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>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO
"TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT."
WHEN WE SAY GOOD EVENING, WE
MEAN IT.
IT’S NOT JUST ONE OF THE
SPECIALS THAT YOU SAY ON TALK
RADIO.
SHOUT OUT TO HER MOST LOYAL --
WE LOVE YOU, WE APPRECIATE YOU.
TACOS IT -- JUST THAT, ALSO
ENCHILADAS LOOP GOES, EVERYTHING
ELSE IN THE TACO BELL MENU.
THE GOOD NEWS IS AMERICA IS
GETTING A LOT MORE AMUSING.
THE BAD NEWS IS THAT IT’S ALSO
GETTING SCARY.
THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED THAT
INFLATION IS ONCE AGAIN AT A
YEAR-OVER-YEAR RECORD.
ARTIE KNEW THIS WAS HAPPENING,
OR DID YOU?
THERE WERE PARTS OF TODAY’S
REPORT THAT WERE NOT EXPECTED.
THEY SEEMED TO DEFY THE MOST
BASIC RULES OF ECONOMICS.
HERE ARE THE RAW NUMBERS.
>> INFLATION CRANKED UP A
WHOPPING 9.1% IN JUNE.
THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
RELEASED SHOW THE PRICE OF
NECESSITIES -- AND THE PRICE OF
GAS IS ALMOST AT 50%
YEAR-OVER-YEAR.
THIS RAN 5.6% OF THE YEAR, AND
FOOD -- 10.4%.
IF YOU BREAK IT DOWN TO JUST
GROCERIES, THE ANGLE JUMP WAS
12.2%, CITING THE EGGS AT
DASHCAM 26%.
>> SO, THE BIGGEST ANNUAL SPIKE
IN INFLATION AND MORE THAN 40
YEARS, THAT’S THE HEADLINE.
BUT, THE REALITY IS WORSE THAN
THAT.
DURING THE HARDER YEARS WERE
INFLATION FAMOUSLY HIT 14.64% --
"DURING THE HIGH INFLATION YEARS
OF THE 1970s AND 1980s,
AVERAGE INFLATION JUMPED SEVEN
SEVEN --
7-9%."
BUT THIS IS NOT WHAT IS
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
THE LABOR DEPARTMENT FOR TODAY
"AVERAGE EARNINGS DECREASED --
JUNE 2021 TO JUNE 2022.
THE CHANGE IN HOURLY EARNINGS
COMBINED WITH THIS -- FOR THE
AVERAGE WORKWEEK RESULTED IN A
4.4% DECREASE IN AVERAGE WEEKLY
EARNINGS.
4.4% AVERAGE DECREASE IN
EARNINGS.
THIS IS WHAT AN ECONOMIC
DISASTER LOOKS LIKE.
IT’S THE MOMENT WHERE EVERYTHING
YOU BUY IS MORE EXPENSIVE.
HERE IS THE BIG PICTURE.
THE AVERAGE AMERICAN HOUSEHOLD
THINGS -- THAT’S HERE --
THE INFLATION NUMBERS MEAN THAT
THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD’S --
$8,000 A YEAR JUST FROM INFLATION.
THAT IS 9.1 9.1% INFLATION NUMBE
RISING INFLATION AND FALLING
WAGES.
THIS IS VERY WEIRD.
THE PRICE OF GAS IS MUCH CHEAPER
IN MEXICO THAN IN THE
UNITED STATES. IN CALIFORNIA, DRIVING ACROSS
IN CALIFORNIA, DRIVING ACROSS
THE BORDER TO FILL THEIR CARS.
APART FROM A FEW OF THESE
OUTLIER WEBSITES, NO ONE SEEMS
TO BE ASKING THAT QUESTION.
SO CHEAP, THAT THE MEXICAN
GOVERNMENT IS ENCOURAGING MORE
AMERICANS ACROSS THE BORDER --
"RIGHT NOW, THE PRICE PER GALLON
IS $7.08 PER AVERAGE."
