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“When he stood up after being shot in the face, bloodied, and put his hand up, I thought, at that moment, that was a transformation. This was no longer a man…. I think it was divine intervention.”
“A leader is the bravest man. That’s who the leader is. That is true in all human organizations. This is a law of nature. And in that moment, Donald Trump, months before the presidential election, became the leader of this nation.”
Tucker Carlson, describing Donald Trump during his speech at the 2024 RNC, July 18, 2024.
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“What he’s [Trump] good at is destroying things. He’s the undisputed world champion of that. He could easily destroy us if we play it wrong.”
“I hate him [Trump] passionately.” We’re all pretending we’ve got a lot to show for it [the Trump Presidency], because admitting what a disaster it’s been is too tough to digest. But come on. There really isn’t an upside to Trump.”
“He’s [Trump] a demonic force, a destroyer.”
Tucker Carlson 1/4/2021 email to a colleague summarizing his views on Donald Trump.