TUCKER CARLSON IS READY TO TAKE

IT AWAY.

GOOD NIGHT, EVERY BODY.

YOU MONDAY

SEE YOU MONDAY.

>> Tucker: GOOD EVENING,

WELCOME TO TUCKER CARLSON FOR IT

HE STILL TALKING, GOING ON A

LONG TIME.

THIS WEEK'S IMPEACHMENT TRIAL,

THE SENATE HAS DONE WHAT YOU

THOUGHT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE IN

THE ERA OF DONALD TRUMP, IT HAS

MADE POLITICS BORING AGAIN.

BUT THE TRIAL ISN'T DULL, IT

DULL IN A HIGHLY AGGRESSIVE,

ALMOST COERCIVE WAY.

WATCHING IT IS LIKE BEING

TRAPPED BY YOUR DRUNK

BROTHER-IN-LAW AS HE EXPLAINS IN

FORENSIC DETAIL HOW HE'S

MANAGING HIS 401(K).

AFTER 6 MINUTES, YOU FANTASIZE

JUMPING OUT THE WINDOW.

THAT'S THE EXPERIENCE OF IT.

FORTUNATELY, THERE ARE NO

WINDOWS IN THE SENATE CHAMBER SO

WE HAD TO WATCH THE ENTIRE THING

WE HAD TO WATCH THE ENTIRE THIN.

AFTER FOUR DAYS OF THIS, WE'VE

REACHED A CONCLUSION.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT A PHONE CALL

THAT DONALD TRUMP MADE TO

UKRAINE, NOT ABOUT ADAM SCHIFF'S

DREAM OF WINNING A DAYTIME AND

BECOME A TALENTED LESBIAN AS HE

IS, IT'S

BY CRITICIZING MIDDLE EASTERN

WARS AND PROMISING TO

DE-ESCALATE

TENSIONS WITH RUSSIA.

NOTHING HE HAS DONE BEFORE OR

SINCE HAS MADE THEM ANGRIER THAN

THAT DID.

DIRECT STRETCH OF THEIR IDEAS

AND THE PAYCHECK, ADAM CONCEDED

CLOSED THAT MUCH IN HIS CLOSING

COMMENTS.

HIS REAL CRIME WHICH OF MILITARY

AID FROM UKRAINE.

WHY?

BECAUSE IT'S AMERICA'S DUTY TO

REMAIN ON THE BRINK OF WAR WITH

RUSSIA INDEFINITELY.

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>> THE UNITED STATES IS ROUGHLYD

IN EUROPE.

THEY SERVE ALONGSIDE TROOPS FROM

28 OTHER COUNTRIES THAT COMPRISE

NATO OR NATO.

>> THE PRESS IS NOT IN THE HABIT

TO EXPLAIN BECAUSE IT DID BE

NICE TO EXPLAIN WHAT THE HELL

HE'S TALKING ABOUT.

THE EUROPEAN UNION HAS FOUR

TIMES AS MANY PEOPLE AS RUSSIA

DOES BUT ITS ECONOMY MORE THAN

TEN TIMES AS LARGE.

RUSSIAN TROOPS HAVE NOT MADE IT

TO WESTERN EUROPE IN 75 YEARS

AND THEY WILL NOT BE COMING

ANYTIME SOON.

THEY CAN'T.

BY THE WAY, IF THE EUROPEANS

WERE WORRIED ABOUT A RUSSIAN

INVASION, THEY'D MAKE AN ARMY TO

PROTECT THEMSELVES.

THEY HAVE NOT DONE THAT BECAUSE

THEY ARE NOT WORRIED.

ACCORDING TO ADAM SCHIFF THEM

AMERICA MUST KEEP 70,000 TROOPS

IN EUROPE AWAY FROM THEIR

FAMILIES TO GUARD AGAINST THE

EVER PRESENT THREAT OF RUSSIAN

INVASION.

FOR REAL.

HE SAID THAT.

HIS FELLOW DEMOCRATS NODDED IN

VACANT IDOL AGREEMENT THAT IF IT

WEREN'T FOR MILITARY MILITARY

AID,

YOU'D HAVE TO LEARN RUSSIAN TO

SPEND JUNIOR YEAR IN FLORENCE.

WATCH.

>> RUSSIA'S INVASION OF UKRAINE

WAS A THREAT TO THE PEACE AND

SECURITY IN EUROPE.

IF MEMBERS OF THIS BODY HAD NOT

VOTED OVERWHELMINGLY ON A

BIPARTISAN BASIS FOR MILITARY

ASSISTANCE TO REBUILD UKRAINE'S

MILITARY, THERE IS NO QUESTION

IT WOULD'VE INVITED FURTHER

RUSSIAN ADVENTURISM IN UKRAINE

AND PERHAPS ELSEWHERE IN THE

HEART OF EUROPE.

