>> Tucker: GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT." HAPPY FRIDAY. IN RETROSPECT, JOE BIDEN'S FIRST TERM POLICY AGENDA SEEMS VERY OPTIMISTIC, ALMOST COMICALLY OPTIMISTIC. SHORTLY BEFORE HIS INAUGURATION, HE ANNOUNCED SOMETHING HE CALLED THE "BUILD BACK BETTER AGENDA." WE MOCKED IT AT THE TIME, BUT LOOKING BACK IN SOME WAYS IT WAS A HOPEFUL DOCUMENT. AMERICA MUST'VE BEEN A VERY RICH COUNTRY BACK THEN. AND BY BACK THEN WE MEAN LAST YEAR. THERE WEREN'T A LOT OF ESSENTIALS IN BIDEN'S AGENDA. THE FIRST THREE THINGS THAT ANY NORMAL NATION NEEDS AND THINKS ABOUT OBSESSIVELY OUR FOOD, WATER, AND ENERGY. THAT IS THE STANDARD. IN CHINA FOR EXAMPLE, EVERY GOVERNMENT POLICY IS DESIGNED ABOVE ALL TO PRESERVE ATTIC ADEQUATE FOOD, WATER, ENERGY BEER THAT MAKES SENSE. THE BUILD BACK JUMPED ON MUCH BETTER AGENDA WAS THE OPPOSITE OF THAT. IT DID NOT ADDRESS ANY CONCERN ON WHETHER AMERICANS MIGHT HAVE ENOUGH TO EAT OR AFFORD NOT TO FREEZE TO DEATH. FOCUSED ON THE KIND OF ADDED EXTRAS YOU GET TO WHEN YOU FIX EVERYTHING ELSE AND THEN STILL HAVE TRILLIONS LEFT OVER. BUILD BACK BETTER PROMISED SO SOMETHING CALLED "ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY." IT DEMANDED AMNESTY FOR MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL ALIENS BECAUSE AT THE TIME THE AMERICAN ECONOMY SEEMED ROBUST ENOUGH TO SHARE WITH THE ENTIRE WORLD. BIDEN CALLED FOR FREE SOLAR PANELS FOR EVERYBODY AND TAXPAYER FUNDED PRE-K FOR ALL AMERICAN PARENTS AND SO ON AND SO ON. IT WAS THE NEOLIBERAL VERSION OF FLYING CARS, LUXURIES THAT FOR A MOMENT IN TIME SEEMED ALMOST WITHIN REACH. A LOT HAS CHANGED. NOBODY'S TALKING ABOUT FLYING CARS ANYMORE. HERE IS JOE BIDEN FROM YESTERDAY. >> WITH REGARD TO FOOD SHORTAGE, YES, WE DID -- WE WILL TALK ABOUT FOOD SHORTAGES. IT IS GOING TO BE REAL. THE PRICE OF THESE SANCTIONS IS NOT JUST IMPOSED UPON RUSSIA. IT IS IMPOSED UPON AN AWFUL LOT OF COUNTRIES IS WELCOME INCLUDING EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND OUR COUNTRY AS WELL. BOTH RUSSIA AND UKRAINE HAVE BEEN THE BREADBASKET OF EUROPE IN TERMS OF WEIGHT, FOR EXAMPLE, JUST TO GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE. >> Tucker: FOOD SHORTAGES. THEY ARE GOING TO BE REAL -- ONCE AGAIN, IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, FOOD SHORTAGES. NOT IN SUDAN, AND CINCINNATI. I WAS IN HER BIG CITIES ALSO SO. OUR PROBLEM HAS ALWAYS BEEN HAVING TOO MUCH FOOD, NOW WE WON'T HAVE ENOUGH. WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES JUST TOLD US THAT ON CAMERA. WHAT IS THIS GOING TO MEAN? HOW DO FOOD SHORTAGES AFFECT A COUNTRY? IF YOU ARE TO GO ONLINE AND READ ABOUT IT, ALL OF RECORDED HISTORY WILL ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. FOOD SHORTAGE IS NOT LIKE DECIDING TO SKIP DESSERT. IT IS NOT A DIET, IT IS NOT VOLUNTARY. A FOOD SHORTAGE IS DIFFERENT. IT IS SCARY. IT DOES TOPPLED GOVERNMENTS AND TURNING MODERATES INTO REVOLUTIONARIES. A FOOD SHORTAGE IS A BIG DEAL, YOU DON'T WANT ONE. BUT NOW WE ARE GETTING ONE. JUST A LITTLE OVER A YEAR INTO JOE BIDEN'S PRESIDENCY. THINK FORWARD. IF THE TRADITIONAL CALENDAR HOLDS, WE'VE GOT 1,032 DAYS LEFT OF THE JOE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND YOU WONDER WHAT THINGS WILL LOOK LIKE BY THEN. WE ARE SPEEDING TOWARDS A DYSTOPIA. NOT THAT THEY SEEM TO CARE IN ANY WAY. HERE'S TREASURY SECRETARY JANET ALLEN FROM THIS MORNING TO LET YOU KNOW IT'S TIME TO STOP WHINING ABOUT GAS PRICES BECAUSE ACTUALLY, THEY ARE NOT VERY HIGH. >> HOW HIGH DO YOU THINK OIL GET? >> LISTEN, THERE'S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY. THEY ARE NOT AS HIGH IN REAL TERMS AS THEY WERE EARLIER IN THIS CENTURY. