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Tucker Carlson: “A country that doesn't make anything is not a real country.”

Featuring: Tucker Carlson, Conservative, Right-wing | Political Commentator, Former Fox News Host | National

Tucker on the MAGA Movement's Future and the Snakes in Washington Trying to Change It's True Meaning

Published October 23, 2025 | Video Starts at 19:43

But the country itself becomes a husk. It becomes hollowed out. There's nothing for people to do. And A country that doesn't make anything is not a real country. Everyone sort of knows this intuitively, but libertarian economists, basically doing the bidding of the finance class have for the past 40 years, told us, no, no, it's totally fine because it hikes gdp. (19:43–19:46)

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