Tucker Carlson Cornered After Denying Trump ‘Antichrist’ Comment
The Daily Beast • • world
Key Points:
- Tucker Carlson denied ever suggesting that President Donald Trump could be "the Antichrist," despite a recording from his show where he explicitly said, "Could this be the Antichrist?" during a New York Times podcast interview.
- Carlson described Trump's influence as "spellbinding," comparing spending a day with him to being in a dreamlike state, and suggested spiritual or unseen forces play a role in political events.
- He revealed his break with Trump came over the administration's decision to strike Iran, expressing regret for his past support and admitting he had private doubts about Trump for years.
- Carlson portrayed Trump as both morally culpable and a captive to geopolitical pressures, while also speculating that people in Trump's orbit have faced mysterious harms such as imprisonment, public shaming, or illness.
- Despite using spiritual language, Carlson maintained that his earlier "Antichrist" remark did not reflect his true beliefs and that he had not reached any definitive conclusion about Trump being the Antichrist.
