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Tucker Carlson’s recent praise of Donald Trump is exactly the kind of blunt, honest recognition the country has been starved for from the media. Carlson has publicly admitted his evolving appreciation for Trump’s focus on immigration and law and order, and conservative Americans should welcome that clarity rather than allow the usual media chorus to sneer. This isn’t about personality — it’s about results and the courage to say the obvious: secure borders and restored public safety matter.
The policy wins Carlson points to are not fantasies; the Trump administration has openly negotiated tougher measures with Mexico and allies to choke off the fentanyl pipeline and illegal crossings, a practical approach to a crisis Democrats refuse to admit exists. These are the kinds of hard-nosed deals that deliver safety for American families and relief for overwhelmed border communities. If you care about your children and your neighborhood, you applaud leaders who get things done rather than posture for cable-news optics.
Watching Carlson single out the connection between open borders and rising urban crime should remind conservatives why we’ve spent years sounding the alarm. The left’s reflexive defense of sanctuary cities and soft-on-crime experiments has produced predictable consequences in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and other once-great American cities. Carlson’s willingness to point that out on national platforms exposes the cowardice of elites who prefer virtue signaling to governing.
Of course the establishment media will howl. Carlson has spent years ripping the narrative machine for its selective outrage and hypocrisy, and he’s right to do so now when policies that restore order are finally being enacted. The mainstream press would rather manufacture chaos about manufactured scandals than report on the people actually benefiting from safer streets and stronger borders. Americans are smarter than the elites give them credit for, and they can see who’s delivering and who’s grandstanding.
Some critics point to Tucker’s interviews with border officials as proof he’s gone too far, but robust debate is what keeps policy honest. When figures like Tom Homan raise alarms about NGOs and cartel influence, those claims deserve scrutiny — not reflexive dismissal — because the stakes are the sovereign security of the United States. Conservatives should insist on accountability and investigation rather than accept the media’s safe consensus that pretends borders don’t matter.
This moment is about acknowledging competence and rewarding it. If Trump’s approach to the border and crime reduces fentanyl deaths, returns safe streets to our downtowns, and restores respect for the rule of law, then praising those outcomes is not a scandal — it’s patriotism. Carlson giving Trump what he called “style points” is shorthand for something more important: principled Americans recognizing effective policy when they see it.
Patriots shouldn’t get lost in the noise of pundit wars; we should rally behind leaders and commentators who refuse to lie about what’s working. The country is tired of the bipartisan consensus that produced our current dysfunction, and it’s time to follow results over rhetoric. If that means celebrating a rare alignment between a major media figure and a president over policies that protect our families, so be it — let the elites complain while the rest of us keep America safe.
