Posted on 02/09/2024 4:30:35 AM PST by marcusmaximus
Vladimir Putin joked about Tucker Carlson being rejected by the CIA after he finished college during his interview with the conservative polemist—his first with a western journalist since ordering the full invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
The interview was released on Carlson's website and X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday and covered Russian history, the war in Ukraine, NATO, imprisoned American journalist Evan Gershkovich and his relationships with Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
During the conversation Putin discussed the 2014 Ukrainian Maidan revolution, which led to the ousting of then pro-Moscow Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, which he claimed took place "with the backing of the CIA of course."
Addressing Carlson, Russia's president added: "The organization you wanted to join back in the day as I understand. We should thank God they didn't let you in. Although it is a serious organization I understand."
According to a 2017 profile of Carlson by The New Yorker, he tried to join the CIA after leaving Trinity College in Connecticut but was turned down as "the real-life agency, unlike its fictional counterparts, prefers not to hire young men who are gabby and insubordinate."
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Gabby....yep.
Insubordinate? Probably!
Given toward preposterous bursts of hilarious laughter...OhMohDembly.
The Left does not want people to hear what Putin has to say. What is the Left trying to hide?
No he didn’t.
His clear implication was that Tucker is much more important as a journalist than he would have been being a CIA apparatchik.
At least the National Enquirer admits to making up their material every now and then, as opposed to Newsweek.
They just want to preen and look at themselves in the mirror.
For one thing, I'm sure they're trying to hide the keenness of Putin's mind compared to the meat puppet we have wandering aimlessly in the White House.
More precisely. You got Rolled. 😂🇺🇸🇷🇺
Again.
Newsweak
They hate not having the power to interrupt, cut away, cut the power to the microphone, interject, stop the flow of argument, redirect, contradict, mock, belittle, change the subject.
Picked up on that too.
The contrast is unmistakable. And quite striking.
Not bad for a survivor of three fatal bouts with cancer, four liver failures and two assassinations.
LOL, sure that's why many western reporters have asked for permission to interview Putin. All of which have been turned down.
Dmitry Peskov, a Kremlin spokesperson, dismissed Carlson's claim and said that the government had received various interview requests but that they were all from Western media publications "that take a one-sided stance," Meduza reported.
"Mr. Carlson is not correct," he said. "In fact, there's no way he could know this. We receive numerous requests for interviews with the president, but mostly, as far as countries in the collective West are concerned, these are from major network media: traditional TV channels and large newspapers that don't even attempt to appear impartial in their coverage."
Tucker promised Truth Bombs from “Putin”. What a flop.
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