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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(15,012 posts)
Thu May 21, 2026, 12:04 PM 3 hrs ago

Tucker Carlson yesterday: "The last year has diminished American power at a rate some of us thought was unimaginable. "

The president of the United States bragging about his popularity in a foreign country. “I’m 99% in Israel.” Unmentioned is the fact that he’s 35% in the United States. Thirty-five percent support from Americans, the people he pledged to represent, to fight for, whose side he promised to take in every conflict, foreign and domestic. And yet, there he is, bragging about how popular he is in a foreign country, the same country that got us into the war that is, to some extent, causing his unpopularity in this country, speaking of cold-hearted globalist betrayals.

Now, you could say, “That’s just Trump searching for affirmation where he can. Unpopular at home, he retreats into the fantasy of his popularity in another country.” Well yes, true. But it’s not a one-time exhibition of this. That president has spent the last year looking outward toward the approval of other nations. That president has spent the last year fighting for people who are not his voters and in many cases, not even American and allowing his own country to languish.

The last year has not made America great again. The last year has diminished American power at a rate some of us thought was unimaginable. We couldn’t have foreseen, less than a year and a half ago… the damage that this administration – led by that president, for whom we campaigned and liked personally – could do to this country


https://www.mediaite.com/politics/tucker-carlson-says-trump-has-diminished-american-power-in-unimaginable-ways/

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Tucker Carlson yesterday: "The last year has diminished American power at a rate some of us thought was unimaginable. " (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd 3 hrs ago OP
Fucker was a cheerleader malaise 3 hrs ago #1
That's because Carlson had is head up trumps ass. republianmushroom 3 hrs ago #2
Gee, Tucky boy, you finally got a clue? mwmisses4289 3 hrs ago #3
omg how come no one TOLD us?? Volaris 2 hrs ago #4
But Tucker, you actually hated him the whole time and said so, while you told us you loved him. Maru Kitteh 2 hrs ago #5
If only Tucker would use his powers for good instead of just being a mercenary. biocube 1 hr ago #6
"we couldn't have foreseen" LR3 1 hr ago #7

mwmisses4289

(4,744 posts)
3. Gee, Tucky boy, you finally got a clue?
Thu May 21, 2026, 12:22 PM
3 hrs ago

Many of us saw how bad this would get, and we are seeing the big neon flashing sign that worse is yet to come, because no one is willing to stop t. We were pooh-poohed when we sounded the alarm. Now those of you were his biggest cheerleaders are running smack dab into reality, and it hurts, don't it?
"He's not hurting the right people"!

Maru Kitteh

(32,013 posts)
5. But Tucker, you actually hated him the whole time and said so, while you told us you loved him.
Thu May 21, 2026, 01:10 PM
2 hrs ago

No sale buddy.

biocube

(268 posts)
6. If only Tucker would use his powers for good instead of just being a mercenary.
Thu May 21, 2026, 01:42 PM
1 hr ago

I mean, he's right, but people like he and Candace are just mercenaries.

LR3

(195 posts)
7. "we couldn't have foreseen"
Thu May 21, 2026, 01:48 PM
1 hr ago


Bullshit. Utter bullshit. This is Tucker trying to CYA by pretending no one could have possibly foreseen this, when it was obvious to everyone not in a coma for the last 10 years.

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