{"id":2010603,"date":"2023-08-24T10:40:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T14:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-tucker-interview-racks-up-massive-views-addresses-debate-skip-indictments\/"},"modified":"2023-08-24T10:43:15","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T14:43:15","slug":"trump-tucker-interview-racks-up-massive-views-addresses-debate-skip-indictments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-tucker-interview-racks-up-massive-views-addresses-debate-skip-indictments\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump and Tucker interview goes viral, discusses debate skip and indictments."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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-tucker-interview-racks-up-massive-views-addresses-debate-skip-indictments%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=2010603&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--><h2>Former President Donald \u2062Trump&#8217;s Interview with\u2064 Tucker Carlson \u200cDraws Massive Viewership<\/h2>\n<p>Former President\u200b Donald Trump made\u200d headlines when he chose to skip the Republican debate on Wednesday night and instead\u2064 sat down for an extensive interview with Tucker Carlson. \u200cThe\u2063 interview \u2062quickly\u200d gained traction, amassing over 100 million views \u2062on X within hours of \u2062its \u2062release.<\/p>\n<p>During the interview, Trump addressed a wide range of topics,\u200c from his absence \u2064at the debate \u200bto his thoughts\u2062 on the possibility of a civil war in the United \u2062States.\u2064 Carlson even asked the former president if he \u2064had concerns\u200b about an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amnesty-international-strips-aleksei-navalny-of-prisoner-of-conscience-status-for-decades-old-comments-on-immigration\/\" title=\"Amnesty International Strips Aleksei Navalny Of \u2018Prisoner Of Conscience\u2019 Status For Decades-Old Comments On Immigration\">assassination attempt<\/a>. The interview, which was \u200bposted\u200b on \u200cX just minutes before\u200c the \u200bdebate began, garnered over 100 \u2063million views by the end\u2063 of\u200b the night, \u2062according to Newsweek.<\/p>\n<p>By Thursday morning,\u200c the viewership of\u2062 Carlson&#8217;s\u2062 interview\u200c with Trump had\u2064 skyrocketed to nearly 180 million views. However, it&#8217;s \u200bimportant to note that the way views are counted on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-democrats-celebrate-medicare-anniversary-with-attacks-on-republicans\/\" title=\"Senate Democrats mark Medicare anniversary by criticizing Republicans.\">social media\u200c platforms<\/a> can be misleading, making it difficult to\u200b determine the actual number\u200b of\u2063 active viewers.<\/p>\n<p>Comparatively, \u2063Carlson&#8217;s interview with GOP candidate Vivek Ramaswamy,\u2063 which was\u200c posted last\u200b week, has accumulated\u2063 44 million views. This stark contrast highlights the immense popularity and interest\u200d surrounding Trump&#8217;s interview.<\/p>\n<p>During the interview,\u2063 Trump attributed his decision\u200c to skip\u2063 the debate \u2062to his significant lead in the polls.\u200b He opted for a \u2062one-on-one conversation with Carlson instead, emphasizing\u2064 his confidence in his current position.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ep. \u206219 \u2062 Debate Night with\u2062 Donald J Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ayPfII48CO\">pic.twitter.com\/ayPfII48CO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TuckerCarlson\/status\/1694513603251241143?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August\u2062 24, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trump expressed his uncertainty when asked by\u2064 Carlson about \u2063the potential for violence or a civil war in the \u200cUnited States. He acknowledged the unprecedented level of passion and hatred present in the country, \u200csuggesting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/these-medications-can-spike-your-risk-of-falling\/\" title=\"These Medications Can Spike Your Risk of Falling\">potentially dangerous combination<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Addressing his pending legal cases, Trump dismissed\u2062 them as \u2064baseless. He \u2064drew parallels\u2062 to Hillary Clinton\u2062 and\u200c Stacey Abrams,\u2062 both of whom challenged\u2063 election outcomes they disagreed with.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trump remarked,\u2062 &#8220;But now, you know, every time \u2063you see [Clinton] on television, she\u2019s saying like,\u2063 well, \u200cshe\u2019s challenging the\u2062 election&#8230;\u2064 So\u2063 that would mean that she should be indicted, but\u200d that would mean also that Stacey Abrams in Georgia should be indicted\u2062 \u2019cause\u200d she\u2062 still thinks she won the election for governor.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Carlson also delved into the topic of \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-cia-head-petraeus-prigozhin-lost-his-wagner-group-should-be-very-careful-around-open-windows\/\" title=\"Former CIA Director Petraeus warns Prigozhin: Watch out near open windows, you lost Wagner Group.\">potential assassination attempts<\/a> against Trump, asking if\u2064 he \u2062had any concerns. Trump \u2062responded by calling his political \u2063enemies &#8220;savage\u2063 animals&#8221; and \u200bdescribing\u2064 them\u2062 as sick individuals.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When it came to President Biden, Trump expressed doubts about\u2063 his potential re-election bid. He also claimed that \u2062Biden is not truly in control of the country and suggested\u2064 that his family&#8217;s business dealings \u2062have \u200dcompromised him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trump \u200chighlighted his accomplishments in\u2064 foreign policy, including avoiding a nuclear war with North Korea.\u2062 He \u2063criticized Biden for his handling of\u200c the Ukraine-Russia \u200bconflict and \u200caccused him of allowing \u2062China to gain influence in \u2064Cuba. However, Trump\u200d emphasized that his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-tucker-interview-racks-up-massive-views-addresses-debate-skip-indictments\/\" title=\"Trump and Tucker interview goes viral, discusses debate skip and indictments.\">primary concern\u2064 remains \u200bimmigration<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;The number one issue is securing our border and removing hundreds of thousands of criminals who have\u200d entered our country illegally,&#8221;\u2064 the\u2064 former president \u200casserted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Tim Pearce contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump opted out of the Republican debate and instead had a widely-watched interview with Tucker Carlson, amassing 100 million views on X within hours. Trump addressed various topics, including his absence from the debate and his thoughts on the future of the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":2010604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2010603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2010603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2010603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2010603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2010604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2010603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2010603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2010603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}