Brietbart is a site I check from time to time because they often post things others ignore. It is where I discovered a thread -
It's not a bombshell and I doubted there'd be much coverage elsewhere. There was some.
search = tucker carlson third party
MSN carrying Newsweek coverage - beginning paragraphs -
Tucker Carlson escalated his break with President Donald Trump and the Republican Party on Wednesday, as he announced he’s working to launch a new political party aimed at voters who no longer feel represented by either major party.
“I’m going to help build a third party,” Carlson told the Columbia Journalism Review. “There should be a good-faith effort to figure out what benefits the country.”
The move comes just weeks after the former Fox News host declared there was “no chance” he would support the GOP in the 2026 midterm elections.
“How could I or any American voter support a political party that’s not loyal to the United States. That puts the interests of a foreign country above those of its own citizens,” Carlson said last month. “It’s not possible to vote for people like that, and I’m not going to.”
The conservative commentator has spent recent months criticizing Trump’s foreign policy, particularly the administration’s military action against Iran, arguing that the president has abandoned the “America First” principles that helped propel him to office. Those disagreements have widened into a broader rejection of the GOP, with Carlson saying he no longer sees the party as representing his political values.
I fault that for not saying "Israel" in those paragraphs where my view of traditional journalism is of a who, what, where, when, how and perhaps, why analysis. Up front that way. Why conditional, as that can get editorial, even where choosing a person to quote on "why". And CJR is put in italics, no link. If it's your primary thing, link to it.
However, Brietbart did link, early in these opening paragraphs -
Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson said he plans to help build a third political party, claiming the country’s leaders have stopped focusing on the needs of ordinary Americans.
Speaking with the Columbia Journalism Review, Carlson said he believes there should be a “good-faith effort” to create a political movement centered on improving life for Americans rather than fighting over foreign conflicts.
“I’m going to help build a third party. There should be a good-faith effort to figure out what benefits the country,” Carlson said. “I mean, if you make $60,000 a year, you’re degraded. Your life expectancy has gone down, and the promise of your children’s lives is likely gone. No one seems to care. It’s not even a factor.”
He also criticized what he sees as Washington’s focus on overseas issues instead of domestic problems.
I followed the CJR link, and urge readers to not do so unless they prefer very leisurely reads. My complaint - way too long to get to things, while edtorializing in the headline in a belittling way.
‘All I Have Is the Power to Talk and Be Heard’
Tucker Carlson on pitying Donald Trump, never listening to podcasts, and planning a new political party—while selling you nicotine pouches.
You can see what Yahoo does, here and here. MSN also carries a NYPost thing, that outlet being Murdoch, so akin to Breitbart. Next quote, from the Yahoo carry of an Independent original -
Tucker Carlson and Marjorie Taylor Greene have both said they are working on plans for new political parties, following their high profile splits with the Republican Party.
Both Carlson and Green have turned from former Trump allies to frequent critics, claiming the president is not delivering on his 'America First' promises. However, despite abandoning the GOP they have made clear they have no intention of becoming Democrats.
Carlson lifted the lid on his desire to "help build a third party" to the Columbia Journalism Review, published July 1.
"There should be a good-faith effort to figure out what benefits the country," he said. "I mean, if you make sixty thousand dollars a year, you're degraded.
"Your life expectancy has gone down, and the promise of your children's lives is likely gone. No one seems to care.
So, an America First theme, and links at the start. The search return early items did not include NYT or WaPo, or Guardian. Limited coverage, that way. Breitbart was the first item giving me that Tucker news, so back to it's terse coverage:
Despite saying he wants to help build a new political party, Carlson said he has no plans to run for office himself.
“I don’t want to be a candidate,” he said.
Carlson did not provide details about what the proposed third party would look like or when any formal effort to organize it might begin.
Carlson rejected the idea that he is ‘strategically” positioning himself against traditional conservative media, saying his editorial decisions are driven by instinct rather than strategy.
[...] When asked if he still speaks with President Donald Trump, Carlson said he has cut off contact with Trump since the conflict with Iran began.
“I haven’t spoken to him since the regime-change war began. I’m not interested in talking to him. I feel sorry for him. He’s not a man in charge of his own life at this point,” Carlson said.
Carlson distanced himself from the Republican Party during the Israel-Iran conflict, saying in June he could no longer support a party that, in his view, puts the interests of a foreign country ahead of those of American citizens. He also criticized the Trump administration for focusing on the Middle East instead of strengthening ties with Canada, which he called the United States’ closest and most important ally.
So, clearly an isolationist viewpoint. The CRJ interview item did mention Israel, but had only one use of "military," not related to size, direction, or budget.
It seems that an America First budget aimed at making lives better needs to look at money. Otherwise, what? Guns and butter, after all. Cutting Eisenhower's military industrial complex, and downsizing military academy enrollment cannot be irrelevant. The personnel kicking the can down the road come from the academies and Brigham Young ROTC, and know each other and left hand helps right per the revolving door of retired generals in the complex, flexing.
So unless such isolationist third party meandering touches reform, in a real sense and not by hand waving, it's DOA. If arriving, which is a real question.
It seems a divergent distraction from the populist progressive growth going under the Democratic Socialist approach - America First, but sensible about it, and having actual policy points such as Medicare For All.
BOTTOM LINE: Tucker is unlikely to find a coallition for a conservative isolationist approach, corporatist in mood, and unlikely to be the igniting fuse of one. As in, it ain't going to happen. Meanwhile, populist progressives are on the move, and favored for the future here at Crabgrass.
If Tucker and MTG find themselves allies and a conservative isolationist corporatist third party gets ballot access, I will believe it real, but until then, NO.
Distraction from real reform oriented growth on the move would seem to be a propagandist direction against the Mamdani effect, an aim to kill.