howie: do you think there are rewards within the media culture scoffing at trump? tucker: i think the press ought to have an aggressive posture toward anyone in power. but in this case they live in a world where not a single person they know voted for trump. they have nothing in common with anyone who voted for trump and they despise them. but they are still for pointless foreign wars. howie: did you interview him in terms of his ability to articulate policy? tucker: no, i have known him for almost 20 years. i interviewed a lot of people before and after abecame president. and there is a huge change in the way they seem in person. howie: i had the same reaction. let s talk about your show.
turnaround for a pundit whose bow tie is behind him. tucker: i m not especially self-aware. i don t read one word about myself ever. i don t want to become self-conscious. i want to be a happy person. i have children. i care what the people who love me think and the people i love. but there are a tons of ups and downs. a lot of them are not your doing. some of them are. i m grateful to have this. it s a great time slot it s one i have been watching for a long time. i m glad to be here. howie: the new yorker gave you some high praise. he has aimed his scepticism at the current administration.
why can t you hold on to a time slot? now that you will be the 8:00 anchor kicking off prime time. do you envision any adjustments or will you be oriented towards the days top stories? tucker: we have been pretty on the news at 9:00. i think people will want to know what happened and how to understand it, and i think the primary way we explain that is by talking to people who disagree and debate, respectful debates, but tough debates. it can get intense. but hopefully always respectful. we ll continue doing that. we ll tweak the show in the coming months and years. but for now i don t think we ll make radical changes. howie: you bounced around msnbc and cnn before coming to fox. your new real estate reflects a
i would say before he received the nomination, a lot of reporters like donald trump found him amusing. he seemed less threatening. but the second he got nomination, they piled on. and i think they remained in that posture except when he threw hose cruise missiles at syria. liberals like war. howie: check your twitter. tucker: they do. howie: now that the initial glow has faded. the president is criticizing trump on foreign policy. tucker: but not on russia. remember, he subverted our democracy. howie: he? tucker: trump. he s going to be impeached. as soon as the missile strike took place they dropped the narrative.
decade old. tucker carlson, the five, but doesn t o reilly leave a hole? susan: there is a deep bench of talent. when megyn kelly left the ratings improved. my friend greta left for msnbc and they survived her departure. and the departure of roger ailes. people thought fox would collapse if he left. so far things are going pretty well. bill o reilly and roger ailes created the ratings empire that fox has become that s quite durable and it can survive people coming and going. howie: my began kelly left