THAT WAS FROM THE PRESIDENT OF
MEXICO.
THEY ARE, IT COSTS $3.20.
YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF ABOUT
PUTIN’S PRICE PIPE.
THEY PAID MORE BECAUSE OF PUTIN
TOO.
WHY IS INFLATION UP WHEN WAGES
ARE DOWN?
IT DOESN’T MAKE ANY SENSE.
LAST MONTH, MEXICO’S GOVERNMENT
DID NOT FOLLOW THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION.
INSTEAD, HERE IS WHAT MEXICO
DID.
$2 BILLION --
AND GAS PRICES LOWER FOR
CONSUMERS.
IN OTHER WORDS, THE GOVERNOR OF
MEXICO, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
DRUG WAR, THE GOVERNMENT OF
MEXICO IS TAKING BETTER CARE OF
IT CITIZEN THEN JOE BIDEN IS
HERE.
IN THE VERY SAME MONTH, GAS
PRICES SHOT BEYOND THE REACH OF
PEOPLE.
JOE BIDEN, IN THE NAME OF
DEMOCRACY, $40 BILLION IN TAXES,
NOT FOR YOU OR ANY OTHER
AMERICAN, BUT FOR UKRAINE.
THAT IS JUST PART OF OUR LIMITED
COMMITMENT.
>> FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES.
DOES THAT MEAN INDEFINITELY FOR
THE UNITED STATES COME UKRAINE?
OR, WILL THERE COME A TIME WHERE
YOU HAVE TO SAY THAT THE
UNITED STATES CAN’T SUPPORT THIS
COUNTRY ANY LONGER?
THANK YOU.
>> President Biden: WE ARE
GOING TO SUPPORT UKRAINE AS LONG
AS IT TAKES.
>> THE WAR HAS PUSHED PRICES UP.
HOW LONG IS IT FAIR TO EXPECT
AMERICAN DRIVERS TO PAY THAT
PREMIUM FOR THIS WAR?
>> President Biden: AS LONG AS
IT TAKES.
RUSSIA CANNOT TAKE AND MOVE
BEYOND UKRAINE.
>> AS LONG AS IT TAKES, WHATEVER
THE COST.
FOR UKRAINE!
THE AMERICAN ECONOMY HEADS
TOWARD TOTAL DESTRUCTION.
WHO IS WINNING?
UKRAINIAN OLIGARCHS.
SINCE JANUARY, THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION SINCE ABOUT $8 BILLION JUSTIN
-- JUST IN SO-CALLED SECURITY.
DEFENSE CONTRACTORS WERE MAKING
THIS, AND THAT’S WHAT THEY DID
IN THIS LOBBY.
BUT, YOU HAVE TO ASK, ONCE WE
SEND THESE WEAPONS TO UKRAINE,
WHERE DO THEY GO?
NO ONE KNOWS WHERE THEY GO.
NO ONE IS KEEPING TRACK.
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS
HAVE ADMITTED THAT TO
"THE WALL STREET JOURNAL"."
THIS IS HANDED TO THE UKRAINIAN
GOVERNMENT.
OFFICIALS SAID THEY HAD LITTLE
TO NO KNOWLEDGE OF WHERE THAT
WAS GOING THEY -- THE UKRAINIAN
GOVERNMENT FOR SUCH INFORMATION.
THEY SAID THERE IS SOME
OVERSIGHT INTO THAT COUNTRY.
SO, YOU SEND BILLIONS TO UKRAINE
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WAR, AND
THEN DON’T BOTHER TO FIND OUT
WHAT HAPPENS?
THE DEFENSE MINISTER KNOWS.
HE SAID -- WILL BE SMUGGLED OUT
OF UKRAINE.
IT’S HARD TO AVOID TRAFFICKING
AND SMUGGLING.
THIS IS LUNACY.
