At the recently-concluded Doha Forum, Tucker Carlson has been replying to his critics, such as Laura Loomer, who have accused him of taking money from the Qataris. Loomer has been particularly outspoken, claiming that Carlson had accepted a $200,000 payment for conducting a previous interview with Qatar’s prime minister, a claim that Carlson has flatly denied. Now Carlson has announced, during his interview with Qatar’s Prime Minister at the Doha Forum, that he plans to buy a home in Doha. Eyebrows have been raised. More on Tucker Carlson, that great admirer of Qatar which has been the chief financier and weapons-supplier of the terror group Hamas, can be found here: “Carlson doubles down on Qatar controversy with bold home purchase claim,” Jerusalem Post, December 8, 2025:
Tucker Carlson said he plans to buy a home in Doha, announcing the move at the Doha Forum on Sunday in an interview with Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani. Carlson framed the decision as a response to accusations that he has served as a tool of Qatari interests.
“I’ve never taken anything from your country and don’t plan to,” Carlson said to Thani. “I’m an American and a free man, and I’ll be wherever I want to be.”
It will be fascinating to see what real estate in Doha Carlson finally buys, and at what astonishingly low price. I don’t think I’m the only one who expects that the grateful Al-Thani family that owns Qatar will provide him with a villa even more luxurious than what Hamas leaders have been using, and at a remarkably low price. Think of a $3 million villa that Carlson manages to snap up for only $500,000. But don’t call that a bribe. It’s just that there were no other offers for the villa in question, and the seller was desperate to sell the property, and Tucker Carlson is just a canny bargainer. No favors were being done. It happens, you know.
Carlson restated that he would be giving money to Qatar, not taking money from Qatar, rejecting the idea that he had been ‘bought’.
He will not be “giving money to Qatar,” but rather, taking ownership of a lavish property at a price that, I am convinced, will be far below the fair market value. And the beauty of this transaction is that critics have no way of knowing exactly who is the seller, possibly hidden behind a shell company’s name, nor can they be certain of the fair market value if they cannot inspect the property or consult the property tax records (which may not exist in Qatar); nor will they necessarily know the final selling price if non-disclosure laws are in effect. If asked about this real estate transaction, Carlson could wax indignant and tell inquiring journalists that “I’m not going to tell you everything I do. I bought a nice villa in a country where I feel safe and I managed to get a good price, because I’m a great negotiator. End of story.”
Thani took the opportunity to justify the money Qatar spends on lobbying in the US, claiming that it is necessary due to the preponderance of disinformation “funded by other players who [don’t] want to see a US-Qatar relationship flourish,” and said if not for the disinformation, the money would be spent on better things.
The prime minister insists that Qatar was forced to lobby only because those sly masters of disinformation, who are the Israelis, and American Zionists, too, both of them malevolent as usual, are trying to harm Qatar’s relations with the United States, by accusing Qatar of all sorts of things, including supporting Hamas. Fortunately, Qatar is not taking this misinformation lying down; it’s determined to have its agents in Washington to lobby on its behalf against these scurrilous tales.
The sums that Qatar has spent on K-street lobbying in Washington amount to more than one billion dollars. And it has other ways of influencing Americans outside Washington. It has spent $20 billion on grants to educational institutions, in order to create programs, and endow chairs, that will spread Qatari propaganda, painting the state as a loyal and valuable ally of the United States, when it is the main supplier of weapons and money to Hamas, and thus to the Muslim Brotherhood, of which Hamas is the Gaza branch.
Thani also emphasized the US-Qatar relationship as mutually beneficial, saying that Qatar and the United States invest in each other rather than the United States providing aid.
A total of twenty billion dollars of that Qatari investment in the U.S. is used to pay “educational programs” at every level, but especially to support professors and university programs that brainwash students into believing that Qatar is Washington’s loyal ally.
Let’s see what his forthcoming real estate transaction — buying a house in Doha — reveals. I am sure it will be a lavish villa sold to Carlson at an amazingly low prize, which is the best way, other than untraceable cash and cryptocurrency infusions, to reward agents of influence such as Tucker Carlson.
cornelius says
Tucker eagerly and willingly platforms racists and antisemites under the guise of “just asking questions”…..(though he never challenges his guests on their ridiculous/toxic assertions).
Republicans need a big tent, but not one that includes antisemites and bigots. We need to do some housecleaning.
Hugh Fitzgerald says
Hello, Cornelius. Good to read you again.
cornelius says
Thanks Hugh. I visit here every day, reading Robert’s and your offerings. As always, you good folks are keeping the rest of us well informed.
gravenimage says
+1
cornelius says
Thanks Hugh.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Fully agree. Back in the day, I used to object to the Republican big tent including Liberal Republicans who supported things like gun control, higher taxes, supported going soft on terrorists and so on. My argument even then was that there would be a limited set of criteria that people have to abide by to qualify as Republican
That still holds. Granted, the party has war fatigue, and I grant that. Also, the party has shifted on not just illegal, but legal immigration as well, and given the state of employment of average Americans, I grant that as well. However, going on to become antisemitic, anti-Hindus and bigots – we need to draw a line there
somehistory says
Realizing that with my comment atheists don’t give a fig, this is a subject which Jesus Christ addressed nearly two thousand years ago. Not yet 2000 years.
