Tucker Carlson is doubling down on his support for Donald Trump with a new documentary titled “The Art of the Surge: The Donald Trump Comeback,” Independent reports.
The film, set to premiere on Carlson’s streaming platform, the Tucker Carlson Network, arrives as Vice President Kamala Harris has surged ahead of Trump in a recent poll, marking a shift in the political landscape.
The trailer for the documentary features clips from the Butler, Pennsylvania stage where Trump was shot last month, hinting at a narrative focused on the former president’s resilience and political comeback.
The timing of the documentary’s release is notable, as Harris has recently overtaken Trump in a new poll, with her campaign gaining traction in key battleground states. Meanwhile, Trump has been forced onto the defensive, holding a rambling press conference Thursday where he attacked his opponents and spread false claims.
The trailer for Carlson’s documentary promises “unprecedented access inside the political machine that’s changing American history.” Filled to the brim with clips of Trump’s rallies, the trailer includes shots of the Butler, Pennsylvania, stage where Thomas Crooks shot the former president last month. The 20-year-old, who fired from a nearby rooftop, killed one rally-goer and injured two others.
Carlson’s new independent media ventures come after he was ousted from Fox News last year. While the network has never revealed the specific reasons for his sudden firing, a series of disturbing text messages came to light just before he left.
In one of the texts, Carlson told his producer about a video he saw showing three young Trump supporters attacking an “Antifa kid.”
“It was three against one, at least,” Carlson wrote. “Jumping a guy like that is dishonorable obviously. It’s not how white men fight. Yet suddenly I found myself rooting for the mob against the man, hoping they’d hit him harder, kill him. I really wanted them to hurt the kid. I could taste it. Then somewhere deep in my brain, an alarm went off: this isn’t good for me.”
Some reports also suggest the network may have axed him because of his role in spreading false claims about the 2020 election. These lies were at the heart of the multimillion-dollar lawsuit launched by Dominion Voting Systems, which Fox News ultimately settled for nearly $800 million last year.
Carlson spoke at last month’s Republican National Convention, claiming the former president offered to stand guard outside his home while demonstrators protested on his property in 2018.
The former Fox News personality also spoke on the attempted assassination against Trump, claiming it marked a turning point for the former president and perhaps alluding to themes touched on in the upcoming documentary.
“Everything was different after that moment, everything at this convention is different,” Carlson said. “When he stood up after being shot in the face, bloodied, and put his hand up. I thought at that moment, that was a transformation.”
Despite claiming that his near-death experience prompted a focus on unity in his Republican National Convention speech, Trump has since reverted to his familiar playbook, peppering his rhetoric with falsehoods and personal attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris. While Trump mentioned his then-opponent, Biden, only twice during his convention speech, his recent remarks have been largely focused on attacking Harris.
The upcoming documentary comes a year after Carlson hosted a 46-minute interview with Trump, which was also premiered on X.