IF YOU WANT TO MAKE EASTERN
EUROPE DANGEROUS AND UNSTABLE
FOR GENERATIONS, THIS IS EXACTLY
WHAT YOU WOULD DO, TREAT UKRAINE
LIKE THAT.
BUT, THAT’S JUST THE BEGINNING.
ON TOP OF ALL OF THE STAGE THAT
WOULD BE SAMANTHA POWER.
SHE IS -- SENDING $4 BILLION
MORE TO UKRAINE TO PAY THAT OFF.
WHEN THAT BE NICE IF SOME OF THE
POWER TO DECIDED TO PAY OFF OUR
BUDGET?
NO.
WOULD NEVER DO THAT.
YOUR TAX DOLLARS ARE PAYING THE
SALARIES OF UKRAINIAN --
AND ALL, YOUR CONGRESS HAS
APPROVED MORE THAN $50 BILLION
FOR UKRAINE.
THAT INCLUDES ASSISTANCE FOR
HEALTH CARE -- $9 BILLION FOR
ECONOMIC SUPPORT, WHATEVER THAT
MEANS.
IT’S ALSO $2 MILLION FOR REFUGEE
ASSISTANCE.
SO IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, AND OTHER
COUNTRIES -- SENDING $100 BILLS
INTO A WAR ZONE.
AGAIN, THIS IS NUTS.
AND YET, MEMBERS OF BOTH PARTIES
AGREE -- DOZENS OF DEMOCRATS IN
CONGRESS, THEY ARE PUSHING THE
ADMINISTRATION AS IF THEY NEED A
PUSH FOR THE INTERNATIONAL
MONETARY FUND BEING AWARDED
$650 MILLION BECAUSE OF UKRAINE.
ON TOP OF ALL OF THAT, THIS
CONGRESSMAN PROPOSED AN
AMENDMENT FOR THE NATIONAL
AUTHORIZATION ACT CALLING FOR
IT -- "UKRAINIAN MILITARY --"
THIS IS A GUY WHO THOUGHT THIS
WAS REAL.
ALL OF THIS IS NECESSARY COME
MANDATORY.
WE MUST DEFEND DEMOCRACY.
WE IS TAKING FROM SENATOR --
JUST AN INTERVIEW WITH CHARLIE
KIRK.
EXPLAINED THIS ON THE LIMITED
AMOUNT OF MONEY TO UKRAINE.
WHY?
FIGHTING BACK AGAINST COMMUNIST
INTRUSION BECAUSE VLADIMIR PUTIN
IS EVIL.
>> WHAT AMOUNT OF MONEY AS
POSSIBLE SO MUCH TO SEND TO
UKRAINE?
WHERE IS THE LINE?
NEAR $56 BILLION?
>> I DON’T KNOW THAT THE LINE IS
A DOLLAR AMOUNT.
EACH REQUEST, EACH CIRCUMSTANCE
REQUIRES ITS OWN DISCOVERY, IF
YOU WILL.
I THINK WE SHOULD DO SMALLER
TRANCHES, JUST FOR THE PURPOSE
OF RENEGOTIATING AND REASSESSING
THE PRICE OF THIS.
TO THE UNITED STATES TAXPAYER
AND -- I THINK IS VERY, VERY
HARD.
>> THEY NEVER UPDATE THE TALKING
POINTS.
>> THAT IS AN IDEA WE STRONGLY
SUPPORT.
THAT’S WHY WE ARE IN FAVOR OF --
OPPOSING VACCINE MANDATES AS
WELL HERE.
THAT’S WHAT YOU HAVE TO ASK,
WHAT THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY HAS TO
DO WITH UKRAINE.
UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT SHOULD
STAND OPPOSITION MEDIA.
NOW, THE PRESIDENT HAS DECIDED
TO COMBINE ALL TELEVISION
STATIONS IN UKRAINE INTO A STATE
OF PROPAGANDA MINISTRY FOR
"MISINFORMATION."
