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Tucker Carlson: “Iran is not a military power. Fundamentally, Iran is an…”

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Trump Announces the End of Global American Empire. Here’s What Comes Next.

Published April 2, 2026 | Video Starts at 05:30

And American policymakers have understood that is ultimately why Iran is a nation that you have to reckon with, that you have to take seriously, whether you like them or not. Even if you hate them, Maybe especially if you hate them. So Iran is not a military power. Fundamentally, Iran is an economic power. And previous leaders have understood that. Our current leadership doesn't really seem to understand that or has not said that in public. (05:30–07:23)

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“American troops are on the way to the Persian Gulf, including portions of the Nevada National Guard.”
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“Their sovereign wealth funds, some of the biggest in the world, have poured forward trillions of foreign direct investment into the US.”
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“The Strait of Hormuz is the source of a fifth of the world's energy, probably 30% of the world's fertilizer.”
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“China is the largest trading partner with every Gulf country and with Iran.”
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“Canada has far more oil than the United States, far more fresh water than the United States.”
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“Canada's the fourth biggest, has the fourth biggest oil reserves in the world.”
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“Iran is not a military power.”
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“Iran is powerful because of its geography.”
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“Iran can stop you from [getting through the Strait of Hormuz].”
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“Iran's power derives from its ability to shut down or at least gravely damage the global economy.”
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“The United States went into the conflict with the mistaken belief that it could, we could, somebody could reopen that strait by force.”
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“It's impossible to imagine how an outside power could keep the strait open without the consent, not just of the Iranian government, but…”
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“Even if you reduced Iran to the state of permanent civil war, ethnic conflict, even if you killed 90% of the people in Iran, or 99% or 100%…”
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“The nation that restores order is the nation in charge. The nation that forces the peace is the nation in charge.”
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“The country that forces order on the Persian Gulf, that opens the Strait of Hormuz, is the nation that runs the world by definition.”
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“The assumption that if there was ever a problem the US could fix it has remained up until February 28th when this war began.”
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“This was a shock, particularly for the six Gulf states who along with Iran and Iraq, are the energy producing states around the Persian…”
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“The President seemed to indicate... Iran's going to be in charge at the end.”
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“The President of the United States just said we're not going to be in charge of who runs Iran when this war ends.”
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“If there's any one geographic spot on the globe that's the key to a global economy, to an interconnected economy, it's the Strait of Hormuz.”
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“We have enough oil. We don't need the oil there.”
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“Our European allies don't really have militaries.”
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“Their countries have been occupied to one degree or another by the US military since 1945.”
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“The United States is probably not going to come to our rescue if we have some kind of conflict with China.”
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“The United States couldn't do the thing that great powers do, which is keep commerce going.”
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“The unipolar moment is over now. It's been over for a while.”
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“Rich countries are powerful. Rich countries get to build powerful militaries.”
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“A huge percentage of fertilizer comes from natural gas.”
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“The US does actually import quite a bit of oil.”
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“The United States has huge reserves of natural gas.”
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“Canada happens to be falling apart as a nation, completely falling apart.”
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“Canada is the single most important relationship that we have.”
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“Canada has always been our largest trading partner.”
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“Canada's not a sovereign country. It never has been.”
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“Mexico has been a massive problem for the United States, both because of mass migration from Mexico, because of the ongoing drug war in…”
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“There are politicians in the United States taking money from the cartels.”
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“What's happening in Iran is the end of American empire as we understand it.”
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“Huge parts of Protestant Christianity in the United States leadership, totally corrupt.”
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“Franklin Graham, son of Billy Graham, shows up at the White House yesterday to pray over the President.”
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“The coverage [of the war with Iran] is everywhere, but the facts are hard to find.”
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“You're not learning the truth, and that's not accidental.”
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“If you want to learn the truth, you need to stand up for the First Amendment, which is your birthright as an American.”
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