Tuesday on Fox News Channel’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” host Tucker Carlson opened his show by pointing out that the “hysteria” aimed at the Trump presidency has not hurt President Donald Trump, at least according to approval ratings. Carlson speculated that Democrats’ bet on attacking the Trump presidency as it has won’t pay off in the end. Transcript as follows: It was supposed to be Trump’s Katrina, remember that? It was a full month of angry protest, hysterical columns, shrieking media personalities, dishonest magazine covers — all designed to turn voters against the president decisively and permanently. The immigration policies coming out of the White House made Trump look like Hitler. They told you again and again and again on the other channels. It was a month of nonstop drama. Red-faced demagogues barking into TV cameras. Progressive mobs threatening administration officials in restaurants. Things seemed to fall apart. What was the effect of all this, politically? We now have a conclusive answer to that. In the first week of June, right before all this began, the president’s approval rating according to the Real Clear Politics average was 42 percent. His disapproval rating, 54 percent. That’s a spread of 12 points. After a
