Long before Donald Trump promised his dwindling fan base that he would defeat the “evil forces” to Make America Great Again, Tucker Carlson described himself as an “evil force” that the then president “passionately” hated.
While Stephen Colbert may seem a little surprised that Carlson could utter such “hard and truthful words,” he saw no evidence of this passionate hatred during the Fox News anchor’s painfully submissive conversation with Trump Wednesday night.
In the introduction to his interviews, Carlson did his best to pretend that the whole world was. didn’t Read his private texts mocking Trump as he tells viewers “we think you’ll find what he has to say moderate, sensible, and wise for a man who has been caricatured as an extremist.” What followed was something else. Still, Colbert couldn’t help admiring Carlson’s “impressive flip-flops.”
“The former president has spoken nonsense about a lot of things, like the withdrawal from Afghanistan,” Colbert said. “It attacked Biden’s decision-making and then introduced a brand new military adviser.” Late Show The host then cut a clip from the interview, which Carlson proudly describes as “the first interview since Trump went to court,” in which the newly fingerprinted ex POTUS began telling a story about asking a five-year-old for military advice. (The baby’s vision seemed to line up exactly with Trump’s.)
“A perfectly normal conversation to have with a five-year-old,” Colbert mocked. “We’ve all had these conversations. It reminds me of that famous Dr. Seuss book. One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Why Didn’t Johnson See The Tet Attack Coming?”
Even more absurd, Trump said with a nod and absolutely not hateful to Carlson that “the biggest problem we have all over the world is not global warming: nuclear Warming.” Tucker seemed worried that Biden and the Democrats weren’t worried about this whole thing Trump just made up, while Donald explained that it was because they “don’t understand life” or “whatever you need to understand”. This really sold the concept of “nuclear warming.”
“It’s a pretty comprehensive philosophy,” Colbert marveled. “This goes back to the words of René Descartes: ‘I think, so I understand whatever I have to think about’.”