Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson born May 16, is an American conservative political commentator and conspiracy theorist who hosted the nightly political talk show Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News from to An advocate of President Donald Trump , Carlson has been described as "perhaps the highest-profile proponent of Trumpism ", [ 3 ] "the most influential voice in right-wing media, without a close second," [ 4 ] and a leading voice of white grievance politics.
Carlson began his media career in the s, writing for The Weekly Standard and other publications. He was a CNN commentator from to and a co-host of Crossfire , the network's prime-time news debate program , from to In , he became a political analyst for Fox News, appearing on various programs before launching his own show.
In , Carlson co-founded and served as the initial editor-in-chief of the right-wing news and opinion website The Daily Caller , until selling his ownership stake and leaving in Carlson is known for circulating far-right ideas into mainstream politics and discourse. In April , Fox News dismissed Carlson and canceled his show without any explanation.
Carlson was among the hosts named in the Dominion Voting Systems v. Carlson is a critic of immigration. In February , he became the first Western journalist to interview Putin since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February Carlson's paternal grandparents were Richard Boynton and Dorothy Anderson, who were teenagers when they placed his father at The Home for Little Wanderers orphanage, where he was fostered by Carl Moberger of Malden , near Boston, a tannery worker of Swedish descent, and his wife Florence Moberger.
Hoar and George M. Tucker and his great-great-grandfather George W. In , Carlson's parents divorced after the nine-year marriage reportedly "turned sour". Carlson's mother left the family when he was six and moved to France. The boys never saw her again. When Carlson was in first grade, his father moved Tucker and his brother to the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego , California, and raised them there.
