At a summit built around the idea of shifting power, Tucker Carlson wasted no time saying the quiet part out loud.
"India is now a great power. You don’t dictate terms to them anymore," Carlson said, brushing aside decades of US foreign policy muscle memory in one line.
Speaking to India Today Global at the World Government Summit 2026 in Dubai, the former Fox News host delivered an assessment of geopolitics that challenged Washington’s assumptions, defended India’s sovereignty, and questioned America’s habit of lecturing rising powers.
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"This is not the India we visited 25 years ago," Carlson said. "This is a completely different country.
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