Tucker Carlson Whiffs Badly On Prediction For Trump Speech, Gets Roasted | EUROtoday

Tucker Carlson wrongly predicted President Donald Trump would declare struggle towards Venezuela in his speech on Wednesday.

The president belched lies concerning the economic system and attacked the Biden administration ― however, nope, no Venezuela.

The former Fox News host took a ribbing and prompted some conspiracy theories.

Amid the backdrop of the Trump administration ratcheting up legally questionable assaults on alleged drug-smuggling boats from Venezuela whereas even seizing a Venezuelan oil tanker, Carlson stated he bought a tip.

“Here’s what I know so far, which is that members of Congress were briefed yesterday that a war is coming and it’ll be announced in the address to the nation tonight at 9 o’clock by the president,” Carlson advised Andrew Napolitano on the “Judging Freedom” podcast. “Who knows, by the way, if that will actually happen. I don’t know, and I never want to overstate what I know, which is pretty limited in general, but a member of Congress told me that this morning.”

Nice strive on the hedge, however he nonetheless gave the moderately daring report.

At least one U.S. senator appeared to catch wind of the scuttlebutt.

“Well at least @potus didn’t announce we are going to war in Venezuela,” Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) wrote on X, previously Twitter. “No clue what was the purpose of the speech.”

Others aimed taunts straight at Carlson.

“Imagine being this wrong,” one MAGA supporter wrote with a video of Carlson making his declare.

“So much for the brilliant Tucker Carlson,” one other particular person cracked.

Another summed up Carlson’s embarrassment with a Homer Simpson meme.

Meanwhile, others noticed one thing extra in Carlson’s incorrect report.

There have been a number of posts suggesting a purposeful disinformation marketing campaign, from Trump or his allies, was afoot.

“President Trump masterfully orchestrated the mother of all head fakes, using Tucker Carlson either knowingly or unknowingly to say a war in Venezuela was coming,” one commenter surmised. “He cleverly tricked every major news network into airing a comprehensive recap of his impressive first-year accomplishments during prime time. … He truly is the KING of trolls, cementing his status as the most astute and effective media manipulator to ever occupy the Oval Office.”

Former HuffPost staffer Ryan Grim of Drop Site News provided one other risk:

“So Trump must have decided against whatever insanity he was planning on announcing? That the only explanation?”