Posted on 06/18/2025 5:40:03 AM PDT by Racketeer
Tucker: How many people live in Iran?
Cruz: I don't know the population.
Tucker: You don't know the population of the country you seek to topple?
Cruz: How many people live in Iran?
Tucker: 92 million. How could you not know that?
Brutal.
And it’s about the size of Alaska. I looked that up last week. Makes me an expert.
Tucker marginalizes himself when he treats his guests like this.
I would bet 99% of Americans don’t know the population of the US. 40% of Americans don’t know why the 4th of July is celebrated. Less than half know the 3 branches of government. Point is, it was an incredibley sophomoric thing to do, and another reason why Tucker, like everyone, has an opinion, but shouldn’t necessarily be listened to. If Tucker was serious and not into playing games, he would have led his question with the fact that 90M people live Iraq, are you worried that we are advocating for regime change? Tucker is still the guy in the bowtie.
The only number connected to Iran that Tucker should be concerned with is 52.
That event provides more than enough justification for any military actions taken against their country.
I would have answered “not sure but I know it is a lower number today thanks to Israel”!
Does Tucker know Chelo kebabs are the king of Persian cuisine? He better if he is defending Iran
It is more than just the leadership that is the problem in Iran. You can bet that about 85% would fight Israel and the US to the death. That is the problem. Israel is willing to kill 90 million if necessary. The US isn’t…..
Why would anyone know Iran’s claimed citizen count?
This means nothing.
Tucker is sometimes a cesspool of useless facts.
Who knows what the population of ANY country is? Brazil? New Zeeland? Norway? - how could you not know that?
It’s like the game show host berating a contestant for not knowing the answer, while the host has it on the card that’s in his hand. Lame.
I didn’t know that either! Bill Hemmer just went through an overview of Iran: it’s apparently heavily populated; 92 million people; about the size of Alaska. He says it’s 75 times bigger than Israel.
Trivia?????
My opinion of Tucker is now in the basement.
That isn’t even close to professional behavior.
Exactly- 5ucker probably had to look it up before the talk with Ted too. The popu,aiton of Iran is not exactly a burning question on everyone’s mind.
It’s easy enough to find out the population of a country but how is it a big deal ?
It would have been hilarious if Cruz, while touching his lip, had asked Tucker “What kind of pressure are you under that has caused your herpes simplex to act up”?
So WHAT? Tucker Carlson is a sophmoric ass
Ted should said “I’m not sure, but since we’re asking rediculous questions, maybe you can tell the audience what color underwear does the leader wear?
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