Tucker Carlson Dissents as Right-Wing Media Weighs Trump's Iran Strike

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

It was the kind of full-throated critique of President Trump familiar to MSNBC viewers, yet transplanted to the heart of Fox News: Tucker Carlson, the network’s conservative 8 p.m. host, upbraiding the White House for its attempts to justify the killing of a top military commander in Iran.

“It’s hard to remember now, but as recently as last week, most people didn’t consider Iran an imminent threat,” Mr. Carlson said at the start of his Monday show, going on to mock Mr. Trump’s secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, for saying intelligence agencies had identified an undefined Iranian threat.

“Seems like about 20 minutes ago, we were denouncing these people as the ‘deep state’ and pledging never to trust them again without verification,” Mr. Carlson told viewers, eyebrow arched. “Now, for some reason, we do trust them — implicitly and completely.”

At 9 p.m., Fox News made way for the pro-Trump commentary of Sean Hannity, who declared “the world is safer” after the death of the commander, Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/tucker-carlson-dissents-as-right-wing-media-weighs-trumps-iran-strike/ar-BBYIkda?li=BBnbcA1

As they say about a broken clock...

[elleng]

1. and we should appreciate it.

[TwilightZone]

2. It's kind of odd that he's chosen this topic on which to make a stand.

It's almost as though it's personal. He's usually just about the biggest Trump apologist around.

I wish I had a clue to his motivation here. The upside is that maybe he'll get through to a few Fox viewers, though I'm not holding my breath. I'm also not expecting him to continue on this path.

[Jamastiene]

4. Exactly.

I don't expect him to continue on this path either. I have seen his initial reaction change and do a 180 not long after too many times before to take too much stock in what he says at first.

[UniteFightBack]

3. Americans of all kinds want NOTHING to do with this. Dump needs to go. nt

[tblue37]

5. Geraldo Rivera was disinvited from Hannity's show because he's been urging Trump to

show restraint and not keep escalating to all out war, and Hannity doesn't want anyone to urge restraint.