Tucker Carlson has shared a manifesto outlining the 10 characteristics that he believes America should have, about a month after he floated the idea of launching a new political party.<\/p>\n
Carlson, a former Trump loyalist, said in June that he was turning his back on the Republican Party. Soon after those remarks, Carlson told the Columbia Journalism Review that he was \u201cgoing to help build a third party,\u201d adding that \u201cthere should be a good-faith effort to figure out what benefits the country.\u201d In a livestream on Wednesday, the conservative commentator didn\u2019t explicitly announce a new party, but he shared 10 \u201cgoals\u201d for America.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe thought it\u2019d be useful just to set down the goals of whatever comes next,\u201d Carlson said. \u201cHopefully, it\u2019s better than what we have. But we know it\u2019ll be different from what we have because what we have literally doesn\u2019t work.\u201d<\/p>\n
The livestream comes after Carlson over the weekend met with a number of other right-wing figures who have recently\u2014and vocally\u2014broken with Trump and the Republican Party. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who resigned from Congress in January after a very public falling out with the President, shared a photo of the gathering on X.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe said no more foreign wars and we meant it and supported Donald Trump because he made that promise,\u201d Greene said in her post. \u201cBut he\u2019s betrayed us all. Our commitment is America First for all Americans, right, left, and center. The movement has begun.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s what Carlson laid out in his manifesto, and what experts think about the likelihood of a potential new third party succeeding in U.S. elections.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe very first thing America should be,\u201d Carlson said, \u201cis fair.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He next asserted in his second point that America needs to be \u201csovereign, \u201dmeaning \u201cfree from outside influence\u2014the right to make decisions on your nation\u2019s behalf or your own behalf without being told what to do,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen your nation is not sovereign, of course it leads to things like the Iran war, which you do under bribery or threat or both by Israel, which is exactly what happened,\u201d Carlson alleged.<\/p>\n
Carlson has publicly criticized President Donald Trump over the decision to join Israel in launching the military strikes against Iran that started the war. Trump has denied that Israel pressured the U.S. into the conflict.<\/p>\n
In his livestream on Wednesday, Carlson went on to say that the third thing the U.S. should be is \u201cproductive,\u201d by which he said he meant that the country should reinvest in sectors like farming, rather than in surveillance systems and weapons.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The fourth trait he said the country should have was \u201cbeautiful;\u201d he criticized graffiti, public drug use, and violent crime.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The fifth characteristic was \u201chealthy;\u201d he applauded Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\u2019s for prioritizing \u201cbetter food\u201d for the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The sixth he discussed was \u201chonest;\u201d he argued that government officials who lie to the public should face penalties.<\/p>\n
The seventh characteristic that Carlson laid out was \u201coptimistic;\u201d he urged citizens to have more children.\u00a0<\/p>\n