sure, he just panders to people stupider than he is.
You are absolutely correct. But its nothing new.
The entire story of humanity is basically a series of smart manipulative people controlling the dumb ignorant masses and getting everything they can from them. Money, power, fame, glory, and nice things in the history books. Adolph Hitler is probably the only truly powerful man who has nothing but ugly things said about him. Stalin was worse but he gets much less attention because he knew how to control information.
And when Donald passes away, theres gonna be a flood of books and documentaries calling him a hero and a stable genius. Most of them will include quotes by Tucker Carlson. In fact Tucker will also have mostly nice things said about him after he dies. Unless we found out he raped children or something equally nasty, then his fans will be quiet for a year and eventually go back to saying nothing but nice things. People still love Michael Jackson. And Rush Limbaugh.
Propaganda is such a powerful weapon and I think the 21st Century exemplifies that perfectly. Thanks to modern technology no one can hid information any more and they dont have to. You can simply flood the internet with misinformation, creative a narrative that people want to hear, and carry on as if thats reality. The republican party figured that out a LONG time ago and the democrats still dont grasp it. Thats why the winners will be destructive monsters will the good people will be flailing around hopelessly.
And in the meantime, Tucker gets rich. Cuz he's smart and evil.