Tucker Carlson: “The Most Common Scam Enslaving the Country”
At the end of November, we came across a very interesting interview by Tucker Carlson, that included many important points and warnings for gold investors, especially Americans. Carlson and his guest, Chris Olson of Battalion Metals, covered many gold-related topics, but what really grabbed our attention was their detailed discussion of the many dangers and traps that lie in the Gold IRA industry, a drum we have been beating loudly in the recent issues of our Digger.
This article was taken from BFI Bullion’s recent newsletter, the Digger, published on December 18, 2025. To read the latest Digger in its entirety, click here.
In fact, it would appear that he doubled down on his stance by directly getting involved in the precious metals industry. Battalion Metals, which Carlson co-founded with North Dakota bullion dealer Christopher Olson, sells gold, silver and platinum products for home storage or storage within the company’s "Battalion Bunker,” while it also offers a precious metals IRA.
In a video on Battalion’s website, the former Fox News host said the idea to start a gold business originally arose shortly after he left the network in 2023. He mentioned that he received offers as high as $20 million per year from an unnamed gold company who advertised on the network to promote its products. But he rejected that offer as he later found out that many of the companies in the industry use predatory marketing techniques to sell products to unaware “elderly Fox News viewers” with massive markups.
As Carlson and his co-founder outlined in this interview, this problem of predatory marketing is exponentially worse when it comes to Gold IRAs in particular. As our readers might recall, this is something we raised alarm bells on in previous issues of the Digger, highlighting the numerous and well documented cases of unscrupulous providers, as well as outright fraudulent activities. This remains one of the most persistent and challenging issues that the precious metals business faces, as these kinds of practices give the entire industry a bad name and put unsuspecting investors at risk.
The Tucker Carlson interview covers a lot of the main dangers that those interested in Gold IRAs need to be aware of, however, for deeper dive into the specific tricks and ploys used by bad actors we highly recommend you revisit our previous analysis on this topic.
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