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S CONCEIVABLE THAT THEY COULD MOVE HIGHER. >> Tucker: YEAH, IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL, SETTLE DOWN HERE THERE IS A REASON FOR IT. AS JOE BIDEN EXPLAINED, YOU ARE PAYING MORE FOR GAS BECAUSE WE HAVE SLAP SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA. SANCTIONING RUSH IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. FOR SOME PEOPLE, THIS MIGHT SEEM LIKE AN ADEQUATE ANSWER, BUT OTHERS IN GOOD FAITH MAY ASK, OKAY, I'M NOT AGAINST SANCTIONS AND THEORY, BUT SINCE THEY ARE CLEARLY NOT HURTING PUTIN AND THEY ARE HEARD IN MY FAMILY, WHAT IS THE POINT OF SANCTIONS? IS THERE A POINT? LET ME KNOW, MAKE ME FEEL BETTER. THE ANSWER IS YES, THERE IS A POINT TO SANCTIONS BEAR THEY ARE DESIGNED TO PREVENT RUSSIA FROM INVADING UKRAINE. WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE NOT SO LONG AGO THE SECRETARY OF STATE TOLD CNN "THE PURPOSE OF THE SANCTION IN THE FIRST INSTANCE IS TO TRY TO DETER RUSSIA FROM GOING TO WAR." JEN PSAKI, THE PRESIDENT'S PUBLICIST, BACKED THEM UP. "OUR INTENTION TO HAS DON'T LIKE TO HAVE A DETERMINED THROUGH SANCTIONS." THE DETERRENT EFFECT OF THE ANCIENT DOME EXTENSIONS IS STILL A MEANINGFUL ONE PAIRED SO THEY WERE, EXCEPT THEY DIDN'T ACTUALLY WORK. PUTIN INVADED UKRAINE ANYWAY. THE SANCTIONS FAILED. SO WHAT IS THE RESPONSE? JOE BIDEN IS PRETENDING THE ADMINISTRATION NEVER CLAIMED TO SANCTIONS TO DETER RUSSIA FROM INVADING UKRAINE. HERE IS THE NEW LINE. >> LET'S GET SOMETHING STRAIGHT. IF YOU COVERED ME FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, I DID NOT SAY THAT IN FACT THESE SANCTIONS WOULD DETER HIM. SANCTIONS NEVER DETER. YOU KEEP TALKING ABOUT THAT. SANCTIONS NEVER DETER. THE MEANNESS OF SANCTIONS, THE INCREASING PAIN AND DEMONSTRATION -- WHY ASKED FOR THIS NATO MEETING TODAY IS TO BE SURE THAT AFTER A MONTH, WE WILL SUSTAIN WHAT WE ARE DOING, NOT JUST NEXT MONTH, THE FOLLOWING MONTH, BUT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS ENTIRE YEAR. THAT IS WHAT WILL BEN. >> WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN? SANCTIONS NEVER DETER -- WHY DO YOU KEEP SAYING THAT? IF YOUR WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY, YOUR SECRETARY OF STATE, ALL SAID THAT VERBATIM. BUT THEY ARE NOT TECHNOLOGY NOT HOPING THAT OUR MEMORIES HAVE BEEN SO DAMAGED BY THE iPHONE IT WILL BE AS FORGETFUL AS JOE BIDEN HIMSELF. NOW THEY WANT US TO BELIEVE THAT SANCTIONING RUSSIA CAN FORCE PUTIN INTO WITHDRAWING FROM UKRAINE. IS THAT TRUE? CAN PUTIN BE SANCTIONED INTO RETREAT? WE CERTAINLY HOPE IT IS TRUE, SINCERELY. BUT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT IT IS TRUE. IT'S NOT EVEN REALLY AN EXPECTATION THAT IT IS TRUE. EVEN JOE BIDEN DIDN'T CLAIM THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. SO WHAT IS THE POINT? WE ARE NOT SURE, THAT IS A TOPIC FOR ANOTHER SHOW. