{"id":2010298,"date":"2023-08-24T01:13:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T05:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-challenges-political-orthodoxies-in-tucker-carlson-interview\/"},"modified":"2023-08-24T01:15:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T05:15:21","slug":"trump-challenges-political-orthodoxies-in-tucker-carlson-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-challenges-political-orthodoxies-in-tucker-carlson-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump defies political norms in Tucker Carlson interview."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-challenges-political-orthodoxies-in-tucker-carlson-interview%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2010298&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<p>Former President Donald Trump defied the Republican National Committee\u2064 by not participating in the first presidential debate on Wednesday \u200band instead opted for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-challenges-political-orthodoxies-in-tucker-carlson-interview\/\" title=\"Trump defies political norms in Tucker Carlson interview.\">wide-ranging pre-recorded interview<\/a> with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson.<\/p>\n<p>In the interview, which was broadcast simultaneously with the GOP debate, \u2063President Trump spoke of\u2062 the challenges he faced\u200b as president and now as a candidate,\u2063 as well as what his priorities \u2064would\u2064 be if elected\u200b again.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, who ran\u200c as an outsider in 2016, proved in his interview with Tucker\u200b that\u200d he\u2063 remains a Washington\u200b outsider, \u2062questioning the powers of the federal bureaucracy and \u200bvowing to challenge orthodoxies\u2063 when it\u2063 comes to things\u200d such\u200c as \u2062environmental regulations, foreign policy,\u2064 the economy, and election integrity.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/almost-all-gop-candidates-say-they-would-back-trump-if-hes-convicted-5479667\">Almost\u200b All GOP Candidates Say They Would Back Trump If He&#8217;s \u2063Convicted<\/a><br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/23\/2023<\/span>\n      <\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/trump-says-he-thinks-jeffrey-epstein-killed-himself-possible-he-was-murdered-5479696\">Trump Says He \u2062Thinks Jeffrey \u200dEpstein Killed Himself,\u200d &#8216;Possible&#8217; He Was Murdered<\/a><br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/23\/2023<\/span>\n      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mr. \u2064Carlson asked, twice, whether President \u2062Trump \u200bthinks that he might be the target of an assassination attempt, \u2062considering that nothing \u2063else has succeeded in defeating him.<\/p>\n<p>Attempts \u2062to impeach President Trump failed twice during his presidency, 2017-21; \u2063in recent months, his popularity\u200c among Republican voters has only escalated \u200cin the wake of four criminal indictments \u200bas \u200dhe\u2062 seeks to become his party&#8217;s \u200cnominee for a third time in the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;They can indict you 20 times, and you\u2019re not going to\u200b lose\u200c the Republican\u200c primary,&#8221; Mr. Carlson said.<\/p>\n<p>President\u2064 Trump replied: &#8220;It makes it \u200dlook \u2063even more ridiculous,\u2062 the four indictments. Maybe there\u2019ll\u200c be more; I\u2062 don\u2019t know.\u2064 These people are crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former\u2062 president sidestepped the \u2063assassination question, but said\u200d that the people who are out to get \u2064him are &#8220;savage \u2062animals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 prospect\u2062 of an assassination \u200dattempt\u200d is particularly raw now, considering that in Ecuador, libertarian\u200b candidate Fernando Villavicencio, was killed earlier this month. In addition, the son \u2064of a slain U.S. \u2062politician, Robert\u2062 F. Kennedy\u200b Jr., is seeking to unseat the Democrat U.S. president, Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, considering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fleeing-california-40-of-residents-mulling-departure-millennials-gen-z-ers-already-bailing\/\" title=\"40% of California residents considering leaving; Millennials and Gen Z already leaving.