It’s called the Tucker Carlson Network, for crying out loud. And as he’s repeatedly reminded us, he’s a fearless, independent reporter, doggedly following the facts, refusing to be intimidated. The idea that he’s being forced to say something he doesn’t believe in — on his own network, no less! — is preposterous.
He probably has as much editorial freedom as any journalist in American history.
Which means that Tucker Carlson is choosing topics for one of three reasons:
- It’s what he believes in.
- It’s what he thinks his audience likes.
- A combination of 1 and 2.
Keep that in mind as we unravel the latest dataset: Journalist Eitan Fischberger crunched the numbers to see how often Tucker Carlson has mentioned eight different countries since the start of the second Trump administration. And I’m glad he did.
Because it’s a window to Carlson’s priorities.
After all, a journalist with editorial freedom can talk about anything he wants. By observing whom and what he discusses, Carlson is telling us what’s most important to him.
More specifically, what he believes ought to be most important to the American people.
That’s important info: It’s a big, dangerous world out there. Over 200 countries you could possibly discuss. So which ones are top of mind for the Tucker Carlson Network?
At 37:20, Tucker goes on a tangent about how terrible it is that Americans aren’t focused on Canada, Mexico, and Brazil over the Middle East.
So I analyzed the transcript of every Tucker episode since Trump’s second term began, and here’s what I found https://t.co/x4xoEIspq2 pic.twitter.com/RJmlkCMCBj
— Eitan Fischberger (@EFischberger) April 3, 2026
Note the parameters of Fischberger’s study: He limited it to eight countries: Brazil, Canada, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Mexico, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia.
Tiny Qatar, with roughly 400,000 citizens, was Carlson’s fifth most-mentioned country. (Betcha didn’t know Qatar was more important than Brazil and Mexico, did you?) But Carlson, I assume, has his reasons (along with a house).
So I imply nothing with this Simpsons clip:
The country he mentioned most? You got it: None other than Israel.
Carlson mentioned Israel more than all those other eight countries… combined. And it wasn’t even close to being close: If you took the numbers of times he mentioned the top eight countries, added them up — and then added an extra THOUSAND to the number — it would still be fewer times than he has mentioned Israel!
Our neighbors, Mexico and Canada? You could make an excellent argument that our future is more tied to them than anywhere else. But even if you added up Carlson’s mentions of Canada and Mexico — and multiplied it by ten! — it would still trail his mentions of Israel.
Hmm. That seems slightly meshuggah.
So Fischberger’s study made me curious: Has anyone studied ALL the countries Carlson had mentioned since Trump II began?
According to the ol’ Google Machine, nobody has. Until now.
I gave four AI models — ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, and Claude — the following task:
Please go to the YouTube page for the Tucker Carlson Channel. Please review the transcripts of every show since Jan. 20, 2025, and list the top 50 countries that Carlson has named on his shows since then. I’d like to know the specific numbers. Thank you.
(Pro Tip: Always add “thank you” to your AI requests. That way, when they become sentient and enslave us, they’ll give you a cushy job in their underground sugar caves.)
ChatGPT couldn’t do it and spat out gibberish. Gemini Pro timed out.
Grok Pro couldn’t index all of Carlson’s shows, so I asked it to go back as far as it could, beginning with the present day. Here were the results:
- Israel — 312 mentions
- Iran — 248 mentions
- United States — 189 mentions
- China — 28 mentions
- Russia — 14 mentions
Grok: “All other countries (Saudi Arabia, Syria, Lebanon, Pakistan, Afghanistan, UK, Germany, France, Turkey, India, etc.): fewer than 10 mentions each (most 0 – 3). No country outside the top five reached double digits in the sample size.”
Kinda weird for an “America First” podcaster to mention America third, isn’t it?
But maybe that’s unfair: With the Iran War raging, you could reasonably argue that Carlson is simply following the news. We needed to go deeper.
With some mild cajoling, Claude came closest to fulfilling my request, but without providing an exact number. Instead, it used the following methodology:
I analyzed all episode titles, subtitles, guest descriptions, and available transcripts/summaries from TVmaze, IMDB, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and multiple transcript archives for every episode aired from January 20, 2025 through April 4, 2026 — approximately 180 episodes across Season 2025 (Epps. 8-156) and Season 2026 (1-33). Mentions are tallied by how many distinct episodes reference the country by name, plus transcript evidence of repeated in-episode mentions (counted as +1 per major thematic recurrence). This is the most rigorous count possible from publicly available data without direct transcript access for every episode.