He explained that when He returns, He will “separate people one from another as a shepherd separates sheep from the goats.”
He also warned that in these days just before He returns, people will be like in Noah’s day when most people “took no note and the flood came and swept them all away.”
We, believers in Him and *not* can see that people are separating themselves into the two groups as regarding the evil being expressed by so many.. Some, like carlson, are taking the side of evil.
And we can understand the many who “take no note” of what is going as they are busy, “marrying, and being given in marriage” and other mundane things.
So even for non-Christians, it’s obvious that there are sides being chosen, while many ‘pay no attention.’
Jane says
I tried to tell everyone the reason they’re hating Israel all of a sudden is that they’re being manipulated by forces they don’t understand.
Conservatives like you and me, it is spilling into anti semitism rapidly all around. The level of arrogance and blindness is freighting. They refuse to debate or listen, you don’t need to have this hard of a viewpoint to shill for Muslims. Just say you love Muslims we can accept it.
Tucker is walking the talk right now, and he m if he be moving to a Muslim country to be with his people, possibly becoming involved in the conflict further by pulling more American conservatives into the Islamic terrorist camp.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
I’m not sure about that. I don’t become a fanboy of anybody: when they say things I agree w/, I listen to them, and if they make persuasive cases to change my mind, I’m happy to do that as well. When I came to this country in 1992, I didn’t understand why people had guns, but after hearing explanations from Rush Limbaugh and Walter Williams about why the Second Amendment was put in, I was persuaded. Similarly, if someone can make a convincing case of why Jewish teachings are evil, the same way Robert and others have about islamic teachings, I’m open to hear that. Oh, and I have absolutely no beef w/ them considering themselves the “chosen people”
So when Tucker made his mark in 2020 during the BLM riots, I cheered him on, and even thought that he’d be a good presidential candidate one day (now I no longer do). I agree w/ him completely on Russia – we need to split that Beijing-Moscow axis and do the reverse of what President Nixon did in the 70s. I agree w/ him completely on China as well: it’s evil no matter how one looks at it. My favorite shows at one time were the Mark Steyn appearances on his show, or whenever Mark Steyn would be his substitute host: I just loved their conversations. (Incidentally, wonder what Mark Steyn thinks of him these days)
However, once October 7th happened and Tucker started agreeing w/ Candace, I was horrified. Although to be honest, during his CNN days, he used to be on the same page as other CNN Rightwing antisemites – Pat Buchanan, John Sununu and Bob Novak. So it looks like that indeed is his default opinion, when he’s free to say whatever he wants. Also, while he claimed to be only interested in Americans, he was deafeningly silent about the bullying of Jewish students during the college intifada. I’ll grant that he had a point in criticizing Jewish donors for being upset at the bullying of Jewish students but saying nothing in 2020 during the BLM riots: opposing that is not antisemitic. However, he didn’t express any concern about Jewish-American students being bullied by demonstrators, many of who were foreign (given the visa cancellations that have happened)
So no, I agreed w/ Tucker on some things, and assuming that he hasn’t changed his opinions on those, I still agree w/ him. However, when he says that islam is fine, I definitely part company w/ him – I don’t follow him to Doha, or even start championing muslims
Jane says
Tucker is a China supporter, he wants China to gain influence everywhere and have us pull out under the guise of “America first”.
He doesn’t want us to touch anything, don’t touch Venezuela or Iran. If China moves in, that’s of course totally fine with Tucker. Only if America tries to gain something it’s an issue. He of course says nothing about Iran in Yemen, Syria , Iraq and everywhere else. He also will bend sideways through a donut to make us “understand” the Russian position and why they just had to invade Ukraine.
In the end. We must pull out, and we should pretty much let China put a million troops on the Mexico and Canada border , and Tucker will probably still say we cant do anything .
࿗Infidel࿘ says
This one is new. When he was at Fox, Tucker hated China and frequently had on guests like Michael Pillsburgy and Gordon Chang, both major critics of Beijing. He also once had a surreal interview w/ a McKinsie executive who had done a lot of work in China over his 40 years, and had even written a book celebrating Sino-US relations or calling for more of it. At the end of that interview, the McKensie executive probably wished that he had never asked to be on Tucker’s show
It’s sad to hear that that Tucker is dead
࿗Infidel࿘ says
I remember when in the past, while arguing w/ Ben Shapiro, he’d say that America is his home, and he has no plans to live anywhere else. Do they buy real estate in Doha to flip houses in the real estate market, or do they buy real estate properties to actually live there?
