https://freerepublic.com/tag/betamalemarcus/ en-us Thu, 15 Feb 2024 01:42:55 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4217455/posts Russian President Vladimir Putin says he was surprised by a lack of sharp questions from U.S. television host Tucker Carlson in an interview that made headlines around the world last week. Putin told a Russian TV interviewer, Pavel Zarubin, that he had wanted Carlson to behave more aggressively, which would have given him the right to reply just as pointedly. "To be honest, I thought that he would behave aggressively and ask so-called sharp questions. I was not just prepared for this, I wanted it, because it would give me the opportunity to respond in the same way," Putin said... U.S. News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4217455/posts#comment Thu, 15 Feb 2024 01:42:55 GMT