Trump Responds to Tucker Carlson’s Sudden Exit From Fox: ‘I’m Surprised’

Tucker Carlson (L) speaks during the Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) Feszt in Esztergom, Hungary, on Aug. 7, 2021. (Janos Kummer/Getty Images); Former President Donald Trump (R) attends the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 287 mixed martial arts event at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Fla., on April 8, 2023. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images

Former President Donald Trump said he was “surprised” in his first reaction to this week’s sudden departure of Tucker Carlson from Fox News, praising the now-former popular prime-time host as a “very talented” man.

“I’m shocked. I’m surprised,” Trump said in an interview with Newsmax on Monday. “He’s a very good person, a very good man, and very talented, and he had very high ratings.”