Fox News host Tucker Carlson says Trump not 'capable' of legislating
Carlson has been among the most vocal supporters of the president and enjoyed strong ratings as a Fox News host alongside other pro-Trump voices.
Tucker Carlson speaks onstage during Politicon 2018 at Los Angeles Convention Center on Oct. 21, 2018 in Los Angeles.Rich Polk / Getty Images for Politicon file
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Dec. 7, 2018 / 1:15 PM ET
By Dylan Byers
Fox News host Tucker Carlson said this week that he believes President Donald Trump is “not capable” of achieving his campaign promises, a stinging assessment from a conservative pundit who is better known for defending the president than criticizing him.
“I don’t think he’s capable,” Carlson told Die Weltwoche, a German-language paper, in an interview published Tuesday. “I don’t think he’s capable of sustained focus. I don’t think he understands the system.”
The Fox News primetime host went on to say that Trump had not accomplished much because he didn’t understand the legislative process.
“The legislative process in this country by design is highly complex ... In order to do it you really have to understand how it works and you have to be very focused on getting it done,” Carlson said. “He knows very little about the legislative process, hasn’t learned anything, hasn’t and surrounded himself with people that can get it done, hasn’t done all the things you need to do.”
“It’s mostly his fault that he hasn’t achieved those things,” Carlson said. “I’m not in charge of Trump.”
Carlson has been among the most vocal supporters of the president and enjoyed strong ratings as a Fox News host alongside other pro-Trump voices Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham. While Carlson has been critical of Trump in the past, his most recent comments are among the first to take aim at the president since Democrats scored a significant victory in the midterm elections.
The Trump White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding Carlson’s remarks. Fox News declined to comment.
While Carlson has been critical of Trump before, particularly on issues including his handling of Syria and his attacks against former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the criticism is a notably at odds with much of the pro-Trump rhetoric that appears on Carlson’s show and across Fox News in prime time.
Elsewhere in the Die Weltwoche interview, Carlson suggested that Trump may simply have a different role than that of conventional presidents, crediting him with bringing renewed attention to immigration.
“I’ve come to believe that Trump’s role is not as a conventional president who promises to get certain things achieved,” Carlson said. “I think Trump’s role is to begin the conversation about what actually matters. We were not having any conversation about immigration before Trump arrived in Washington. People were bothered about it in different places in the country. It’s a huge country, but that was not a staple of political debate at all.”
Sure, all of Trump's scumbag supporters are going to start turning away from him in an attempt to save themselves from any of the shame they now realize is going to come down on Trump's head. Unfortunately, it just might work for these pieces of shit.
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Remember, the integrity of the senate will be on trial. The likes of Tom “I’m a Warrior, Hear Me Roar” Cotton, Mitch McConnell, Ben Sasse and others up for re-election, this will become a campaign issue for these as well as other repub candidates. The cracks have formed and they’re beginning to spread.
^ On top of that, his approval for how he's handling the Russia investigation has dropped to an all time low. Gee, imagine where things will be once the report and all it's glorious findings are released?
And Cohen gets three years. If you read the SDNY sentencing filing you’d realize what a scum bag he is. And there’s a bigger scum bag awaiting his turn in the barrel.
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Team Trump Treason Organization CFO granted immunity and continues to provide evidence. American Media owner David Pecker granted immunity and is cooperating and he has every Team Trump Treason skeleton in his safe. Been awful quiet on the Team Trump Treason Twitter today. Wonder why that might be? Fruit from the poisonous tree? Bahahahahahahaha!
Team Trump Treason Organization CFO granted immunity and continues to provide evidence. American Media owner David Pecker granted immunity and is cooperating and he has every Team Trump Treason skeleton in his safe. Been awful quiet on the Team Trump Treason Twitter today. Wonder why that might be? Fruit from the poisonous tree? Bahahahahahahaha!
Team Trump Treason Organization CFO granted immunity and continues to provide evidence. American Media owner David Pecker granted immunity and is cooperating and he has every Team Trump Treason skeleton in his safe. Been awful quiet on the Team Trump Treason Twitter today. Wonder why that might be? Fruit from the poisonous tree? Bahahahahahahaha!
Weisselberg’s name doesn’t come up as much, but word on the street is that he knows most every dirty deep trump was up to.
There’s a whole lot of debriefing going on. I wonder if Team Trump Treason is beginning to feel that his whole fraudulent life is on the cusp of being exposed or if he still believes his self made delusions?
Team Trump Treason Organization CFO granted immunity and continues to provide evidence. American Media owner David Pecker granted immunity and is cooperating and he has every Team Trump Treason skeleton in his safe. Been awful quiet on the Team Trump Treason Twitter today. Wonder why that might be? Fruit from the poisonous tree? Bahahahahahahaha!
Weisselberg’s name doesn’t come up as much, but word on the street is that he knows most every dirty deep trump was up to.
There’s a whole lot of debriefing going on. I wonder if Team Trump Treason is beginning to feel that his whole fraudulent life is on the cusp of being exposed or if he still believes his self made delusions?
It would be such karmic justice if Trump's name/family/business is ruined because he was jealous of Obama and wanted to prove he could be better than him. Please, please.
Team Trump Treason Organization CFO granted immunity and continues to provide evidence. American Media owner David Pecker granted immunity and is cooperating and he has every Team Trump Treason skeleton in his safe. Been awful quiet on the Team Trump Treason Twitter today. Wonder why that might be? Fruit from the poisonous tree? Bahahahahahahaha!
Weisselberg’s name doesn’t come up as much, but word on the street is that he knows most every dirty deep trump was up to.
Hadn't heard anything of substance about Flynn until his sentencing memo and that was heavily redacted. He and his legal team have been silent for almost two years. It seems that anyone who just stops speaking is deeply involved with Mueller or SDNY.
The only way this country survives this mess is with this idiot in jail or out as president before next election..
Out of office leaves Pence at the helm with the ability to pardon him (AKA Ford pardoning Nixon before they could indict him). Need to break down the facade that a sitting president cannot be indicted. That was intended for civil matters, not..oh I don't know...treason?
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On top of that, his approval for how he's handling the Russia investigation has dropped to an all time low. Gee, imagine where things will be once the report and all it's glorious findings are released?
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Hadn't heard anything of substance about Flynn until his sentencing memo and that was heavily redacted. He and his legal team have been silent for almost two years. It seems that anyone who just stops speaking is deeply involved with Mueller or SDNY.