What Does Tucker Carlson Really Believe? I Went to Maine to Find Out.

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[instrumental music plays] From the New York Times, this is The Interview. I'm Lulu Garcia-Navarro. Love him or loathe him, Tucker Carlson has been at the center of our political conversation and conservative media for a decade now. Few other media figures are more closely identified with the Trump era. His massively popular Fox show started just after the 2016 election, and despite being fired in 2023, Carlson remained a pivotal figure, launching his own network and boosting Trump into a second term on his podcast and in campaign rallies. Then Trump decided to attack Iran alongside Israel, a decision that Carlson is completely opposed to. He now says he regrets supporting the president and has become a vocal and influential critic of the administration. He also blames Israel for making Trump, quote, "a slave" by, as he characterizes it, pushing the president into war. Those comments and others have led to charges against Carlson