Notorious former Fox News host Tucker Carlson has conducted an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin – the reason for his visit to Moscow – and said he has requested an interview with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Source: an announcement by Carlson and video message on tuckercarlson.com; Newsweek

Quote: “We’re in Moscow tonight. We’re here to interview the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin. We’ll be doing that soon.”

Details: Carlson said he had been preparing for the interview with Putin for several months.

The former TV presenter said that it would be posted on his website. He also noted that Elon Musk had promised not to block this interview with Putin on X (Twitter).

  • thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org
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    9 months ago

    Keep in mind that idiot isn’t a slight about actual intellect. The term idiot has a much more difficult and historical mentality. The main point of the word is id. The self. Idiots were also selfish and self serving. Wrapped up in ones own self worth.

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        9 months ago

        They said that he was a “useful idiot” which has a specific meaning.

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useful_idiot

        A useful idiot is a person perceived as propagandizing for a cause—particularly a bad cause originating from a devious, ruthless source—without fully comprehending the cause’s goals, and who is cynically being used by the cause’s leaders.