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, THIS COUNTRY, WE KNOW THIS FOR SURE, IS BEING BADLY HURT BY THOSE SANCTIONS. AS RECENTLY REPORTED "WESTERN SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA, A MAJOR EXPORTER OF OTHER NUTRIENTS, HAVE DISRUPTED SHIPMENTS OF THOSE KEY INPUTS AROUND THE GLOBE. FERTILIZER IS KEY TO KEEPING CORN, SOY, RICE, AND WHEAT YIELDS HIGH. THEY ARE SCRAMBLING TO ADJUST. ARE YOU FOLLOWING THIS? THOSE INGREDIENTS ARE NECESSARY TO PUT FOOD ON YOUR TABLE AT A PRICE YOU CAN AFFORD. IF YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE INGREDIENTS, WHAT DO YOU GET? FOOD SHORTAGES. WHICH ARE A DIRECT RESULT OF POLICY FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. A POLICY WHOSE INTENDED EFFECT IS STILL NOT CLEAR. WHAT IS THE POINT OF THIS? IF THERE'S A GOOD POINT, PEOPLE WILL PUT UP WITH IT. WHY DON'T YOU TELL US WHAT THAT POINT IS. FERTILIZER BILLS ARE EXPECTED TO JUMP AROUND 50% JUST THIS YEAR AND THEY COULD GO HIGHER. THEY SAY THEY ARE ALREADY SEEN THEM GO MUCH HIGHER. WATCH. >> MICHAEL ANDERSON'S FAMILY HAS BEEN FUNDED WHEAT, SOYBEANS, AND CORN SINCE THE 1950s. HE EXPECTS HIM TO THROW A CURVEBALL, BUT NOT A WAR. >> ALL OF THE STUFF IN UKRAINE -- THERE ARE SOME ITS VOLATILITY IN THE MARKET. >> THE IMPORT $10.3 BILLION WORTH OF FERTILIZER FOR CROPS. 1.3 BILLION OF THAT COMES FROM RUSSIA. WHICH IS NOW OFF THE MARKET. THE MINNESOTA ASSOCIATION OF WHEAT GROWERS SAYS FARMERS LAY DOWN FERTILIZER AT LEAST TWICE A YEAR. >> THERE'S A LOT OF FERTILIZER THAT ARE MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THEY WERE A YEAR AGO. FERTILIZER HAS DRASTICALLY OUT PAID. >> IT'S SCHEDULED TO LAST UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR. WHILE SUPPLY IS ALREADY TIGHT THIS YEAR, IT IS THE FUTURE AND MANY ARE WORRIED ABOUT. >> SO SANCTIONS HAVE THROWN AMERICAN AGRICULTURE INTO PROFOUND TURMOIL AND WILL CAUSE -- AGAIN, THE PRESIDENT HAS TOLD US OUT LOUD, FOOD SHORTAGES, WHICH ARE MAY BE THE MOST DESTABILIZING TREND YOU COULD EVER HAVE IN A COUNTRY. NOT JUST OF THE POLITICS, BUT TO THE SOCIAL FABRIC. IT'S NOT JUST THE WAR IN UKRAINE. IN RESPONSE TO ENERGY AND FOOD SHORTAGES, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS SHUTTING DOWN DOMESTIC OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION. THAT MAKES FOOD MORE EXPENSIVE AND EVERYTHING ELSE MORE EXPENSIVE. AS THE PRESSURE ON AMERICAN FARMERS RISES AND AS FOOD BECOME SCARCER AND MORE EXPENSIVE IN THIS COUNTRY, THAT SAME ADMINISTRATION IS ALLOWING THE GOVERNMENT OF CHINA TO BUY UP THIS COUNTRY'S FARM OIL. ACCORDING TO POLITICO, AND THIS WAS TWO YEARS AGO, CHINESE INVESTORS OWNED NEARLY 200,000 ACRES OF U.S. AT BATMAN'S VALUED AT LEAST 2 BILLION. NOW THEY ARE DOING THIS IN THE HELP WITH SUBSIDIES -- THEY ARE CONTINUING TO BUY MORE EVERY SINGLE YEAR. AGAIN, FOOD, WATER, ENERGY. THAT IS WHAT YOU NEED FOR A COUNTRY. THE CHINESE UNDERSTAND THAT. CONGRESSMAN SAID, THE CURRENT TREND OF THE UNITED STATES IS LEADING US TOWARDS THE CREATION OF THE CHINESE OWNED AGRICULTURE LAND MONOPOLY. IN OUR COUNTRY. THE MOST PRODUCTIVE FARMLAND IN THE WORLD. NOW