Ex-Trump insider makes 'embarrassing' confession about his 'deluded' MAGA past

A one-time Trump confidant who helped shape the president's second administration is now owning up to a painful miscalculation about their relationship.Tucker Carlson, the former Fox News host turned podcaster, told the Financial Times in an interview that he badly misjudged his sway over President Donald Trump. "I got completely deluded," Carlson said. "Like I so overstated my power that it was embarrassing. He didn't care what I thought at all."Carlson, who campaigned for Trump in 2024 and helped him choose JD Vance as his running mate, said he believed he had earned the president's trust during the first term by never asking for favors. He told the Financial Times he pushed relentlessly to keep the United States out of foreign conflicts, butting heads with former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo along the way.That illusion shattered in February, when Trump launched a war against Iran that Carlson viewed as a...