Tucker Carlson Claims President Trump Is “Enslaved By Greater Powers”

Tucker Carlson has continued his campaign of smearing President Trump.

While being interviewed on the Canadian podcast “Can’t Be Censored” Tucker Carlson claimed President Trump is “enslaved by greater powers.”

Carlson later added that he feels “sorry” for Trump adding that the 47th President is not free to make his own decisions.

Mediaite provided quotes of Tucker’s latest dig at Trump:

Carlson joined hosts Travis Dhanraj and Karman Wong for a lengthy conversation about the news of the day and the various scandals surrounding Carlson, including accusations of anti-Semitism and working on behalf of foreign countries to undermine the U.S.

Carlson spoke about President Donald Trump and his disappointment with the president. “I mean, I’ve always liked Trump. He’s charming. I’ve known him for so long, most of my life, really, at this point. And I feel sorry for him. He is enslaved by greater powers. He’s not free to make whatever decision he wants to make. So I feel sorry for him in that way,” Carlson said, beginning a lengthy answer.

Dhanraj then asked, “So if what you’re saying is true, if there are levers being pulled, do you think that it will ever come to light what the actual evidence is when it comes to this? What [is] the leverage that exists right now or previously existed?”

After a long back and forth, Carlson was asked who might ever come to power to tear down the system. “Anyone come to mind?” asked Wong.

“No, honestly. I know a lot of good people, but I don’t know. I mean, who would want that? Who would want to be a politician? It’s just so ugly. And then the second you announce, every bad thing you’ve ever done, everything that your kids have done, every relative you have who’s been to rehab or pinched a waitress’s butt is on the front of Daily Mail. The whole thing is just absolutely awful,” Carlson replied

Here’s the moment Tucker said it:

Later in the podcast Tucker defended Democrat Senate candidate Graham Platner of Maine.

The Daily Wire covered Carlson’s remarks on Platner:

Tucker Carlson on Thursday downplayed and defended Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner’s Nazi tattoo.

On the Canadian “Can’t Be Censored“ podcast, the former Fox News host sat down with Travis Dhanraj and Karman Wong to discuss President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Israel, Iran, and why he says he can no longer support the Republican Party.

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Carlson raised eyebrows with his defense of Platner’s candidacy to challenge incumbent Republican Senator Susan Collins in Maine, where Carlson also lives. Republicans across the country have targeted Platner over a series of personal scandals, including a Nazi tattoo that women around him have said he understood the meaning of.

“Look at Graham Platner, this guy who’s running in the state of Maine, where I live … he’s a Democrat, he’s liberal, I don’t have strong feelings about it,” Carlson said. “But rather than respond to what the guy’s positions are, they just have called him a Nazi for the last month, because he had a tattoo that was not a swastika, but apparently it was connected to the German military at some point, it’s not even clear he knew that.”

Then, the podcaster speculated why Republicans don’t support the Bernie Sanders-backed leftist.
“They’ve attacked the guy, and his personal life. They don’t like him because he’s not sufficiently supportive of Israel,” Carlson added.

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As expected, Tucker Carlson has rushed to Graham Platner’s defense.

He claims Platner didn’t even know about his Nazi tattoo, and insists the real reason people are attacking him is because he’s “not sufficiently supportive of Israel.” pic.twitter.com/R30ZKXdtSv

— Justin (@JustinUSA) June 19, 2026