Tucker Carlson is in Moscow to interview Vladimir Putin and has emphasized that the purpose is to inform Americans about the ongoing war in Ukraine, claiming that most are uninformed about the situation.
Carlson stated that he paid for the trip himself and has also reached out to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for an interview.
“We are not here because we love Vladimir Putin. We are here because we love the United States, and we want it to remain prosperous and free,” Carlson said.
Why I'm interviewing Vladimir Putin. pic.twitter.com/hqvXUZqvHX
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) February 6, 2024
“There are risks to conducting an interview like this, obviously, so we thought about it over many months,” he said.
“Here’s why we’re doing it: First, it’s our job. We’re in journalism. Our duty is to inform people. Two years into a war that’s reshaping the entire world, most Americans are not informed. They have no real idea what is really happening in this region, here in Russia, or 600 miles away in Ukraine. But they should know. They’re paying for it.”
“But the interviews he’s already done in the United States aren’t traditional interviews,” Carlson said. “They are fawning pep sessions specifically designed to amplify Zelenskyy’s demand that the U.S. enter more deeply into a war into Eastern Europe. And pay for it.”
He accused the Biden administration of spying on him and leaking text messages to the press to prevent the Putin interview.
“Almost three years ago, the Biden administration illegally spied on our text messages, and then leaked the contents to their servants in the news media,” he said. “They did this in order to stop a Putin interview that we’d been planning. Last month, we’re pretty certain they did exactly the same thing once again. But this time, we came to Moscow anyway.”
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