OWNED BY WHAT WE USED TO CALL OUR MAIN GLOBAL RIVAL AND NOW WE CAN SAY WITH THE REALIGNMENT IN PROGRESS IS THE MAIN ENEMY FUNDED BY A COUNTRY THAT SEEKS TO DISPLACE US AND PUNISH US. IT'S INSANE. WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT PERMIT AMERICAN INVESTORS TO BUY ITS COUNTRY'S FARM LAND OR WATER RESOURCES? IT'S NOT EVEN A REAL QUESTION. OF COURSE NOT. NO SAME COUNTRY WOULD DO THAT. NO FOREIGN ENTITY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO CONTROL AMERICA'S CRITICAL NATURAL RESOURCES. SO HOW LONG UNTIL THEY START SWEEPING UP THE GREAT LAKES, WHICH ARE THE LARGEST RIVERS RER OF FRESH WATER? AND IT COULD HAPPEN MUCH SOONER THAN ANYONE SEEMS TO REALIZE. WATCH. >> GAS PRICES ARE JACKING UP THE COST OF BOAT RENTALS AND CHARTERS. LEAVING CAPTAINS LIKE CANDY WITH TWO CHOICES. CANCEL CHARTERS THAT ARE NOT PROFITABLE OR INCREASED TICKET PRICES. THE INCREASES ARE NOT JUST HITTING THE TOURISM INDUSTRY. FROM OUR BOATS THAT GO OUT FISHING TO OUR TRUCKS THAT DELIVER THE PRODUCT, EVERYTHING THAT WE USED TO RUN OUR BUSINESS, WE SEE AT LEAST A 35% INCREASE. >> HE RUNS GALVESTON SHOULD COMPANY AND HE SAYS PASSING THOSE PRICES ONTO THE CONSUMER IS NOT A RELIABLE OPTION. >> IS A CONSUMER, SOMEHOW WE WILL STOP BUYING IT. IT TURNS INTO A RIPPLE EFFECT WHERE THE PLANTS HAVE THE LAY OFF EMPLOYEES -- >> Tucker: THE OCEANS THEMSELVES ARE BEING DEPLETED OF FISH, ENTIRE SPECIES BY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT. YOU HEAR A LOT ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT AND SAVING THE PLANET, BY WHICH THEY MEAN, DON'T DRIVE AN SUV. BUT THE ACTUAL PLANET, ITS ACTUAL RESOURCES, OUR OCEANS, THE MOST IMPORTANT RESOURCE OF THE PLANET HAS. IT IS ABOUT THE OCEANS. AND INCREASINGLY THEY ARE POLLUTED AND BEREFT. AND CHINA IS DOING THAT. NO ONE IS SAYING A WORD ABOUT IT. SO INSTEAD OF ADDRESSING ANY OF THESE PROBLEMS COME OUR LEADERS ARE RESPONDING IN THE ONE WAY THEY KNOW HOW. AND IN THE PROCESS, WE ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED TO STAY SOLID. GAVIN NEWSOM FOR EXAMPLE JUST ANNOUNCED HE'S ABOUT TO GIVE HIS RESIDENCE ANOTHER FREE CREDIT CARD. >> TODAY WERE ANNOUNCING THAT $9 BILLION TAX REFUND TO TENS OF MILLIONS OF CALIFORNIANS. $400 FOR EACH REGISTERED VEHICLE DOTTED INDIVIDUAL OWNS. UP TO TWO VEHICLES. THAT DIRECT RELIEF WILL NOT ADDRESS THE ISSUE THAT WE ALL ARE STRUGGLING TO ADDRESS, AND THAT IS THE ISSUE OF GAS PRICES. >> SO IF THE HANDS AND FEET HERE AND THE TEETH DISTRACTED YOU AND YOU DIDN'T ACTUALLY HEAR THAT ANYTHING THAT GAVIN NEWSOM SAID, YOU CAN SAY THAT GAS PRICES ARE REALLY HIGH SO WE ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU A TAX REFUND, WHETHER YOU PAY TAXES, IT'S WELFARE. I'M NOT IS GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. WHAT HE DOESN'T SAY IS THAT THEY HAVE THE HIGHEST GAS PRICES IN AMERICA, THE HIGHEST GAS TAXES IN AMERICA. $7 A GALLON IN LOS ANGELES, $7. HE DID THAT. BUT INSTEAD OF FIXING IT, HE'S MAKING YOU MORE DEPENDENT. THIS IS A TREND. FOR THE SECOND TIME IN TWO YEARS, POLITICIANS ARE SENDING OUT WAY WELFARE CHECKS FOR ECONOMIC CRISES THAT THEY CAUSED. SO IF YOU WANTED TO INCREASE INFLATION, IF YOU WANTED TO MAKE THE POPULATION WEAK AND DEPENDENT UPON
