood inside the convention hall was electric. Eight years after Trump's hostile takeover of the Republican establishment, there was no doubt that this was now his party. Yet there were a handful of figures who seemed capable of commanding the same intensity of attention from the crowd. Carlson was one of them. Supporters stopped him constantly. Delegates crowded around him. When he took to the stage, the audience hung on every word. That experience stayed with me as I travelled to rural Maine this week to sit down with Carlson in his studio. Over the past decade, Carlson has become one of the most influential and polarising voices in the MAGA movement, helping to popularise many of the ideas that came to define the America First agenda. Whether you agree with him or loathe him, he remains an important window into how a significant part of Trump's political coalition sees the world. Which is why I was interested to hear what he made of President Trump's decision to strike Iran. Since the war began the relationship between Carlson and President Trump has soured. He explained how he went from speaking to the president constantly in the lead-up to the conflict, to not having any communication with him since the first day strikes were launched against Iran. At one point in our conversation, I asked him whether this conflict could become for Donald Trump what Afghanistan became for Joe Biden. The question was a personal one. Having reported extensively on the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, I have long felt it was the turning point of Biden's presidency - the moment many voters began to question his leadership. So I asked Carlson whether this war could become Trump's Afghanistan. https://news.sky.com/story/like-him-or-loathe-him-tucker-carlson-is-a-window-into-trumps-world-13556311
Like him or loathe him, Tucker Carlson is a window into Trump's world Over the past decade, Carlson has become one of the most influential and polarising voices in the MAGA movement - which is why I was interested to hear what he made of Donald Trump's decision to strike Iran. Yalda Hakim Tucker Carlson: Iran war marks end of Trump I first saw the scale of Tucker Carlson's political power and influence up close at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee in 2024. Donald Trump had survived an assassination attempt just days earlier. The mood inside the convention hall was electric. Eight years after Trump's hostile takeover of the Republican establishment, there was no doubt that this was now his party. Yet there were a handful of figures who seemed capable of commanding the same intensity of attention from the crowd. Carlson was one of them. Supporters stopped him constantly. Delegates crowded around him. When he took to the stage, the audience hung on every word. That experience stayed with me as I travelled to rural Maine this week to sit down with Carlson in his studio. Over the past decade, Carlson has become one of the most influential and polarising voices in the MAGA movement, helping to popularise many of the ideas that came to define the America First agenda. Whether you agree with him or loathe him, he remains an important window into how a significant part of Trump's political coalition sees the world. Which is why I was interested to hear what he made of President Trump's decision to strike Iran. Since the war began the relationship between Carlson and President Trump has soured. He explained how he went from speaking to the president constantly in the lead-up to the conflict, to not having any communication with him since the first day strikes were launched against Iran. At one point in our conversation, I asked him whether this conflict could become for Donald Trump what Afghanistan became for Joe Biden. The question was a personal one. Having reported extensively on the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, I have long felt it was the turning point of Biden's presidency - the moment many voters began to question his leadership. So I asked Carlson whether this war could become Trump's Afghanistan. https://news.sky.com/story/like-him-or-loathe-him-tucker-carlson-is-a-window-into-trumps-world-13556311