Conservative commentator Victor Davis Hanson tore into Tucker Carlson’s push for a new political movement, arguing the former Fox News host and his allies appear driven by personal grievances against President Donald Trump and what Hanson described as “anti-Semitic anger.”
Hanson delivered his criticism Thursday during his podcast for The Daily Signal, questioning the purpose behind Carlson’s emerging movement and suggesting it could ultimately damage Republicans in the 2028 presidential election.
His comments followed a recent meeting between Carlson and former Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who posted a photograph of the pair together and said they were plotting an “America First” movement after accusing Trump of betraying them and millions of others.
The meeting also included Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Joe Kent, the former director of the National Counterterrorism Center.
“I don’t know the purpose of what the Tucker Carlson group is, because historically it would suggest that all they want to do is make sure that Donald Trump’s successor, JD Vance or Marco Rubio, loses the 2028 election,” Hanson said.
Carlson subsequently released a 10-point manifesto outlining his vision for fixing the United States. Among its proposals was a demand to stop funding what Carlson described as Israel’s “genocide” in Gaza and a push to hold politicians accountable for lying.
But Hanson questioned what Carlson’s movement would actually accomplish, arguing much of its political agenda is already being implemented by Trump.
Hanson specifically pointed to the administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration and efforts to dismantle DEI programs.
“It seems kind of incoherent because its ideology is 80-85% identical to the Trump Administration,” Hanson said.
Hanson, who previously appeared regularly on Carlson’s Fox News program, argued that personal disputes with Trump are now helping drive some of the president’s former allies.
“Most of the people who are guiding this movement owe allegiance to Donald Trump, who has helped them in the past,” Hanson said. “They turned on [him], they had fights, so much of their zeal is personal angst.”
Hanson then turned his attention to Carlson’s criticism of Israel.
Carlson has accused Trump of being too “weak” to prevent Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from pushing him around, particularly regarding the conflict with Iran.
Hanson argued that hostility toward Israel has become another force behind Carlson and Greene’s movement.
“And finally, there is an element of anti-Israelism and anti-Semitic anger that also fuels it,” Hanson said.
Hanson predicted the movement itself would ultimately fail to gain significant traction but warned it could still play the role of a political spoiler.
“It’s not going to go anywhere,” Hanson said, but added that it could be used to hurt the Trump-MAGA agenda its leaders had until recently described as essential to the country.
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