>> Tucker: GOOD EVENING.
WELCOME TO "TUCKER CARLSON."
TONIGHT WE’LL START WITH A
ADVERTISE.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE WHEN YOU FIND SAM BANK MAN FRIEDMAN, JANET
SAM BANK MAN FRIEDMAN, JANET
YELL 11, AND YELL YELL YES 11SKI
ROOM?
PRESIDENT ZELENSKY SITS ATOP A
MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME SO
BRAZEN THE DEMOCRATS WON’T ALLOW
IT TO BE AUDITED.
YES.
THESE ARE THREE PEOPLE WHO COULD
BADLY USE A FEDERAL
INVESTIGATION.
THEY’RE NOT GETTING ONE.
INSTEAD THEY’RE BEING
CELEBRATED, HELD UP AS UNIQUELY
FASCINATING PEOPLE BY "THE NEW
YORK TIMES."
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, TODAY WAS
THE ANNUAL DEAL BOOK SUMMIT.
THAT’S A MONEY MAKING EVENT THE
NEWSPAPER ADVERTISES AS A SINGLE
YUM WITH, QUOTE, TOP BUSINESS
LEADERS.
TICKETS WENT FOR $2500 APIECE.
THEY WERE ALL THERE, APPARENTLY
IN THEIR CAPACITY AS TOP
BUSINESS LEADERS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH EXCLAIMED THE
MODERATOR, WHEN SAM
BANKMAN-FRIED FINISHED SPEAKING.
THANK YOU.
WITH THAT, THE AUDIENCE
APPLAUDED HARTLEY.
"NEW YORK TIMES" WERE CLEARLY
IMPRESSED BY SAM BANKMAN-FRIED,
ONE OF THE MOST PROLIFIC THIEVES
EVER.
WHATEVER.
HE SEEMED LIKE A NICE KID.
IT WAS AN AMAZING DISPLAY.
THIS EVENT DOESN’T TELL US ABOUT
THE GUESTS, AT SOME POINT
HISTORY WILL RENDER ITS JUDGMENT
ABOUT THEM, BUT IT TELLS US
ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO INVITED THE
GUESTS.
IF IT’S OKAY TO TREAT SAM
BANKMAN-FRIED LIKE ANOTHER
NAUGHTY CELEBRITY -- SAM
BANKMAN-FRIED, EVERYBODY,
APPLAUSE, APPLAUSE -- IF YOU CAN
DO THAT, THEN WHO’S OFF LIMITS?
WHO’S BEYOND THE PALE?
WELL, AS IT HAPPENS "THE NEW
YORK TIMES" SPENT THE LAST FEW
DAYS TELLING US, DELIVERING YET
ANOTHER HYPERVENTILATING LECTURE
ABOUT WHO WE’RE ALLOWED TO
ASSOCIATE WITH AND WHO WE MUST
AVOID AT ALL COSTS.
IT DEPENDS ON POLITICAL LOYALTY.
SOME PEOPLE, "THE NEW YORK
TIMES" EXPLAINED, HAVE VIEWS
THAT ARE SO REPREHENSIBLE,
THEY’RE OFF LIMITS.
YOU CAN’T BE IN THE SAME ROOM
WITH THEM, TALK TO THEM, ASK
THEM QUESTIONS.
THEIR OPINIONS ARE LIKE
SMALLPOX, COMMUNICABLE AND
DEADLY.
THESE ARE THE THOUGHT CRIMINALS.
THOUGHT CRIMES ARE THE ONLY
CRIMES THAT MATTER.
OTHER CRIMES, NOT SUCH A BIG DEAL.
MURDER, RAPE, CARJACKING?
NO.
AS "THE NEW YORK TIMES" HAS
OFTEN TOLD US, PEOPLE WHO DO
THOSE THINGS ARE THE VICTIMS OF
YOUR RACISM, SO THEY DESERVE
COMPASSION.
BY THE WAY, SO DO GOOD LIBERALS,
CAN ALWAYS BE FORGIVEN, EVEN
WHEN THE THINGS THEY’VE DONE ARE
OBJECTIVELY VERY, VERY BAD LIKE
TANKING THE U.S. ECONOMY OR
STEALING BILLIONS FROM INVESTORS
AND USING IT TO BUY BAHAMIAN
REAL ESTATE, OR BRINGING THE
WORLD TO THE BRINK OF WORLD WAR
AND GET RICH DOING IT.
LIBERALS CAN DO THIS, AND YOU
CAN APPLAUD THEM, BECAUSE IN THE
END THEIR HEARTS ARE IN THE
RIGHT PLACE.
THEY BELIEVE THE RIGHT THINGS.
WITH THAT IN MIND IT’S NO
SURPRISE THAT NO ONE AT "THE NEW
YORK TIMES" BOTHERED TO ASK
ZELENSKY WHERE EXACTLY ALL THE
MONEY HAS GONE, AN ACCOUNTING OF
THE BILLIONS OF YOUR TAX DOLLARS
THAT HAVE DISAPPEARED INTO
POCKETS OF UKRAINIAN OLIGARCHS
IN TRACKSUITS.
