Won’t stop the Tucker haters.
Lex Fridman
(02:16:31) Let me ask you, you’ve been pretty close with Donald Trump. Your private texts about him around the 2020 election were made public in one of them. You said you passionately hate Trump. When that came out, you said that you actually no, you love him. So how do you explain the difference?
Tucker Carlson
(02:16:53) My texts reflect a lot of things, including how I feel at the moment that I sent them.
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Lex Fridman
(02:19:56) Who were you texting to?
Tucker Carlson
(02:19:57) My producer and I was venting. It’s like a producer I was really close to, and I’ve known him for a long time. He’s really smart. And he’s like, he was someone I could be honest with.