Tucker Bails on Trump Right as Approval Crashes

About this episode

Ari Melber discusses Tucker Carlson's apology for supporting Donald Trump as his approval ratings decline.

In a striking admission, longtime Trump loyalist Tucker Carlson is apologizing for helping elect Donald Trump. MS NOW's Ari Melber reports and is joined by Will Sommer, senior reporter at The Bulwark.

People in this episode

Host: Ari Melber

Guest: Will Sommer

Topics covered

• Trump
• Tucker Carlson
• political loyalty
• media
• approval ratings

Keywords

• Tucker Carlson
• Donald Trump
• apology
• approval ratings
• politics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Bulwark

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