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Fox News has fired its top-rated prime-time host, Tucker Carlson, which has come as a surprise to Donald Trump and his close allies. Despite Carlson's recent embarrassing disclosures during Dominion's lawsuit against Fox News, he and Trump were on friendlier terms lately, exchanging text messages and appearing to have a closer relationship than before. Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., expressed his shock and called Carlson "an actual thought leader in conservatism." Some of Trump's advisers had previously been concerned that Carlson seemed likely to support Ron DeSantis's potential presidential candidacy, but over the past six weeks, as Trump and Carlson spoke more often, the Trump team became more confident that Carlson would not support DeSantis. Carlson's departure has been seen as a significant loss to the conservative movement, and many have expressed their support for him. Some candidates in the Republican primary field may also be affected by the loss of Carlson from a prominent platform, as he had the power to give rocket fuel to any candidate on Fox's airwaves. submitted by /u/Initial_Rub5533 |
