I listened to a big chunk of the Tucker/Tristan interview this morning. And I was struck by the communication skills (you could call it mind games) on Tristan’s side. I was put off after the Andrew Tate interview, by how enamored Tucker Carlson is with the brothers, but listening to this interview I thought, how interesting it is to see an experienced interviewer/communicator like Tucker Carlson being drawn in and made “complicit”. All those suggestive questions (have you seen addicts in the streets here? You have seen my house?…) already implying the answer, make Tucker seem very complicit when he then dutifully answers. Those are harmless questions on their own, but every confirmation from Tucker's side further validates Tristan in the eyes of the listener. This is all nothing new, but I think it is important to remember from time to time to look behind the content and at the presentation. And also, this horribly sleek persona, with a pinch of cockiness, emphasizing that he doesn’t need to show false modesty. I can see how that is attractive to some people. But the good thing is, once you see the carefully and skillfully crafted persona, it exposes the missing depth /actual content in many of his answers that, at first glance, sound not so bad. So, thanks for the discussion here, I am glad I took another look.