Tucker Carlson is once again shaking the foundations of Washington’s official narratives — this time by taking direct aim at one of the most sacred cows of modern American history: Watergate.
In a fascinating and fiery podcast appearance, the former Fox News host argued that Watergate wasn’t the heroic moment of journalism that the establishment media celebrates, but rather a “deep state coup” — a coordinated effort by the CIA, FBI, and intelligence-linked operatives inside the press to remove President Richard Nixon from power. Carlson didn’t mince words: “If this had happened in Guatemala, we’d call it what it was — a coup.”
Carlson, who has built his post-Fox career by challenging the lies of America’s ruling class, pointed out that key players in the Watergate saga had deep intelligence ties that were conveniently ignored by the press. He noted that Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward — long praised as a journalistic hero — was actually a former naval intelligence officer who had worked in the Nixon White House before suddenly emerging as the “rookie reporter” who supposedly brought down a president.
“He’d never been a journalist at all,” Carlson said. “And somehow he gets the biggest story in the history of The Washington Post. That’s not how newsrooms work. You don’t take someone with no experience and make them the lead reporter on the story of the century — unless someone powerful *wants* them there.”
Carlson then connected the dots: Woodward’s main source during the scandal was Mark Felt, the FBI’s deputy director — the infamous “Deep Throat.” That meant, Carlson argued, that “a naval intelligence officer was working with the number two guy at the FBI to destroy the president.” In other words, the Watergate story wasn’t about brave journalists holding power accountable; it was about intelligence insiders using the media to topple an elected president who had grown too independent for Washington’s liking.
“And who replaced Nixon?” Carlson asked rhetorically. “Gerald Ford — the only unelected president in U.S. history, who just happened to serve on the Warren Commission,” referring to the much-criticized panel that investigated the assassination of John F. Kennedy. “The same commission that refused to interview Jack Ruby, the guy who killed Oswald. Totally fake.”
Carlson also noted that the so-called “burglars” who broke into the Democratic National Committee offices at the Watergate Hotel were not random crooks or campaign aides — most of them, he said, were CIA operatives. “That’s real,” he added. “Richard Nixon was elected with the largest margin in American history in 1972 — and two years later, he’s gone, taken down by a naval intelligence officer, an FBI official, and a team of CIA employees. How is that not a deep state coup?”
Carlson concluded with a chilling anecdote. “Nixon told the CIA director he knew why they killed Jack Kennedy,” he said. “And on the tape, the CIA director just sits there — silent. Not a word. It’s a weird, sinister silence.”
While the corporate media still worships the myth of Watergate as a triumph of journalism, Carlson’s retelling suggests something darker: that the intelligence apparatus — the same unelected machinery that spied on Trump, censored Americans online, and manipulates public opinion today — has been toppling presidents for decades.