IT WOULD'VE WEAKENED OUR ALLIES

AND EXPOSED U.S. TROOPS

STATIONED IN EUROPE TO GREATER

DANGER.

>> Martha: BELIEVE IT OR

NOT, WENT ON LIKE THIS ALL DAY

LONG.

VOICE RISING, EYES BULGING.

STARTED TO SOUND LIKE A

CONDIMENT FROM BURBANK AND MORE

LIKE A CHARACTER FROM A TOM

CLANCY NOVEL.

THE GREATEST THREAT TO AMERICA,

SCHIFF SAID, IS NOT THE FIRST

GUARDS TANK ARMY, THE PRESIDENT

OF UNITED STATES WHO MIGHT BE

THE FIRST NONDRINKING VOTING

MEMBER OF THE POLITBURO.

>> IF A PRESIDENT CAN SO EASILY

BE MANIPULATED, TO DISBELIEVE

HIS OWN INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES,

TO ACCEPT THE PROPAGANDA OF THE

KREMLIN THE, THAT IS A THREAT TO

OUR NATIONAL SECURITY.

>> Tucker: BY NOW YOU MAY BE

WONDERING HOW IS THIS THE

IMPEACHMENT WE WERE PROMISED?

WASN'T IT SUPPOSED TO BE THE

ABUSE OF POWER, THE CONTEMPT OF

CONGRESS?

AREN'T THOSE THE CHARGES?

HOW DO WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE

RUSSIA INVADES BELGIUM?

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.

THE GENESIS OF DONALD TRUMP

IMPEACHMENT TRIAL, TURNS OUT,

WASN'T THE NOW FAMOUS SCREENING

PHONE CALL OR EVEN HIS VICTORY

THREE YEARS AGO.

IT ACTUALLY BEGAN ON FEBRUARY

FEBRUARY 13TH 2016 ON THAT DAY.

THAT'S THE DAY THAT TRUMP

DEBATED JEB BUSH, TED CRUZ, THE

REST OF THE G.O.P. PRIMARY CREW

IN THE G.O.P. DEBATE AT

SOUTH CAROLINA.

SAID NO THINGS MAJOR REPUBLICAN

CANDIDATES

HE SAID AMERICA SHOULD REACH AN

AGREEMENT RATHER THAN FIGHTING

PROXY WARS AGAINST THEM PRETTY

CALL THE TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS WE

SPENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST A

WASTE.

AT THE TIME, IT SEEMED LIKE

TRUMP WAS ASKED

ATTACKING REPUBLICAN ORTHODOXY.

TRUMP WAS ATTACKING THE

CONSENSUS OF BOTH PARTIES IN

WASHINGTON.

IT'S A NEOCONSERVATIVE

CONSENSUS.

BOTH PARTIES WORK TOGETHER TO

KEEP AMERICA OVEREXTENDED ABROAD

STUCK IN QUAGMIRES ACROSS THE

WORLD THAT IN REACH

KILLING OUR MEN.DONALD TRUMP A D

KILLING OUR MEN.DONALD TRUMP A F

KILLING OUR MEN.DONALD TRUMP A E

KILLING OUR MEN.DONALD TRUMP A T

KILLING OUR MEN.DONALD TRUMP A P

KILLING OUR MEN.DONALD TRUMP A T

KILLING OUR MEN.DONALD TRUMP A H

KILLING OUR MEN.DONALD TRUMP A A

KILLING OUR MEN.DONALD TRUMP A S

A CANDIDATE, SAID IT'S TIME FOR

NOTSOME INTEREST OF SOME BACKWAR

NOTSOME INTEREST OF SOME BACKWAD

PETROL STATE.

TRUMP GOT THE NOMINATION AND

THEN WON.

BUT WASHINGTON STILL IS NOT

RECOVERED FROM THE SHOCK AND

RATHER LEARN FROM THE RESULT,

THEY DOUBLE DOWN.

THEY BLAME THE DEFEAT ON RUSSIAN

FACEBOOK ADS THAT NOBODY SAW.

AND IN RESPONSE TO THOSE ADS

THAT NOBODY SAW, THE DEMAND

AMERICA RISK WAR WITH THE

WORLD'S LARGEST NUCLEAR POWER.

WE'VE MOCKED ADAM SCHIFF MANY

TIMES IN THE SHOW AND WE HOPE TO

IN THE FUTURE.

BUT ON THIS MATTER, WE ARE