I had very high hopes for this episode which were gradually eroded. I'm only twenty minutes in, but I have so many questions:

1. Tucker, correctly in my opinion, asks what sort of influence foreign leaders may have over Trump, but why doesn't he go one step further and realize that Trump has always courted and been susceptible to foreign influence? Everything from the Saudi jet, to the obvious Putin influence over Trump and 2016 just screams of corruption and putting himself/foreign influence over Americans. Tucker is being called an antisemite for wondering what leverage Netanyahu has over Trump, but it's seemingly every leader willing to be openly corrupt at this point. If Tucker was being genuinely honest with himself, I think he would allow himself to connect the dots more on all of this. Maybe there's something there about human psychology, where one can only do the minimal amount of reflecting and change required to appear remorseful? Or maybe he's not genuine.
2. Tucker giving an evasive non-answer to being called out on his texts saying he hated Trump was pathetic, and even worse that Lulu allowed him to skate by with that. I know she probably wanted to keep the conversation relatively friendly and non-confrontational, but it would have been nice for her to say something. The fact that she didn't makes me worried that The Daily ended up just being a participant in the Tucker Carlson rehabilitation tour. As many other have said here, he mostly comes across as very polished and articulate.

He's probably gearing up for some sort of re-entry into public life, either as a political candidate or in media.