Tucker Carlson: “The pivot really was not the fall of Rome, that was the end.”

“The flow's a little bit different and it's a much denser kind of writing. And a book length idea can be fully formed. Okay, but since you're interested in Rome, there was this, I mean, The pivot really was not the fall of Rome, that was the end. And you're giving Istanbul credit for being Rome. Okay, but in the 5th century Rome, the place was invaded by the German tribes and collapsed.” (19:12–19:16)

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