Having the title of commander-in-chief does not make someone a leader, the conservative journalist has argued
The US political system could be manipulated to such an extent that even a dead person could become president, journalist Tucker Carlson joked at the Republican National Convention on Thursday.
The former Fox News host was touting former President Donald Trump, who is now the Republican Party’s official nominee for the November election, as having the necessary character to unify the American people. Surviving an attempt on his life earlier this month has turned Trump into a true national leader, Carlson believes.
“Just because you call yourself the president doesn’t mean that much inherently,” the journalist said. “I can call my dog the CEO of Hewlett Packard – it doesn’t mean she is.”
“You could take, I don’t know, a mannequin or a dead person and make him president,” Carlson added. “[That is] theoretically possible….