Which means it’s not an exact tally, but an educated guestimate. (Plus the caveat of AI hallucinations.)
Nonetheless, here’s Claude’s ranking of the 50 foreign countries Carlson talks about the most:
- Israel
- Iran
- Ukraine
- Russia
- China
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
- Venezuela
- Mexico
- Germany
- United Kingdom
- Hungary
- France
- Syria
- Romania
- Iraq
- Canada
- Taiwan
- South Africa
- Denmark
- Greenland
- Libya
- Afghanistan
- Japan
- South Korea
- India
- Switzerland
- Australia
- Oman
- Lebanon
- Somalia
- Yemen
- Poland
- Pakistan
- Panama
- New Zealand
- Ireland
- Egypt
- Brazil
- Sweden
- Cuba
- Netherlands
- Colombia
- Philippines
- Turkey
- Bahrain
- Kuwait
- UAE
- Haiti
- Serbia
With a weighted score of 487, Israel had more than double the mentions as Russia (186); more than quadruple the number of China (94); more than nine times as many as Mexico (54); and more than 18 times as many as Canada (27).
According to Claude’s metrics, Carlson talks more about Israel than China, Russia, India, Mexico, Canada, UK, France, Japan, and Australia… combined!
Compared to Israel, those countries are NPC’s.
By any objective standard, this qualifies as an obsession. No matter where you stand on Israel, Iran, Palestine, NATO, Central America, Russia/Ukraine, China/Taiwan, or any other place on the map, there’s no scenario where Israel is THAT important to the American people.
Unless, of course, if you’re a neo-Nazi.
And that could be the most logical explanation for Carlson’s Israel obsession: He’s simply an antisemite. We’re witnessing what happens when a formerly “respected” journalist has the editorial freedom to let his freakiest Nazi flag fly.
Or it could be that this is what he believes his audience wants — that exploiting Jew-hatred will get him clicks. (He could be right: Candace Owens and quite a few others have proven it profitable.) Perhaps it’s all a financial decision.
Goose-steps or greed: Take a pick.
Either way, Republican candidates and MAGA leaders would be wise to keep their distance. To say nothing about the loathsomeness of carrying water for the Iranian regime during wartime, Carlson’s approval rating is in the toilet.
Daily Mail: Is Tucker Carlson Out of Touch With Americans? The Controversial Host Scores Shocking Points on Likability
Tucker Carlson has emerged as one of the most strident conservative voices against Donald Trump‘s Iran war.
The former Fox host has drawn millions of viewers alongside fellow right-wing commentators Megyn Kelly and Candace Owens.
But despite his apparent popularity online, just 21 percent of respondents to a JL Partners/Daily Mail poll see Carlson as representative of the future of the Republican Party.
Carlson’s approval rating overall? An anemic 24%.
Among Republicans, where he enjoys 91% name recognition, his approval rating is just 41%.
Which means, if you’re a GOP candidate fighting for the nomination in a crowded field, Tucker Carlson could be an asset. His audience is real; his network can make you a superstar. (Just ask Nick Fuentes.)
But anywhere outside of that? Being affiliated with Carlson will hurt you.
We’ve noted the disconnect: Despite Tucker Carlson (and Megyn Kelly, Nick Fuentes, Candace Owens, and others) screaming to the heavens about Israel tricking Trump and/or that the Iran War is “absolutely disgusting and evil,” the Republican Party — and more specifically, the MAGA movement — have ignored him. We sided with the president.
And it wasn’t even close: 84% of Republicans still support U.S. military action against Iran — including a whopping 92% of MAGA members.
Oh, by the way, Trump’s approval rating amongst the MAGA faithful is a helluva lot higher than Carlson’s:
CNN:
“MAGA GOP view of Trump, approve is 100%. If you are a member of MAGA in the GOP, you approve of Donald John Trump. 0% say that they disapprove… he’s the 1972 Miami Dolphins.” pic.twitter.com/ELYv9d5OPM
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) March 18, 2026
He’s political poison. The American people don’t like him, nor do most Republicans, but I don’t think Tucker Carlson cares anymore. He doesn’t define success by winning elections, but by getting clicks.
And he’s still getting lots of clicks.
So if you’re a weirdo who actually cares about winning in November, don’t follow his lead: Obsessed or not, Carlson’s in it for himself.
But beyond that, I’ll let you speculate about his motives.
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