Tucker: Trump looking at eclipse w/out eyewear was "perhaps the most impressive thing any president has ever done." https://t.co/en2CdUs859 pic.twitter.com/kL5i6L9X7I
@AndrewKirell
Update 8/22/17 9:40a.m.:
A Fox News spokesperson told TooFab that Tucker Carlson's remark was indeed a joke. Or as Carlson put it in a statement, "a test."
"It was a test to see if liberals are really as slow and humorless as people claim. Turns out they are," Carlson said.
Previously:
Twitter had a field day Monday after Fox News host Tucker Carlson praised President Donald Trump for looking directly at Monday's total solar eclipse without protective eyewear.
"In a move that is not a complete surprise, [Trump] looked at the sun without any glasses," Carlson said Monday. "Perhaps the most impressive thing any president has ever done."
Carlson's straight-faced delivery made it hard to tell if the line was meant to be a joke, but given his history of being one of Trump's most staunch supporters in the media, people went wild.
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View StoryThe line particularly resonated with Twitter users because hours before Carlson's show aired, humor writer Jason O. Gilbert posted a parody "preview" of the conservative TV personality's monologue.
Preview of tonight's Tucker Carlson pic.twitter.com/DawbInUrWl
@gilbertjasono
Take a look at some of the best reactions to parody becoming reality -- or perhaps just another one of Carlson's bad jokes landing with a thud.
This is not satire. This is not satire. This is not satire. https://t.co/0RUAKEhscb
@brooklynmarie
Tucker is the Onion in human form. https://t.co/xMQiu2Re1f
@Toure
Parody became reality tonight. Thanks, Tucker. pic.twitter.com/GSRc7Vdk2N
@JSwiftTWS
Is this for real? Damnn, Fox News going low budget Comedy Central.
@DVOS580
The 'most impressive thing any president has ever done' is what I was trying to keep my 6yo from doing. https://t.co/KuhmWeYQlU
@JasonTorchinsky
It's comments like this that make me think Tucker Carlson might actually be a character comic, deftly satirising Fox with his absurdism. pic.twitter.com/akw5Lt5a1W
@tscooper11
99% sure Tucker Carlson trolled some large segment of his enemies
@Sabinowitz
Parody meets reality on Tucker Carlson
@natemcdermott
"He looked at the sun without any glasses. Perhaps the most impressive thing any president has done." pic.twitter.com/Ukl3ckdvVq
oh Tucker Carlson is terrible alright, but i think he was—as you say—taking the piss
@fanelli
Even more impressive, Tucker says it with a straight face. https://t.co/wEY9ogCksl
@RobertSwartwood
great burn, Tucker https://t.co/zvlGuQ6hDU
@karengeier
I think we may have been overestimating Tucker's intelligence.
@normwilner
Yes, even so. https://t.co/oVSLFqAeuC
How is Tucker Carlson a real person? https://t.co/FomGo9CTKA
@gabbilevy
