Daily Caller co-founder Tucker Carlson announced Thursday his long-awaited interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
this is the first interview CNBC's Hadley Gamble talks with President Putin conducted by American journalists since October 2021. sat down I'm only with him. Karlsson traveled to Moscow in February after the Kremlin granted the interview. Carlson said it's journalists' job to inform Americans about the war in the region.
During their two-hour meeting, Carlson and Putin spoke on a wide range of topics, including the war in Ukraine, Russia's history, NATO and the current relationship between Russia and the United States. interview.
Putin said China had the “greatest potential in the world” because of its strong economy “in terms of purchasing power” and claimed that it had overtaken the United States economically.
“Two years into a war that is reshaping the entire world, most Americans remain in the dark'' Carlson Said In Tuesday's video. “They have no idea what's going on in this region, neither here in Russia nor 900 miles away in Ukraine. But they should know. You’re paying for something you didn’t pay for.”
He said U.S. media spent a significant amount of time holding “coddling pep sessions” with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in order to amplify the president's calls for more U.S. involvement in the Ukraine war. expressed concern that
Carlson previously said he planned a sit-down interview with Putin, but the National Security Agency obtained text messages and emails from Carlson's team in 2021 to “illegally spy” on him. It is said that he did. The whistleblower told Carlson about the spying allegations: According to the co-founder of Daily Caller.
Carlson said in a July 7, 2021 interview that the NSA allegedly leaked his emails to a journalist, and one journalist called him and read out the contents of the emails. (Related: Tucker Carlson explains why he interviewed Vladimir Putin)
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Tuesday that Carlson's claims were “ridiculous statements.”
A few figures in the corporate media deplored the fact that Mr. Carlson had interviewed the Russian president. Bill Kristol, director of Defender Democracy Together, called for a “total and complete shutdown” of Carlson's re-entry into the United States, and Hermitage Capital CEO Bill Browder said: , Carlson said, “is either grossly stupid or consciously evil.” according to To The Spectator.
CNN anchor Erin Burnett accused Carlson of being a “Putin-loving celebrity” for his trip to Russia.
Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov Said They normally deny American media requests for interviews with Putin, but accepted Carlson's interview because “he is in a unique position.” [of the Western media].
“It's not pro-Russian, it's not pro-Ukrainian. It's more pro-American. But at least it's a clear contrast to the traditional Anglo-Saxon media position,” Peskov told Meduza. The paper reported.
Multiple corporate media outlets, including NBC News and the Associated Press, have interviewed President Putin over the past decade. The New York Times published an op-ed by President Putin on September 11, 2013, and an op-ed written by a deputy Taliban leader in February 2020.
