Gold|Carlson, who left the Fox channel, markets gold investments on his own channel. Gold has become a popular investment target among the Maga right wing, which hates the system.
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Former Fox news anchor Tucker Carlson has started a gold trading company and calls central banks a scam.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Carlson markets gold investments on his own online channel, especially to an audience that is critical of the system.
Gold has become a popular investment target among the far-right, which does not trust currencies maintained by central banks.
Former Fox news anchor Tucker Carlson has become a gold trader.
Gold has become a popular investment target in the United States among those who do not trust the “system”, i.e. currencies maintained by central banks.
The Wall Street Journalin According to (WSJ), gold products are advertised especially in “right-leaning” media. Prominent figures of the Maga right-wing, among others, the president’s son Donald Trump jr and the face of the Fox channel Sean Hannity promoting gold companies.
Carlson has been a staunch supporter of Trump throughout his political career.
Gold is more generally considered a protection against inflation that erodes the value of money, even though it is otherwise a bad investment. Gold yields nothing.
Its value is mainly based on the limited amount of metal in the world, tradition and decorative value.
Gold has become so popular in the United States that gold coins are even sold in chain stores such as Walmart and Costco. Coins are gold investments that are suitable for ordinary people’s fingers.
In the securities market, more abstract gold products suitable for professional investors have been built around gold, such as shares of exchange-listed funds or ETFs that invest in gold.
Carlson’s the target group would seem to be ordinary people who are particularly critical of the social system and institutions.
In an interview with the WSJ, Carlson said central banks are a sham and the dollar is “doomed.”
“We are clearly witnessing the end of the postwar order, and many things that we took for granted are no longer safe,” Carlson said.
Carlson’s Company Battalion Metals sells gold coins and bars. On the company’s website, other gold dealers are barked at for selling gold at up to twice the world market price.
Carlson naturally promises his business partner Christopher Olsonin with a fair price.
“Christopher and Tucker share a love of truth and freedom, and on that basis they offer an honest source of precious metals with decades of experience, transparency and fair prices,” the company’s website says.
Carlson left Fox in 2023.
On the channel, Carlson spread the conspiracy theory favored by Trump supporters that the 2020 presidential election was rigged due to voting machines manufactured by Dominion.
Fox News announced that it will pay 700 million euros in compensation to Dominion.
After this, Carlson founded his own media company, which, among other things, makes popular online interview program to be broadcast.
Carlson has interviewed very controversial figures in his program, such as the president of Russia Vladimir Putin in February 2024. Now he has started marketing the products of his gold company in his program as well.