THAT IS NOT THE PROFILE OF A
FREE COUNTRY, NOT EVEN CLOSE.
BUT WE HAVE TO, BECAUSE MODERN
APPROACH AND IS THE WORST PERSON
IN THE WORLD."
HE IS A COMMUNIST, SAYS THE
SENATOR, "WHO PLANS TO CONQUER
THE GLOBE."
IS A COMMUNIST?
HOW COMMUNIST IS HE?
IS HE MORE OR LESS COMMUNIST FAN
SANDY CORTEZ, FANNED JOE BIDEN’S
DOMESTIC POLICY?
IS HE A MORE COMMITTED ATHEIST
VAN THEY ARE?
THROWING AMERICANS IN JAIL FOR
THESE RALLIES OF THE CAPITAL.
-- FROM THE BEDROOM?
IS HE STERILIZING CHILDREN?
VLADIMIR PUTIN IS NOT DOING ANY
OF THAT.
AS FOR HIS APPARENTLY LIMITLESS
INTERNATIONAL AMBITIONS -- HIS
PLAN REPORT AND TRYING TO BUILD
MILITARY BASES IN THE CARIBBEAN?
ANOTHER QUESTION IS, THAT WOULD
BE TRIED AND TOOK --
CHINA TO BIDEN’S AND CRIMEA --
BUT IT IS CHINA ON ITS WAY TO
CONTROLLING THE WORLD.
HERE IS SOMETHING WE SAW THAT
ILLUSTRATES THE POINT.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE WORLD HAS
COMPLETELY DOMINATED -- FROM
CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES.
TODAY, OUR TWO ECONOMIES ARE
ROUGHLY EQUAL IN SIZE.
THAT IS A PROBLEM, THE BIGGEST
PROBLEM IN THE WORLD.
NOTHING COMES CLOSE.
THE CHINESE EMPIRE WILL NOT BE
LIKE OUR EMPIRE AT ALL.
WHERE IS RUSSIA IN THIS?
IT’S NOT IRRELEVANT, BUT IT’S
CLOSE TO IRRELEVANT.
HOW IS THERE A COMPASS MOWING AN
ENEMY DEPTH --
ITALY?
THEY ARE IN A BETTER POSITION TO
TAKE OVER THE WORLD AND
VLADIMIR PUTIN.
THIS ENTIRE CONVERSATION IS
INSANE.
ANYONE WHO TAKES IT SERIOUSLY IS
A FOOL, AND ANYONE WHO DOESN’T
SEE THE RED FLAGS IS PROBABLY
DISHONEST.
THE MOST DISHONEST, POWER-HUNGRY
PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES --
AT WAR WITH RUSSIA.
THAT WOULD BE JOE BIDEN,
NANCY PELOSI, CHUCK SCHUMER.
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE TELLING THE
FLAMES WERE PUT IN IS A WAR
CRIMINAL -- WORLD DOMINATION.
WHY ARE THEY SAYING HE’S GOING
TO TAKE OVER EUROPE?
THERE IS A REASON SAYING AND IT
HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH SAVING
LIFE IS FOR MAKING UKRAINE A
BETTER COUNTRY.
RED FLAG?
YET SOMEHOW, REPUBLICANS DON’T
SEE IT.
THEY DON’T SEEM CURIOUS ABOUT
HIM.
THE WORST PEOPLE IN AWARE, ARE
FOR AN WAR WITH RUSSIA.
THEM AND A FEW OTHER REPUBLICANS
IN CONGRESS, THEY ARE ALL IN,
WHATEVER JOE BIDEN WANTS
UKRAINE.
HERE IS LINDSEY GRAHAM.
THAT WOULD BE CONNECTICUT’S MOST
FAMOUS IF YOU KNOW MORE HERE.
HERE THEY ARE TOGETHER.
>> I CAN TELL YOU SOMETHING
ABOUT AMERICA RIGHT NOW.
