Donald Trump and Tucker Carlson against the world—that is how it played out Wednesday night by way of cable news and social media.
While eight Republican candidates—most of whom nobody even knows—went to a GOP Presidential debate in Milwaukee, Donald Trump and Tucker Carlson offered some alternative programming on X—with Carlson asking the 45th President a host of questions about the people on stage, and more importantly, the feeble old man holed up in the Oval Office.
I have not seen the final numbers yet—but it appears that the team of Trump and Tucker flat-out crushed Fox News.
That’s the same Fox News that bowed to pressure from outside groups several weeks ago and fired Tucker—and then threatened him to keep off social media. It seems that neither he nor the former President are intimidated by the ongoing attacks.
Fox has seen its ratings plummet in the face of its epic mistake to fire the most popular news voice in the nation—and the GOP had no way to entice Trump to take the stage because he holds a 41-point lead on the field. Right now, it’s almost certain that he will be the GOP nominee—and, interestingly enough, that was one of the things he and Tucker dug into during the conversation.
However, most of the time was spent on the state of the country today, the failures of leadership, and what Democrats are willing to do to hang on to power.
But let’s just assume that Trump does make it to November 2024 and is the Republican candidate for President—who will be on the other side?
Joe Biden is leading the Democrat field today, we’re told, by a wider margin than Trump—but almost nobody, Democrats included, believes he is competent. The media is now reporting on his scandals and other issues he is facing—most of which are connected to raking in millions of dollars by way of his crooked son, Hunter. Frankly, the whole Biden family appears to be a team of grifters.
But it is his health and mental ability that seems to be most concerning to most Americans.
President Trump addressed that big question that so many Americans are asking. Will Joe Biden make it to November 2024 in the first place?
Trump seems to think that other challengers from the Democrat party will take a shot before it is all said and done.
And while that was going on—and by the way, the Tucker Trump interview has over 140 million views, how many views do you think Fox News got last night?
Anyway, the GOP debate saw some good moments from the guy moving up in the polling.
Vivek Ramaswamy torched his Republican opponents for giving money and military aid to Ukraine and taking trips to visit Zelensky while the southern border remains wide open, Chicago sees record violence and Maui burns.
He also had the guts to proclaim that Climate Change is a hoax, a statement which drew boos. That’s right. Boos! At the Republican debate!
It will be interesting to see how things shake out as we approach the primary elections, but Trump still seems to be the safest bet. By himself, he absolutely demolished the ratings against a stage full of Republican challengers. His decision not to participate in the debates seems to have paid off.