Peak Pravda

It’s April 7th, Tucker Carlson has just called Donald Trump evil and suggested he is the Antichrist, so what does the leftist magazine publish?

A feature on how Tucker Carlson is the “maximalist Trumpist mouthpiece” today. 

In order to become the maximal Trumpist mouthpiece that he is today, Carlson relinquished the skeptical and heterodox cast of mind that he was trying out during his Crossfire incarnation and become instead a hard-line MAGA culture warrior.https://t.co/MK2oonPhSp

— The Nation (@thenation) April 7, 2026

You simply cannot make it up. 

🚨 Tucker Carlson insinuates that President Trump might be the Antichrist:

“Is it possible that what you’re watching is a very stealthy, yet incredibly effective attack on what, from a Christian perspective, is the true faith, belief in Jesus? …

And is it possible that the… pic.twitter.com/r8S2wozC1k

— Ryan Saavedra (@RyanSaavedra) April 7, 2026

Tucker Carlson insinuates that President Trump might be the Antichrist:

“Is it possible that what you’re watching is a very stealthy, yet incredibly effective attack on what, from a Christian perspective, is the true faith, belief in Jesus? … 

And is it possible that the president sees this not just in geostrategic terms and military terms and economic terms … Is it possible the president sees this in bigger terms? 

Sees this as the fulfillment of something, or the elevation to some higher office beyond President of the United States? That’s entirely possible.”

Of course, there is a lot of crap that the left is pumping out now that would seem unbelievable, except it is now standard fare in the Psychological Operation in which we live today. 

“Biden is completely mentally sharp.”

– Ro Khanna in 2024 https://t.co/eulBmDeYvD pic.twitter.com/ITBEY6XtN1

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) April 7, 2026

There is a renewed push among Democrats, calling for Donald Trump to be removed because he is mentally unfit to be president. 

For two straight years, Democratic officials, White House staffers, and media figures went on camera and said Joe Biden had a photographic memory, limitless energy, and zero signs of cognitive decline.

These are the actual quotes:

“He works us all under the table.”

“I can’t… pic.twitter.com/mavbLHH3R1

— Jake (@JakeCan72) March 29, 2026

Its biggest proponents? The people who spent years insisting that Biden was sharp as a tack. 

Barack Obama, Hakeem Jeffries, Nancy Pelosi, Kamala Harris, Chuck Schumer, Dan Goldman, Elizabeth Warren, Adam Schiff, Jamie Raskin, almost every Democrat in office and most of the MSM…told us that this guy was fit to serve another term. pic.twitter.com/vGXVnMOulC

— MAZE (@mazemoore) April 6, 2026

Joe Biden had a “photographic memory” and worked his aides under the table. 

Trust us, we know how to evaluate the mental states of presidents, and Donald Trump is unfit. 

FFS. And people listen to them. 

Tucker now getting glowing reviews from Obama’s speech writers: pic.twitter.com/cQh6tibnzO

— captive dreamer (@captive_dreamer) April 7, 2026

We have leftists in Congress and even overseas calling Trump’s targeting of bridges and power plants a war crime, and encouraging our troops to mutiny. 

One problem we’re having in our foreign policy discourse is that DC reporters and think tankers have no idea what they’re talking about and just write random words.

Here’s the Pentagon’s Law of War Manual: “Electric power stations are generally recognized to be of sufficient… pic.twitter.com/4BP0rgjf2e

— Omri Ceren (@omriceren) April 7, 2026

They all know they are lying, but millions of Americans do not. 

No, Attacks on Civilian Infrastructure Are Not Banned Under International Law https://t.co/JoMh38xsIt

— Andy McCarthy (@AndrewCMcCarthy) April 7, 2026

Mark Kelly, if he believed what he was saying, would turn himself in for committing the same war crimes he is now claiming Trump is about to commit. 

CONTEXT: Retired fighter pilot Wiz Buckley points out that Mark Kelly targeted civilian infrastructure as a pilot.

He targeted power plants, TV stations, and roads in the opening hours of that war, while up until now, President Trump has avoided hitting civilian infrastructure… pic.twitter.com/vQIT1O9xOA

— Andrew Kolvet (@AndrewKolvet) April 7, 2026

The new hotness is claiming that Trump is going to use nuclear weapons, because the idea horrifies everyone. He is planning to kill 92 million Iranians! He said so! Mutiny now!

This would be a good time for: a.) STRATCOM commanders who implement orders to fire nuclear missiles to read up on Nuremberg and prosecutions for obeying orders to commit war crimes; and b.) for cabinet members to reread the 25th Amendment and have each other on speed dial.

— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) April 7, 2026

I see that everywhere. Columnists, political science professors, podcasters. It’s a complete fantasy, but it creates a sense of panic, which is the entire intent. 

One of my favorite Pravda techniques is attacking Trump from both sides. He is both an unhinged maniac who will drop nukes and also a coward who always chickens out. They know they don’t have to make sense, just rinse and repeat. 

And there it is.
After the media spent most of yesterday and today suggesting Trump was going to nuke or otherwise genocide Iran, CNN is already suggesting Trump will “chicken out” and drops the “TACO” line:

WOLF BLITZER: The president is sticking to his very, very tough… pic.twitter.com/1JD7EgP92s

— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) April 7, 2026

Repeat the same lies over and over, and have everybody in your circle do it, and soon enough it becomes “common sense.” That is, to a great extent, what common sense is. It’s what “everybody” believes. That is how the climate hoax got so far. 

“Experts” say it. Over and over. 

And voila! It’s now true. It’s the Gaza genocide myth. The “fine people” hoax. The “Russia collusion” hoax. Keep repeating stuff and a good chunk of the populace will believe it. 

Ironically, it’s the intellectuals who are most susceptible, which is why so many people involved are highly credentialed. Their world is defined by what they read and talk about, while ordinary people are more grounded in reality and how things work. 

As George Orwell said, “Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them.”

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