THERE IS A BIPARTISAN EFFORT TO
DEFEAT PUTIN.
SPEAK UP WHEN THEY GET BACK, TRY
TO GET THE SENATE AS A WHOLE TO
GET THAT RESOLUTION.
>> RUSSIA BEING A STATE SPONSOR
OF TERRORISM.
THE CATEGORY OF IRAN,
NORTH KOREA.
>> WILL THAT IMPROVE YOUR LIFE?
IS IT IMPROVING THE LIVES OF
UKRAINIANS RIGHT NOW?
NO.
YET, EVERY PERSON WHO HAS BEEN
ON THE WRONG SIDE OF EVERY
FOREIGN POLICY DECISION GOING
BACK 40 YEARS IS ON THE SAME
PAGE.
HERE -- FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY
ADVISOR.
AS PERSONALLY ENGINEERED COU
Ps IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
WHERE THEY STATE-SPONSORED
TERROR?
NO ONE IS CALLING JOHN BOLTON A
WAR CRIMINAL.
INSTEAD, HERE’S WHAT THEY ARE
SAYING.
SPEAK HE’S DOING THE ONLY THING
I COULD BRING DOWN THE PRICE OF
PUTIN.
BECAUSE HE NEEDS THEM -- SO THEY
CAN QUICKLY BEAT RUSSIA. SHE
COULD HE MAKE UKRAINIAN
AGRICULTURE SAFER?
SURE, BUT -- WHICH BIDEN DOES
NOT WANT TO DO THESE ARE
AMERICAN FIGHTER PLANES FIRING
AT RUSSIAN ONES.
I THINK THERE’S A VERY GOOD
ARGUMENT FOR THAT.
THE NO-FLY ZONE, WHILE EXTREMELY
RISKY, IS THE BEST WAY TO GET
THIS HERE.
>> I TUNED IN TO FIND OUT
WHETHER -- AND YOU ARE A FOREIGN
POLICY EXPERT NOW?
>> THE AMERICAN ECONOMY IS --
AND IT’S FASTER THAN ANYONE
ANTICIPATED.
>> INSTEAD, CNBC, AND THE
GENIUSES ARE TALKING ABOUT
WORLD WAR III.
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW BIG THIS
HAS BECOME, HOW OMINOUS THIS IS,
YOU SHOULD SEE THIS.
THIS IS FROM THE CITY OF
NEW YORK, OUR LARGEST CITY.
REMINDING YOU THAT IT MILLION --
8 MILLION RESIDENTS OF NEW YORK,
CONSUMED BE NUKED.
>> COME BIG ONE HAS HIT,
SELECTED WE DO?
STEP ONE, GET INSIDE FAST.
YOU AND YOUR FRIEND, YOUR
FAMILY, GET AND STAY INSIDE.
>> SHUT ALL WINDOWS.
HAVE A BASEMENT.
IF YOU WERE OUTSIDE AFTER THE
BLAST, GET THAT IMMEDIATELY.
REMOVE ALL OUTER CLOTHING -- TO
KEEP RADIOACTIVE DUST OR ASH
AWAY.
>> WHAT?
IF YOU WERE DRINKING BEER AND
THAT CAME ON TV --
"THERE IS A HEAT WAVE."
AT THIS POINT SHE SAYS
RADIOACTIVE DUST.
YOU ARE SUGGESTING SOMEONE MIGHT
LOB A NUCLEAR WEAPON TO OUR
LARGEST CITY?
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
HOW DO YOU GET SO CLOSE TO
NUCLEAR WAR THAT -- WASH THE
RADIOACTIVE DUST OFF MY FACE?
THIS IS TOTAL LUNACY.
WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?
PUTIN IS BAD AND GOING TO TAKE
OVER BELGIUM NOBODY HAS --
BECAUSE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS
COLLABORATED WITH IN A BYE
ADMINISTRATION.
WE REACHED A POINT WHERE SOME TV