Tucker Carlson: “He's a hedge fund guy who's made most of his money by short…”

“If Bill Ackman, you tell me one. And I'm not even like moralizing. And I don't hate Bill Ackman. But like Bill Ackman's in idiot. Who is he? I don't know him. He's a hedge fund guy who's made most of his money by short selling. And that means I go on CNBC and I attack your country, your company, its stock price falls and I've made a reverse bet against the stock price and I get rich.” (1:24:08–1:24:13)

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