Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
In poll of Republicans, Trump trounces friend-turned-foe Tucker Carlson by 61% to 7%. Tucker Carlson has positioned himself as the Trump administration’s most prominent critic on the right, but in a contest with President Trump, polling shows it’s not even close.
A YouGov poll released Thursday showed that 77% of Republicans have a favorable view of Mr. Trump, versus 16% who hold an unfavorable view, giving him a net favorability rating of 61%.
The same poll, conducted for the University of Massachusetts at Lowell’s Center for Public Opinion, gave Mr. Carlson a net GOP favorability rating of 7%, with 31% of Republicans holding a favorable view and 24% viewing him unfavorably. Fifteen percent of respondents had never heard of Mr. Carlson, who launched a successful podcast career after being fired from the Fox News Channel in 2023, while just 1% had never heard of Mr. Trump.
The online poll was conducted March 26-30, before Mr. Trump launched his most scathing attack yet at Mr. Carlson and three other popular right-wing media personalities over their vociferous opposition to U.S. military strikes on Iran.
“I know why Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, and Alex Jones have all been fighting me for years, especially by the fact that they think it is wonderful for Iran, the Number One State Sponsor of Terror, to have a Nuclear Weapon — Because they have one thing in common, Low IQs,” said Mr. Trump in a Thursday post on his Truth Social account.
He said they no longer appear on television “because nobody cares about them, they’re NUT JOBS, TROUBLEMAKERS, and will say anything necessary for some ‘free’ and cheap publicity.”
The onslaught drew attention to the widening rift between his administration and the podcast figures, who have turned on the president over his support for Israel and the military offensive aimed at preventing a nuclear Iran.
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In poll of Republicans, Trump trounces friend-turned-foe Tucker Carlson by 61% to 7%. Tucker Carlson has positioned himself as the Trump administration’s most prominent critic on the right, but in a contest with President Trump, polling shows it’s not even close.
A YouGov poll released Thursday showed that 77% of Republicans have a favorable view of Mr. Trump, versus 16% who hold an unfavorable view, giving him a net favorability rating of 61%.
The same poll, conducted for the University of Massachusetts at Lowell’s Center for Public Opinion, gave Mr. Carlson a net GOP favorability rating of 7%, with 31% of Republicans holding a favorable view and 24% viewing him unfavorably. Fifteen percent of respondents had never heard of Mr. Carlson, who launched a successful podcast career after being fired from the Fox News Channel in 2023, while just 1% had never heard of Mr. Trump.
The online poll was conducted March 26-30, before Mr. Trump launched his most scathing attack yet at Mr. Carlson and three other popular right-wing media personalities over their vociferous opposition to U.S. military strikes on Iran.
“I know why Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, and Alex Jones have all been fighting me for years, especially by the fact that they think it is wonderful for Iran, the Number One State Sponsor of Terror, to have a Nuclear Weapon — Because they have one thing in common, Low IQs,” said Mr. Trump in a Thursday post on his Truth Social account.
He said they no longer appear on television “because nobody cares about them, they’re NUT JOBS, TROUBLEMAKERS, and will say anything necessary for some ‘free’ and cheap publicity.”
The onslaught drew attention to the widening rift between his administration and the podcast figures, who have turned on the president over his support for Israel and the military offensive aimed at preventing a nuclear Iran.
topics: tucker carlson, carlson, tucker carlson network, tcn, tucker carlson show, trump, donald trump, news, politics, iran, israel, iran war, israel iran war, iran war news, candace owens, alex jones, megyn kelly, nick fuentes, tucker carlson trump, tucker trump
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