With his bozo ode to testosterone, Tucker Carlson joins the ranks of Mussolini, Berlusconi, Vladimir Putin, and Donald Trump in a pose of cartoon virility. Ruth Ben-Ghiat, author ofStrongmen: Mussolini to the Present  joins Virginia to break down the authoritarian’s obsession with this weird flex—and what happens when he can’t pull it off anymore.

With his bozo ode to testosterone, Tucker Carlson joins the ranks of Mussolini, Berlusconi, Vladimir Putin, and Donald Trump in a pose of cartoon virility. Ruth Ben-Ghiat, author ofStrongmen: Mussolini to the Present joins Virginia to break down the authoritarian’s obsession with this weird flex—and what happens when he can’t pull it off anymore.

With his bozo ode to testosterone, Tucker Carlson joins the ranks of Mussolini, Berlusconi, Vladimir Putin, and Donald Trump in a pose of cartoon virility.&nbsp;Ruth Ben-Ghiat, author ofStrongmen: Mussolini to the Present&nbsp; joins Virginia to break down the authoritarian’s obsession with this weird flex—and what happens when he can’t pull it off anymore.

Tucker Flexes His Big Man Muscles

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