{"id":2641715,"date":"2026-08-07T07:54:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T11:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/carlson-faces-uphill-battle-as-2028-speculation-mounts\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T08:00:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T12:00:32","slug":"carlson-faces-uphill-battle-as-2028-speculation-mounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/carlson-faces-uphill-battle-as-2028-speculation-mounts\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlson faces uphill battle as 2028 speculation mounts"},"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%2Fcarlson-faces-uphill-battle-as-2028-speculation-mounts%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=2641715&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--><p>Tucker Carlson continues to be a prominent figure in political discussions regarding a potential 2028 presidential run, though he has stated he does not intend to run himself. His allies view him as a leading voice in the pro-MAGA, anti-Trump faction. Carlson has recently outlined a 10-point platform emphasizing conventional American values such as fairness, sovereignty, productivity, and unity, criticizing current political systems and leadership, including Trump. Despite speculation about a third-party bid and widespread support from some conservatives, experts believe Carlson faces meaningful hurdles, especially within the MAGA base that remains strongly loyal to Trump. Carlson has been openly critical of Trump\u2019s foreign policy decisions, especially regarding Iran and othre international issues, and has reflected publicly on his previous support for Trump, expressing remorse for any misleading statements. While some see potential in a Carlson candidacy, others suggest it is unlikely he could prevail in a general election or secure significant party support. Trump has publicly dismissed Carlson\u2019s political ambitions, calling him \u201ckooky.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether he wants it or not, chatter about <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tucker-carlson\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"2481\">Tucker Carlson<\/a> running for president in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2028-elections\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2028-elections\">2028<\/a> won\u2019t go away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carlson has reiterated that he has no desire to run for president himself, but his allies see him as the leader of the increasingly loud pro-MAGA but anti-President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> lane.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/4678584\/tucker-carlson-2028-allies-see-constituency\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Could Tucker Carlson run in 2028? Allies see \u2018clearly a constituency\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/4678104\/trump-jd-vance-presidential-endorsement-not-set-in-stone\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump anointing Vance for president in 2028 not \u2018set in stone\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/4678407\/trump-way-too-early-endorse-jd-vance-2028\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump says it\u2019s \u2018way too early to even be thinking about\u2019 endorsing JD Vance for 2028<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then, after telling the <em>Columbia Journalism Review<\/em> last month that he hopes to \u201chelp build a third party,\u201d he announced a 10-point platform for that third party in an episode of his eponymous podcast, which has been seen more than 1.5 million times on X and had almost 700,000 views on YouTube since Wednesday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The episode came after he hosted pro-MAGA, anti-Trump acolytes at his Maine cabin last weekend, including former Georgia Republican Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marjorie-taylor-greene\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"776\">Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/a>, outgoing Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/thomas-massie\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"17668\">Thomas Massie<\/a> (R-KY), and one-time Trump administration aide Joe Kent, who stepped down as Trump\u2019s counterterrorism chief in March over the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"100\">Iran<\/a> war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The trio implored Carlson to run for president, according to Kent during a separate episode of <em>The Young Turks<\/em> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019d say all of us at one point in time told Tucker he needs to run, and Tucker\u2019s been pretty public that he\u2019s not going to run,\u201d Kent told host Cenk Uygur. \u201cSo we all made our pitch to Tucker as to why he should run, and hopefully he wakes up one day and says he\u2019s gonna run. I fully support that.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On tonight&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheYoungTurks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheYoungTurks<\/a>, Joe Kent said the group that met at Tucker Calrson&#8217;s house is trying to convince Tucker to run. They think JD Vance is too compromised. He also explained how they&#8217;re going to try to appeal to the left to get a unity ticket to represent all of America.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/cenkuygur\/status\/2084867264688660487?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 5, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carlson did not respond to the <em>Washington Examiner\u2019s<\/em> request for comment, but conservative commentator and <em>American Conservative<\/em> Executive Director Curt Mills endorsed a potential Carlson presidential campaign, but \u201cespecially in the Republican Party a la Donald Trump in 2016.