HE DEMANDED MUCH MORE OF YOUR
MONEY, WHICH OF COURSE HE
PROMPTLY TOOK.
HERE’S PART OF IT.
>> ON NOVEMBER 15th, THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION SUBMITTED A NEW
AID REQUEST, WHICH IF PASSED,
BRINGS THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT THE
U.S. HAS PROVIDED IN -- IN -- IN
ASSISTANCE TO $105.5 BILLION.
WE’RE GOING TO BE SPEAKING WITH
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE
LATER.
THERE’S BEEN A SENTIMENT AMONG
REPUBLICANS, WHO NOW CONTROL THE
HOUSE IN THE UNITED STATES, FROM
KEVIN McCARTHY, WHO SAID THERE
SHOULD NOT BE A BLANK CHECK. WHAT DO YOU TELL THEM?
WHAT DO YOU TELL THEM?
>> WE ARE ABSOLUTELY OPEN, AND
WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE
ASSISTANCE.
IT’S NOT QUITE CORRECT TO SPEAK
ABOUT $100 BILLION AS A VALUE OF
THE WAR FOR THE UNITED STATES.
THE VALUE IS LIVES OF PEOPLE, IF
UKRAINE DOES NOT STAND THROUGH
THIS WAR, THEY WILL SPREAD INTO
OTHER TERRITORIES, AND MAYBE TO
OTHER CONTINENTS.
OUR PEOPLE IS THE BIGGEST
FAILURE.
TELL ME HOW MUCH OUR PEOPLE
COST.
I DON’T KNOW.
>> Tucker: HA-HA-HA.
OKAY.
SO SUPPORT ME OR PUTIN’S GOING
TO INVADE ATLANTA.
BY THE WAY, YOU NO CHOICE,
BECAUSE IF YOU OBJECT SEND
BILLIONS MORE, YOU’RE A BAD
PERSON.
YOU DON’T CARE ABOUT UKRAINIAN
LIVES.
YOU’RE A MORAL MONSTER!
MORAL BLACKMAIL THIS CRUDE DOES
NOT TYPICALLY WORK BECAUSE
NOBODY WITH SELF-RESPECT WOULD
STAND FOR IT.
WHAT?
SETTLE DOWN, SON.
GET THE GERMANS TO PAY FOR IT.
IT’S THEIR CONTINENT.
THAT’S WHAT A NORMAL PERSON
WOULD SAY, SOMEONE WHO HAD
SELF-RESPECT.
UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE REST OF
US, CONGRESSMAN MICHAEL McCALL
OF TEXAS HAS NO SELF-RESPECT, SO
HE FOLDED IMMEDIATELY.
McCALL IS THE TOP REPUBLICAN
ON THE HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE.
SO JUST IN CASE THAT YOU
IMAGINED THAT THROWING OUT NANCY
PELOSI AND ELECTING A REPUBLICAN
CONGRESSMAN IS A HUGE VICTORY
WOULD MEAN THAT SOMEONE WOULD
PUSH BACK AGAINST BIDEN’S
FOREIGN POLICIES, YOU’RE
MISTAKEN, BECAUSE MICHAEL
McCALL JUST INFORMED US,
BECAUSE WE’RE GOOD PEOPLE, SO IS
ZELENSKY, WE’LL BE SENDING
MR. ZELENSKY, AND HIS PALS IN
TRACKSUITS, BILLIONS MORE OF
YOUR MONEY.
WATCH.
>> I WANT TO PICK UP WHERE
COLONEL MILBURN LEFT OFF.
HE BELIEVES THERE SHOULD BE
LONGER-RANGE WEAPONS SENT TO YOU
CAN A.
WOULD YOU APPROVE OF THAT?
>> 100%.
HE’S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
MY CRITICISM OF THIS
ADMINISTRATION WAS BEFORE THE
INVASION.
SINCE THE INVASION WE’VE
SLOW-WALKED THIS PROCESS.
WE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE MORE
OVERSIGHT, TRANSPARENCY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY.
WE’RE NOT GOING TO WRITE A BLANK
CHECK.
DOES THAT DIMINISH OUR WILL TO
HELP THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE FIGHT?
NO.
WE’RE GOING TO DO IT IN A
RESPONSIBLE WAY.
I THINK IT’S VERY IMPORTANT THAT
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE UNDERSTAND
WHAT’S AT STAKE HERE.
>> Tucker: SO THE U.S. MILITARY,
NOT UKRAINE’S MILITARY, OUR
MILITARY, THE ONE THAT’S
SUPPOSED TO PROTECT OUR COUNTRY,
IS RUNNING OUT OF EQUIPMENT AND
MANPOWER.
