There are plenty of powerful names that fit the bill, but I’m making the case for Tucker Carlson. His star is certainly rising with a move into the prime time spot at Fox News and he averages over 3 million plus viewers a night behind only O’Reilly and The Walking Dead in cable. His show typically brings on guests to debate the current events. It makes for entertaining TV and great YouTube clips, though I don’t think it’s unfair to say he often punches down when debating guests. Fox propaganda, yada, yada, why care? Well, he was one of the few television hosts who wasn’t reflexively anti-Trump, and this garnered him Trump’s approval in a least one notable tweet during the campaign. It’s a running joke on social media that you can tell Trump watches Fox News because his tweets often parrot points made on the station minutes earlier. However it was in the recent uproar about the ‘happening’ ‘last night’ in Sweden that Trump made this explicit. Liberal journalists were clamoring about their interpretation that Trump declared a terror attack took place when it didn’t. Trump never said anything about a terror attack, but their interpretation wasn’t completely afield. His speech made references to other countries who recently suffered terror attacks from refugees/immigrants and it did sound like he was referring to a specific event that just took place. Trump clarified that he was referring to the news from the night before showing what was ‘happening’ in Sweden. Which news show? Tucker Carlson, who pointed out a sharp increase in crime in Sweden coinciding with large increases in immigration. If you want a view into what’s on Trump’s mind, this is the show to watch.

http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-sweden-fox-news-2017-2