Maybe I'm just smoking a crack pipe here, but that vid you posted doesn't sound all that "praising" of it. More like Tucker being frustrated at the fearmongering around Sharia law when he's been to countries with it, and it was cleaner and nicer than America. Maybe the full interview with whoever the other guy was changes things.
No, I've seen the episode and that's exactly what it was. Similar to the Russia thing, "these people are fearmongered all the time but they have a beautiful clean country and I want that for America" not literally saying we should import sharia law. Only saying it is highlighted to ignore pressing quality of life issues in the US.
You can agree or disagree but it's obvious what he meant in context.
nothing has made me suspect him more than this Fuentes interview.
It's the same shit he always does though and the same motivation. He doesn't like people being silenced and thinks people deserve to hear them for themselves and make up their own mind. He has stated this outright multiple times and probably feels so strongly about it because he's experienced it personally and feels burned by the behavior.
Fuentes is expressing no-no opinions and people clearly want him to shut up, so Tucker has him on. Same thing he did with Putin, Andrew Tate, and numerous others. It's the same thing every time and I don't understand how people don't recognize the clear pattern.
With that said, I don't like how he does it because although he sometimes does very lightly push back he doesn't seem to do any research and listens to them fresh during the interview (or at least during the meal beforehand and then the interview). This means he's left wide open to them blatantly lying to his face the entire time (See: Andrew Tate) and then getting no pushback because he isn't aware of the entire context of what actually happened.
I could see the motivation being he doesn't want to go in with judgements and preconceived notions but it does result in stuff like this where he comes across as though he's promoting the ideas of the people he has on.
It's clear in this episode he doesn't agree with Fuentes and likely thinks he's naive, immature, and somewhat childish. But he also doesn't like that people have tried to silence him, and maybe wants to hear "his side". While I think there are downsides, for anyone with half a braincell it does have the effect of letting Fuentes talk and coming to the conclusion that he's a sexless incel who needs to go outside and talk to more actual real people.
It's not perfect but I understand why he does it, and I just accept it as it's intent. Tucker is, I think, well meaning but perhaps has swung to talking to people and letting them say their piece a little too hard to the point that he barely offers any pushback. I've described him as a "yes man" interviewer before for this reason. But I don't dislike him.
