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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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David Smith in Des Moines, Iowa

‘He could be a good president’: is Tucker Carlson the next Donald Trump?

Tucker Carlson stands at a Plexiglass podium with both hands raised.
Tucker Carlson, 53, has been touted as a potential Trump heir who may launch a similar bid for the White House. Photograph: Brian Cahn/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock

He entered to rapturous applause, flattered his hosts shamelessly, told them about his political vision and sold them merchandise bearing his name.

Tucker Carlson’s appearance in Iowa on Friday looked like a presidential run, walked like a presidential run and quacked like a presidential run but was most certainly not a presidential run, at least as far as anyone knows.

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