Days after his interview with Tucker Carlson, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the experience was not satisfying. In a new scathing interview with Pavel Zarubin, Putin said: “To be honest, I did not fully enjoy this interview.” The former Fox News host interviewed Russia’s supreme leader last week, in which the latter gave a lengthy monologue.
Russian president mocks Tucker Carlson interview
Looking back on the press conference, President Putin said, “Honestly, I thought he would be aggressive and ask some so-called pointed questions.” “I was not only ready for this, but I wanted it because it would give me the opportunity to respond in kind,” he added, according to a Google translation of the transcript posted on the Kremlin’s website. added.
Despite expressing his dissatisfaction, President Putin praised Karlsson’s “patience.” “He tried to interrupt me several times, but surprisingly for a Western journalist, he still remained patient and listened to my long dialogue, especially regarding history,” Putin said. Ta.
“He didn’t give me a reason to do what I was ready to do. So, frankly, I didn’t fully enjoy this interview. I followed it rigorously and achieved my plan. But how meaningful it was in the end is not for me to judge. It’s up to the viewers, the listeners, to draw their own conclusions. It may be a person who has received a copy of the document, or a reader of the material received,” the Russian president added.
During the two-over interview, Putin delivered a long monologue that barely made much of Karlsson’s words comprehensible. The Russian leader even taunted US President Joe Biden during an interview with a pro-Kremlin journalist. Putin described Biden as “a more experienced, predictable, old-fashioned politician.”
But Putin also added: “We will cooperate with the president of the United States, whom the American people trust.” He also said he would rather see Biden continue as president than Trump, according to Politico.