Trump garners tens of millions of views with Tucker Carlson interview to compete against Fox News GOP debate

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Former President Donald Trump garnered tens of millions of views in his interview with Tucker Carlson that was scheduled to compete with the Republican presidential primary debate on Fox News.

The interview with the former president was released just minutes before the debate began, and after only two hours, it had racked up 80 million views.

Trump has faced criticism for refusing to debate against his opponents in the first debate moderated by Fox News anchors Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum. He explained in the interview with Carlson why he chose to skip the debate.

"You see the polls have come out, I'm leading by 50 and 60 points," Trump said.

"And some of them are at one and zero and two. And I'm saying, 'Do I sit there for an hour or two hours, whatever it's going to be, and get harassed by people that shouldn't even be running for president? Should I be doing that?" he added. "And a network that isn't particularly friendly, frankly.'"

Carlson also asked Trump whether he thought the country was headed to a civil war.

"There's a level of passion that I've never seen, there's a level of hatred that I've never seen, and that's probably a bad combination," he responded.

Here's the video from Tucker Carlson's social media account:

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Trump also said during the interview that there was a chance Democrats might assassinate him if he won the presidency again.

“They are savage animals. They are people that are sick. Really sick. You have great people in the Democrat Party, great people that are Democrats,” Trump said. “But I’ve seen what they do, I’ve seen the lengths that they go to.”

Both Carlson and Trump have issued acidic rhetorical attacks against Fox News, the former after he left the news outlet and the latter all throughout his campaigns and first presidential term. Carlson has been publishing a new version of his show to Twitter, which has been rebranded as X by Elon Musk.

Here's more about the GOP primary debate:

Blaze Media Previews the First GOP Presidential Debate www.youtube.com

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Breaking: Fox News quietly begins 'company-wide layoffs,' including remaining former employees of Tucker Carlson

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Fox News is reportedly beginning "company-wide" layoffs, including of the remaining former employees of Tucker Carlson.

The development was reported by journalist and Carlson-biographer Chadwick Moore on Friday, who published a screenshot of an email informing employees of the impending action.

The email ordered the recipients to turn in all company equipment and their ID badges at 9 p.m. after the conclusion of the show they were working on.

"Security will assist you in exiting the lobby turnstiles since you will have returned your ID badge," the email read.

One unnamed producer reportedly responded by calling the email "Degrading!"

Moore also reported that Fox News had quietly begun other "company-wide" layoffs at the company.

“Morale miserable across teams on both news and opinion,” said an unnamed producer, according to Moore.

The producer added that shows at the network were receiving “frantic, bipolar guidance almost daily on blacklisted and unblacklisted guests, including sitting members of the Senate.”

The development came on the same day as a highly anticipated presidential forum moderated by Tucker Carlson during which he interviewed many of the Republican candidates. Snippets of exchanges from the summit made headlines throughout the day.

Carlson left Fox News after the cable news network settled a lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million in April. He has since accused the network of breach of contract and fraud and gone on to publish a new version of his popular show directly to Twitter.

Fox News did not respond immediately to a request for a comment from TheBlaze.

Moore's upcoming biography, "Tucker," will include interviews with Carlson and offer an unprecedented view of the polarizing news figure. It will be released on July 18.

This is a developing story and will be updated with additional information as it becomes available.

Here's a video from Carlson's presidential forum:

Tucker to Tim Scott: How Many Illegals Would You Deport? www.youtube.com

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Tucker Carlson rips into Fox News over 'wannabe dictator' debacle and garners millions of views in latest Twitter episode

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Tucker Carlson aimed his rhetorical missives squarely at Fox News after controversy erupted over an insult made in a chyron against Democratic President Joe Biden.

Carlson made the comments on the fourth episode of his "Tucker on Twitter" show on Thursday.

The cable network faced criticism after it aired a chyron calling Biden a "wannabe dictator." It later said that the issue had been addressed after the producer responsible resigned.

"Those words were up for less than 30 seconds, but the effect was immediate," said Carlson on his show.

"Inside Fox, the women who run the network panicked. First, they scolded the producer who put the banner on the screen. Less than 24 hours after that, he resigned," he explained.

"He'd been at Fox for more than a decade," Carlson continued. "He was considered one of the most capable people in the building. He offered to stay for the customary two weeks, but Fox told him to clear out his desk and leave immediately. Then the company issued a public apology for the 27-second-long 'wannabe dictator' line."

He went on to sarcastically declare the many instances that the Biden administration had indeed exhibited the characteristics of a wannabe dictatorship.

"Of course Joe Biden is not a wannabe dictator!" said Carlson after a laugh. "Just because he's trying to put the other candidate in prison for the rest of his life for a crime he himself committed, doesn't mean he has a totalitarian impulse, c'mon, that's absurd! It takes a lot more than jailing your political rivals to earn the title 'wannabe dictator'!"

He compared Biden to other dictators and ran through the many scandals involving his presidency, including the computer laptop of his beleaguered son Hunter Biden and his allegedly corrupt dealings with Ukrainian energy company.

Carlson's video garnered over 21 million views in just about 24 hours after he posted his latest episode.

Carlson began posting his commentary videos on Twitter after he parted ways with Fox News in April. He has since accused his former cable news network home of fraud and breach of contract over the circumstances of his departure.

Here's the video of Carlson's comments:

\u201cEp. 4 Wannabe Dictator\u201d
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Breaking: Tucker Carlson accuses Fox News of fraud and breach of contract

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A letter from attorneys representing Tucker Carlson accused Fox News of fraud and breach of contract weeks after he left the cable news channel.

Sources told Axios that the letter was sent to Fox News before Carlson posted an announcement on Twitter that he would be continue his show in a new format on the popular social media platform.

Accusing Fox News of breach of contract would allow Carlson to argue that the network was in breach of contract prior to his breaking the contract.

"Starting soon, we'll be bringing a new version of the show we've been doing for the last six and a half years to Twitter," he said in the video posted to Twitter.

"We bring some other things too, which we'll tell you about. But for now we're just grateful to be here. Free speech is the main right that you have," he added. "Without it, you have no others."

Carlson's contract with Fox News runs until January 2025, which would prevent him from any new media endeavor. He has already received numerous offers from other media outlets.

A separate report said that Carlson was floating the idea of moderating a presidential debate and that he had already talked to former President Donald Trump about the possibility.

This is breaking news and will be updated with additional information.

Here's more about Carlson leaving Fox News:

Tucker Carlson’s POWERFUL message after leaving Fox News www.youtube.com

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