THE SIREN EFFECT: WHY INTELLIGENT PEOPLE GET PULLED IN
By James Quillian,Economist, Political Analyst, Natural Law
Tucker Carlson once described his first meeting with Donald Trump as “hypnotic,” “disarming,” and impossible to explain. He expected a showman. He expected a caricature. Instead, he felt something he could not name — a gravitational pull that softened his judgment and drew him into the other man’s frame. Carlson is not naïve. He is not easily impressed. What he experienced was not admiration. It was a temporary suspension of his own internal navigation.