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut I do not believe he will run against JD Vance,\u201d Mills told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cI think Carlson would likely only run himself if Trump did something as rash and establishment-minded as endorsing [Secretary of State Marco] Rubio over Vance.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just this week, the <em>Washington Post<\/em> reported that Trump told donors in the White House last month that, \u201cAt the end of the day, we need to elect JD.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo, no,\u201d Trump said in the Oval Office on Thursday. \u201cI think he\u2019s great, but we\u2019re way too early to even be thinking about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mills, however, added of Carlson that the former Fox News personality would be unlikely to \u201cwin the general election as a member of a third party,\u201d considering he would not have immediate ballot access or political party infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCarlson is really smart, so he also knows that. So it would be a different kind of move if he did,\u201d Mills said. \u201cIt would be a callback to Pat Buchanan and Ross Perot\u2019s runs, in that case.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regardless of the logistics, Mills argued that \u201cthere is clearly a constituency for Tucker Carlson in the United States,\u201d with \u201cexact details to come.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Republican strategist granted anonymity in order to speak candidly disagreed, contending the idea of an anti-Trump MAGA lane in a prospective 2028 election was antithetical.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s no such thing as \u2018anti-Trump MAGA,\u2019\u201d the strategist told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cTrump is MAGA, and anyone who believes an anti-Trump MAGA candidate is viable spends way too much time online.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of Carlson\u2019s 2028 prospects specifically, the source said, \u201cThe MAGA base still stands firmly in President Trump\u2019s corner. No chance in hell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That has not stopped Carlson from amplifying his 10-point platform, summarizing his points as what \u201cAmerica should be, and probably has been in the past, but certainly should be.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our political system has collapsed into paralysis and looting. Change is coming. Here\u2019s what America should be. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qjnJ7EOIR5\">pic.twitter.com\/qjnJ7EOIR5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TuckerCarlson\/status\/2085153884499247576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carlson\u2019s points include fairness, sovereignty, productivity, beauty, health, honesty, optimism, wisdom, decency, and unity, using his 90-minute podcast to directly and indirectly criticize Trump and his administration, particularly regarding the war in Iran, U.S. foreign policy toward Israel and Gaza, and the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLying is bad, and unless you continue to say that, in fact, it\u2019s an unacceptable, disqualifying sin in a leader,\u201d he said, citing Trump\u2019s insistence Iran\u2019s most significant nuclear enrichment facilities were \u201ccompletely and totally obliterated\u201d last year. \u201cWe do not have that posture with our leaders. We allow them to lie and to penalize us for lying, and that\u2019s really the basis of a lot of the unfairness and corruption that we endure and that has sapped the faith of most people in their government and even in their nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carlson started criticizing Trump more publicly during the administration\u2019s first strikes against Iran as part of Operation Midnight Hammer before breaking with him more forcefully over Operation Epic Fury, the start of the Iran war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4676286\/vance-steers-clear-max-miller-controversy-for-now\/\"><strong>VANCE STEERS CLEAR OF MAX MILLER CONTROVERSY \u2014 FOR NOW<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI mean you, and I, and everyone else who supported him \u2014 you wrote speeches for him, I campaigned for him \u2014 we were implicated in this for sure,\u201d Carlson told his brother Buckley on his podcast. \u201cWe\u2019ll be tormented by it for a long time. I will be, and I want to say I\u2019m sorry for misleading people. It was not intentional.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump, who complained when Fox News pushed out Carlson, has responded by calling him \u201ckooky\u201d and quipping that he should get himself another cable television network show.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tucker Carlson&#8217;s 2028 presidential bid rumors persist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2641716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tucker-2028-run-potential.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[81815,83823,36631,5894],"class_list":["post-2641715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-2028elections","tag-cardon","tag-politicalanalysis","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tucker-2028-run-potential.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2641715","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\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2641715"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2641715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2641724,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2641715\/revisions\/2641724"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2641716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2641715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2641715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2641715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}