JUST SO WE’RE ALL CLEAR ABOUT
WHAT MICHAEL McCALL’S
PRIORITIES ARE, WE’RE SENDING
ADVANCED WEAPONS SYSTEM, YET
MORE OF THEM TO UKRAINE, AND
THAT’S IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE’VE
ALREADY SENT, BIGGER THAN THE
ENTIRE RUSSIAN MILITARY BUDGET.
IF THAT’S NOT INSULTING
ENOUGH -- AND OF COURSE THE
POINT OF THIS IS TO INSULT YOU,
DEGRADE YOU, MAKE YOU FULLY
AWARE THAT YOUR COUNTRY’S
INTERESTS COME LAST, BECAUSE YOU
COME LAST ON THE LIST OF
PRIORITIES -- THEY’RE GOING
FARTHER THAN THAT.
WE’VE ALSO DECIDED TO PAY
UKRAINE’S ENERGY BILLS.
IT’S KIND OF ODD WE’RE DOING
THAT, AT A TIME WHEN WE HAVE OUR
FIRST REAL ENERGY CRISIS SINCE
THE MID 1970s.
A MANUFACTURED CRISIS, BUT A
CRISIS NEVERTHELESS, A CRISIS
CAUSING AMERICANS TO FREEZE IN
THEIR HOMES BECAUSE THEY CAN’T
AFFORD HEATING OIL.
THAT’S A PERFECT TIME TO SEND
ENERGY TO OUR FRIENDS IN
UKRAINE.
THE WHOLE REGION.
HERE’S TONY BLANK BLANKEN.
>> WE WILL STABILIZE UKRAINE’S
ENERGY GRID AND KEEP UKRAINE’S
POWER AND ELECTRICITY RUNNING.
WE’VE ALSO SUBMITTED A REQUEST
TO CONGRESS FOR $1.1 BILLION TO
SECURE UKRAINE AND MOLDOVA’S
ENERGY SECTOR AND RESTORE THEIR
ENERGY SUPPLY.
>> Tucker: SO WHY IS THIS
CONTINUING WHEN OF COURSE JOE
BIDEN COULD CALL ZELENSKY, WHO
EFFECTIVELY WORKS FOR HIM, I
MEAN CLOSE FAMILY CONNECTION
THERE, OF COURSE, HIS SON WORKED
IN UKRAINE, COULD CALL ZELENSKY
AND SAY NO MAS, GET THE MONEY
FROM EUROPE, WRAP THIS THING UP,
PEOPLE ARE DYING, THE REBUILDING
COSTS OF THIS COUNTRY ARE BEYOND
WHAT WE CAN PAY, THIS IS AT A
DEAD-END, LET’S COME TO A
SETTLEMENT, AND OF COURSE THAT
COULD HAPPEN IN A WEEK IF THEY
WANTED IT TO.
THEY DON’T WANT THAT TO.
THEY WANT THE WAR TO KEEP GOING.
WHY IS THAT?
AHA, BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS
GETTING RICH.
THE ONE THING YOU’RE NOT ALLOWED
TO SAY, HEY, MAYBE WE SHOULD
STOP THIS WAR, BECAUSE, OF
COURSE, THE CASH SPIGOT WOULD
STOP FLOWING.
THAT’S WHY AT THE DEAL BOOK
SUMMIT, THE TOP BUSINESS LEADER
ZELENSKY -- IN FACT, HE’S A TOP
BUSINESS LEADER, IF YOU WANT TO
BE HONEST ABOUT IT -- WENT AFTER
ELON MUSK, BECAUSE ELON MUSK
SUGGESTED MAYBE WE SHOULD GET A
PEACE DEAL.
HERE HE IS.
>> IT SEEMED THAT ELON CHANGED
HIS OPINION, AND WE BEGAN TO
HEAR ALL KINDS OF APPEALS.
I DON’T KNOW IF SOMEBODY IS
MAKING AN INFLUENCE ON HIM OR
HE’S MAKING THOSE CHOICES
HIMSELF.
I ALWAYS SAY VERY OPENLY IF YOU
WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT RUSSIA
HAS DONE HERE, COME TO UKRAINE,
AND YOU WILL SEE THIS WITH YOUR
OWN EYES, WITHOUT ANY EXTRA
WORDS.
AFTER THAT YOU WILL TELL US HOW
TO END THIS WAR, WHO STARTED IT,
AND WHEN WE CAN END IT.
>> Tucker: HA-HA-HA.
ALL PERFECTLY REASONABLE.
CAN’T HAVE PEACE.
SEND MORE BILLIONS.
SO IT’S INTERESTING, IS IT THIS
LAST FEW DAYS, HAS BEEN LIKE THE
FEW DAYS BEFORE THAT.
THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF MORAL
OUTRAGE IN WASHINGTON ABOUT BAD
IDEAS.
OF COURSE SOME IDEAS ARE BAD ON
BOTH SIDES FOR SURE.
BUT IDEAS AREN’T CRIMINAL.
ACTIONS ARE CRIMINAL.
AS ALWAYS, THE REAL CRIMINALS