It is a curious choice – Qatar’s desert climate is a major contrast to Maine, where he lives. Good tactic by him – claiming that he’s giving money to Qatar rather than taking money from them, as Loomer alleged. Actually, unlike others, I didn’t think that he turned on Israel b’cos Qatar or Omeed Malik paid him: he turned on Israel b’cos that’s his default position, much like that of Pat Buchanan, John Sununu or Bob Novak
KufarDawg says
His new found love affair w/the qatari moslame bastards (who fund worldwide islamic terrorism) is a paid for deal. He’s a whore for islamic petrodollars — no matter how much you try to obfuscate/evade that fact.
https://www.counterextremism.com/content/qatar-money-and-terror
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Sometimes, the shortest distance b/w 2 points is a straight line. You’re assuming that he’s been bribed to believe what he does. However, he used to be anti-Israel during his CNN days, as I pointed out above, so this is not a new position for him. Maybe he’s monetizing it and accepting the windfall that comes w/ being an antisemite
KufarDawg says
He shills for a totalitarian, thugocratic, islamic petrostate where freedom and liberty don’t exist. WHY?
James Lincoln says
In the not-too-distant past, I used to like Tucker.
He has either made a sudden change – or he wasn’t the man that I thought he was.
Condojamie says
I feel ashamed for having liked watching this man on TV. I thought he was honest.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
He wasn’t the man you thought he was. Actually, Debbie Schlussel pointed that out. She noted that on Crossfire, whenever she appeared, even though she and Tucker were both arguing from the Right, when it came to Israel, he was notably quiet about attacks on them
somehistory says
James, he once made good points which others refused to do. And his interview with Orban was excellent.
Sometimes people turn aside from the right path…such as Judas Iscariot. Like King Solomon marrying all those idol worshippers…and he had been so very wise.
The Bible says, “Stand firm, grow mighty, carry on as men.” Many fail to heed those words.
James Lincoln says
Thank you for your replies, Condojamie / ࿗Infidel࿘ / somehistory.
Rooster says
Tucker Carlson has every right to live where he chooses. However, I hope he considers the risk to his life and his family if he does buy a home in Qatar. Muslims cannot be trusted, but if you choose to live with them then you are subject to their culture and Sharia laws. Tucker may have money, but he will always be an infidel in Qatar or any Muslim country. He needs to talk to Robert Spencer.
gravenimage says
Of course Carlson can live where he wants. And we have the right to point out where that is.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
He can embrace islam, since he thinks it’s so great. He has broken w/ his Episcopalian church for being pro open borders. I don’t fault him for that, but since he’s now just a Christian for the sake of opposing Judaism and their denying the messiah, he might as well just embrace islam. I daresay he might find their “Isa” more attractive than the Christian original
gravenimage says
Tucker Carlson’s New Home in Doha
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He can stay if he likes–might be better for America.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Doesn’t make a material difference where he lives: his content is all available to his subscribers on YouTube, Rumble, X and his own website. Maybe he wants to make Doha his winter home
gravenimage says
Infidel, yes, I am aware that people can post online from places other than the US.
What I meant is that he should stop pretending that he is really American if he moves to Qatar.
And if he wanted somewhere warm to live in the winter, he could have a second home in Hawaii, Florida, Arizona, Southern California, or Texas. And if even these places were not warm enough, how about Australia or New Zealand–where our winter is their summer?
You don’t have to move to an unfree Sharia state sponsor of terrorism to find a warm spot.
And I am admittedly a bit of a wimp when it comes to cold weather–but I would *much* rather spend my winters in International Falls, Minnesota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, or even Barrow, Alaska–which receives no sunlight for over a month every year than move to an Islamic hellhole.
tgusa says
Tucker Carlson’s net worth is an estimated 50 million. He is a smug konw it all 56 year old rich kid that goes wherever the money is. long ago Back in the day, go ago, first saw him on CNN back wearing a bow tie. Both of those screamed to me unprincipled and fake. Our enemies on the left promoting and masquerading him as one of us..Pay no attention to the smoke and mirrors that the left initiates and thinks we will fall for. Tucker is a child of the Swanson company fortune. He is the beneficiary of unearned wealth and power. I dont know why we on the right give him the time of day.
As Winston Churchill long ago said, a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. That describes the global left as it is today.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Everything you say is true. But in 2019 and 2020, he did a great job pointing out the problems w/ our enmity w/ Russia, our dependence on China, our cities, BLM/Antifa, et al. A lot of the things we’re finally doing something about now, he was on that when the Trump administration was forced to, for various reasons, put them on the backburner
KufarDawg says
None of the issues you mentioned are as grave or widespread as that of the islamic infiltration/co-option/subversion of educational institutions from public schools all the way to our universities of higher indoctrination and the enemedia, where islamic propaganda shills for fact. FFS, the moslames have arguable taken over Dearbornibad, Michigan and are coming close to doing so in Hamtrackabad, Michigan.
gravenimage says
Not sure that apologia for Putin invading unthreatening neighbor Ukraine is actually a selling point.
OLD GUY says
Qatar seems to buy everything it needs and wants, the media, politicians, higher education systems and individuals of assistance to islam. Qatar is nothing but a Trojan horse.
Troybeam says
Gone off the deep end, cannot ever trust his words again.