Tucker Carlson's Interview with Putin

I don't think Tucker Carlson got what he bargained for in this interview. The interview ran about two hours but most of that was made up of Putin's rambling answers that sometimes went on for 10-20 minutes.

To his credit, Carlson started at the most obvious starting point for a discussion with Putin, which is the reasons behind the invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Instead of a clear answer he got a 30 minute lecture about the history of the region going back to the 8th century.

Carlson interrupted several times saying he wasn't sure why all of this was relevant and Putin just continued his spiel. Carlson also pointed out that when he launched the invasion last year, Putin has said that he was concerned about the possibility of a US surprise attack on Russia. Putin seemed to be doing his best to drown out those former explanations with the new 30 minute history lesson.

The fifteen minutes after that was a recitation of Putin's own outreach to the United States which he says rejected his offers at every turn.

In any case, all of this leads to Putin's claim that the war he started in 2022 was really an attempt to stop a war started by the west.

Asked if he had stopped that war yet, Putin said no he hadn't achieved his aims because they hadn't "denazified" Ukraine yet. Carlson asked Putin what "denazification" meant and why it was relevant when Hitler was been dead for 80 years. Putin's response was to imply that Zelensky is a Nazi and that Nazism still needs to be stamped out. At this point, Putin sounded more like an Antifa member in Portland than a president.

Good perspective.

I would have assumed the questions would be screened and scripted, but watching TC did not give that impression. He seemed extemporaneous and even repeated himself, once or twice. Tucker survived the history lesson to ask meaningful questions after politely listening. It appeared that a good portion of Tucker’s thought in questioning might have been directed toward, “Can I ask this and still get out of here?” or “Can I ask this and still get home?”

Putin appeared polished, as you would expect. I think he had a bit of a rosy view of how the Church faired under the Soviet Union. I don’t think it was the brotherhood of many faiths he described. I am glad that the Church is not so oppressed in Russia, now, as I believe it was in the past.

I was most interested in his views on China, which were not discussed until the end. Here, he seemed quite off the deep end, describing a peaceful and non-aggressive China which appears to have no bearing on the real world. He did mention the large border shared with China, their large numbers and the large trade between the two. I expect Putin has to portray positive relations with China. I view China as the Soviet Union’s old chained dog, whom one has to say nice things about, or get bitten.

My impression from Putin’s discussion of the Ukraine is that the Russian majority provinces are going to be taken by Russia. Putin expressed no interest in the borders of what is currently called Ukraine. I do think that Putin is going to break the West’s (Democrat/SeeEyeAay) involvement in Ukraine. He is not going to fix our own problems with our alphabet agencies or NATO.

Putin did his part to cover for our President Potato Head. Putin had met with the Zombie under full treatment, and there is simply no way he could not have appreciated what he saw. In the interview, however, Putin acted as though Potato Head was still in charge of his faculties.

Maybe it’s old KGB mantra, but Putin seemed most animated in his blame of SeeEyeAay activity, both in Ukraine and around the world.

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