• What Happened: In a March 20 interview, Beijing-based "Professor" Jiang Xueqin told Tucker Carlson the U.S. should voluntarily give up its role as global hegemon and reserve currency status to usher in a "new world order" with China and Russia as equal partners. Tucker's response: "I think that's the wisest possible advice and probably the only path that preserves civilization."
  • Why It Matters: Jiang is not an independent academic. He has served in leadership roles at schools affiliated with Peking University and Tsinghua University, elite CCP-aligned institutions. He currently teaches in Beijing. Tucker said he was so moved by the conversation he nearly cried.
  • Bottom Line: A man under CIA investigation for texting Iranian officials is now nodding along as a Beijing-based academic tells America to hand its superpower status to China and Russia. This is not America First. This is America Last.

Tucker Carlson has been on a remarkable journey lately. Fired from Fox News. Broke with Trump over Iran. Texting Iranian regime officials before a U.S. military operation. Under CIA surveillance. Facing a potential federal criminal referral. Attacking Franklin Graham. And inviting Joe Kent, suspected of leaking intel, on his show as a hero after Kent's resignation from the National Counterterrorism Center.

And now this.

On March 20, Tucker sat down with a Beijing-based figure identified as Professor Jiang Xueqin for a 68-minute interview. Jiang laid out his vision for the future of the global order. Here is what he said, word for word.

"What I would do is basically sit down everyone, including Russia, China, Iran, and say it's time for a new world order where we are partners in this relationship. Before, America was a hegemon, the U.S. dollar was a world reserve currency. But now what we want to do is open a dialogue where everyone is respected, where America is no longer the bully, but a willing partner in creating a new economic order that benefits everyone and not just a few."

Tucker's response: "I think that's the wisest possible advice and probably the only path that preserves civilization."

Let that sink in. A Beijing-based academic told Tucker Carlson that America should voluntarily surrender its status as the world's leading superpower, abandon the dollar's role as the global reserve currency, and accept China, Russia, and Iran as equal partners in a new world order. And Tucker called it the wisest possible advice.

Who exactly is Professor Jiang? He is not an independent voice offering neutral geopolitical analysis. He has served as Assistant Principal at the High School Affiliated with Peking University and the High School Affiliated with Tsinghua University, two of China's most prestigious CCP-aligned academic institutions. He currently teaches at Moonshot Academy in Beijing. Researchers who have examined his background note that his institutional affiliations place him squarely within China's elite educational ecosystem, which functions as a pipeline for talent aligned with state priorities.

Tucker was so moved by the interview, he told Jiang on camera "I'm going to start to cry."

This is the same Tucker Carlson who spent years on Fox News warning Americans about the threat of Chinese influence, the danger of surrendering American power, and the importance of putting America First. That Tucker Carlson would have torn this interview apart piece by piece and asked why an American journalist was enthusiastically agreeing with a Beijing-linked academic calling for American decline.

Instead, this Tucker Carlson called it the wisest possible advice.

There is a pattern here that is hard to ignore. Tucker has broken with Trump. He has aligned with the anti-war left on Iran. He has blamed Israel for the war. He agreed on camera with a Chinese professor that America should step down from global leadership. He is under CIA scrutiny for his Iranian contacts. FrontPage Magazine is now calling him an unregistered foreign agent. Laura Loomer, who agrees with Tucker on almost nothing else, has raised similar concerns.

Tucker Carlson used to be one of the sharpest critics of American decline. Now he appears to be cheering it on. The question his remaining supporters need to ask themselves is a simple one: what exactly changed, and why?