\">deep political divides<\/a> over various \u2064issues, including whether the \u200d2020\u200d election was stolen \u200bfrom President\u200c Trump and\u200d wrongfully\u200c awarded \u2063to\u2063 President\u2062 Joe Biden, Mr. Carlson asked whether the nation might \u2064be headed toward &#8220;open conflict,&#8221; or a second Civil War. &#8220;We \u2063seem to be\u2063 moving toward something,&#8221;\u2062 Mr. Carlson said.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump \u2063didn&#8217;t\u200c directly answer that question, either. But he conceded: \u2064&#8221;There&#8217;s a level of passion that\u2063 I&#8217;ve never seen. There&#8217;s a level\u200d of hatred that I&#8217;ve \u2062never seen. That&#8217;s \u200bprobably a bad combination.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>President Trump decided to skip the debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, saying he saw no \u2064benefit to\u200d participating. He is the runaway frontrunner\u200c with\u2063 a huge lead over his\u2063 nearest rival, \u2063Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.<\/p>\n<p>The Carlson-Trump\u2062 program tallied almost 75 million views within an hour after it was posted, drawing some 22,500 comments and 256,000 likes.<\/p>\n<p>Here are other takeaways:<\/p>\n<h2>2020 Election<\/h2>\n<p>In\u2062 the interview, President Trump reiterated his\u200c view that \u200dthe 2020 election was stolen, and when asked \u200cby Mr. Carlson whether he believed it would be stolen again\u2064 in 2024, the\u2062 former president said there would \u2063be attempts to do so.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump, who \u2064is expected to\u200c surrender himself\u200b to authorities \u2062in \u2063Georgia on \u2063Aug. \u200b24 where he&#8217;s facing charges related to his questioning of the 2020 election results,\u2064 said \u200dhis lead in\u2063 the polls had softened\u2062 the blows \u2064of the charges \u200bhe&#8217;s facing in four separate criminal \u2064cases.<\/p>\n[epoch_video]\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ep. 19 Debate Night with Donald J Trump\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ayPfII48CO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/ayPfII48CO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TuckerCarlson\/status\/1694513603251241143?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 24, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s I\u200b think it&#8217;s a lot \u2063easier because I&#8217;m so\u200c high in\u2064 the polls, because it means that people\u2063 get it to people see \u200cit&#8217;s a fraud,&#8221; President Trump said. He\u2062 also questioned why Democrat politicians\u2063 who \u2064questioned the results\u2063 of the election did not face\u200b charges like he did.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump also \u200ctook aim at his former attorney\u200d general, \u200bBill Barr,\u2063 saying he only &#8220;pretended&#8221; \u2063to\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberals-beware-patriots-are-just-getting-started-attorney-lin-wood-calls-on-president-trump-to-impose-martial-law-in-7-states-confiscate-dominion-machines\/\" title=\"\u201cLiberals Beware \u2013 Patriots Are Just Getting Started\u201d \u2013 Attorney Lin Wood Calls on President Trump to Impose Martial Law in 7 States, Confiscate Dominion Machines\">investigate election fraud<\/a> because \u2064he was &#8220;so\u200d petrified, so frightened of being impeached.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bill\u200d Barr \u200cdidn&#8217;t do\u200d an investigation\u2062 or \u2062the election fraud either &#8230; He said he did \u200cand he\u2064 pretended\u200d he did. But he didn&#8217;t,&#8221;\u2062 President Trump said.<\/p>\n<h2>Mike Pence<\/h2>\n<p>President Trump also\u2063 reiterated his viewpoint that\u2063 then-Vice President Mike\u2062 Pence had\u2063 the right to send back\u2064 the electoral \u2063votes\u200b to state legislatures in states where there was\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-wont-tolerate-voter-fraud-ohio-secretary-of-state-discusses-role-of-new-election-integrity-office\/\" title=\"\u2018We Won\u2019t Tolerate Voter Fraud\u2019: Ohio Secretary of State Discusses Role of New Election Integrity Office\">suspected voter fraud<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The question\u2064 of whether\u200d Mr. Pence had the right to do \u200bso\u2062 is central in\u200d charges brought against President Trump in Georgia \u200cwhere he \u200dis facing 13 charges<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump snubbed the Republican National Committee, skipping the first debate and choosing a pre-recorded interview with Tucker Carlson. 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