Sometimes reality tends to resemble fiction, and there were eerie similarities between an interview with Vladimir Putin by Tucker Carlson and a key plot point in a Frederick Forsyth thriller. icon About a crazy Russian ideologue who is trying to carry out his Black Manifesto but must be stopped by the West.
In this book, which follows the travails of post-perestroika Russia as it reels from the collapse of the ruble, a conservative journalist interviews a charismatic ideologue named Igor Komarov. In this book, a journalist gets shot in the chest for asking the wrong question.
Thankfully, nothing similar happened after the more than two-hour interview between Tucker Carlson and Vladimir Putin. In this interview, Putin began by giving a long history lesson about Russia, starting from the 9th century AD, before answering a few questions.
After the interview, Tucker Carlson said in a reaction video that he felt the Russian prime minister was filibustering, but then said he understood Putin’s lengthy history lessons.
Karlsson talked about Putin’s worldview, claiming that Putin was not very good at explaining himself, perhaps because he didn’t need to explain himself to people.
“President Putin is not good at explaining himself.”
Carlson said, “Putin doesn’t give many interviews and isn’t good at explaining himself. He’s smart, but he doesn’t have to explain himself. He doesn’t make his case very coherently.” He did not explain. He is deeply hurt by the rejection of the West. Moscow is a very European city…but the West rejected Russia.”
Rejecting the myth that Russia is an expansionist power, Tucker Carlson said: Russia is not an expansionist power because the ideologues who run the State Department want it to be like Hitler and imperialist Japan. Russia is the world’s largest land mass and has 80 regions. They have more than enough natural resources. The idea that they want to take over Poland is (ridiculous). They want secure borders, but there is no evidence they want to get into Vienna. He said he was angry because he thought we (the West and Russia) were going to be friends. ”
Carlson also said that Putin wanted a peace deal with Ukraine and then continued to flog the US State Department, labeling it a “lunatic”.
He said: “They want weak leadership in Russia. Why do they want that? A weak central government in a country with the world’s largest nuclear stockpile is insane. Especially since so many religious And you’re crazy if you want that, especially in a country this large and potentially in trouble, with a 20% Muslim population. Knock out the leader. Our track record is spotty at best, and if you think it’s a good idea to do that to Russia, you’re on drugs.”
Check out our post-interview reactions below.
During the two-hour interview, Putin hinted that he would be open to an exchange for Evan Gershkovitch, a WSJ journalist who is imprisoned and accused of being a spy. He also defended his own decision to invade Ukraine in February 2022. He also said that Western countries now realize that Russia will not be defeated, even though the United States, Europe and NATO are supporting Ukraine.
“Up until now there has been much fuss and cries about inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia on the battlefield. But now they are clearly beginning to realize that this will be difficult to achieve, even if possible. My opinion So, yeah, ‘impossible by definition,’ he said.
He also aimed a message at the U.S. Congress, where President Trump’s Republican Party is becoming reluctant to continue supporting Ukraine with arms and other military aid.
“I’ll tell you what we’re saying on this issue and what we’re telling the U.S. leadership. If we really want to stop fighting, we need to stop the arms supply.”
Asked if Russia would consider invading other countries in the region (NATO members Poland and Latvia), or the whole of continental Europe in general, Mr. Put said that was “out of the question.”
“We’re not interested in Poland, Latvia or anywhere else. Why would you do that? We’re just not interested. It’s just blackmail,” Putin said.
He said a war with Poland would only happen “if Poland attacks Russia.”
Based on opinions from agents