Properly, it’s lastly occurred. Tucker Carlson’s interview with Vladimir Putin has aired.
Ep. 73 The Vladimir Putin Interview pic.twitter.com/67YuZRkfLL
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) February 8, 2024
That is being hailed as a historic second, which may result in the top of the warfare, however we’ll all simply have to attend and see if that’s the case. (It appears to me a quite daring prediction.)
Putin began out with a type of ruminating bit concerning the historical past of Russia. I don’t know that this was actually “enjoying to the viewers.” It’s a justification of historic claims on Jap Ukraine, which is okay I suppose, however I might assume the Western viewers, which isn’t sometimes considering historical past lectures, could be extra inclined to listen to an ethical justification than a historic one.
I perceive that Putin and plenty of Russians are very considering historical past, however the necessity of denying the historic identification of the Ukrainians is a Russian problem, not a global one. For worldwide audiences, the truth that the Ukraine is a legal state that’s oppressing ethnic Russians is sufficient of an evidence for the Russian annexation of those territories. The justice-based justification carries extra emotional resonance, I believe.
Tucker: “So how did this complete Ukraine factor come about?”
Putin: pic.twitter.com/G3lqTNmXk5
— The Center-earth Mixer (@MiddleearthMixr) February 9, 2024
Anyway, Putin made his level as regards the historic illegitimacy of the Ukraine state, notably their possession of the jap territories. He additionally advised, fairly strongly, that elements of the Ukraine ought to return to Hungary (and possibly even Poland).
Tucker Carlson was carrying a Kabbalah bracelet, once more, by the best way.
After the 30-minute historical past lesson, Tucker made his unusual level that the West is afraid of Russia however not afraid of China. Putin, to his nice credit score, responded to this moronic shill declare from Tucker that actually, the West is much more afraid of China than they’re of Russia.
Putin then went into more moderen historical past, as regards the autumn of the USSR and his request to Invoice Clinton that he be allowed to hitch NATO. Tucker for some cause referred to as Putin “bitter,” and he gently corrected the Kabbalist, saying it’s nothing about bitterness, as it isn’t a romantic relationship, it merely was what it was.
Putin additional elaborated on the US help for terrorism within the North Caucuses. He mentioned he informed the FSB to write down to the CIA and inform them to cease doing that, they usually wrote again saying “we’ll proceed supporting the opposition.”
He went on to inform the story of assembly with George Bush Sr. and wanting to construct a mutual missile protection system with US, Europe, and Russia.
Apparently, he defined that there was by no means anybody to speak to within the US. There was no negotiator. The presidents didn’t actually have authority, he mentioned, as choices have been being made by hidden “deep state” sort entities.
He defined that each one of his overtures to the US and the West have been denied, and the US expanded NATO as much as Russia’s border. The Russians tolerated it till it got here to the Ukraine. He then defined the Maidan coup, which was backed by the CIA (a narrative the reader of this web site is aware of properly).
Even after the Maidan coup, he defined, he tried to do the Minsk agreements to forestall the warfare within the east.
Then he mentioned what I all the time say: Russia didn’t begin the warfare in 2022, they joined a warfare that was ongoing since 2014.
PUTIN: “It was they who began the warfare in 2014. Our purpose is to cease this warfare. And we didn’t begin this warfare in 2022. That is an try and cease it.”
Putin identifies the coup, or overthrow of the Ukrainian authorities in 2014, because the preliminary provocation that sparked the… pic.twitter.com/o1zvGYwll7
— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) February 9, 2024
When it got here to the subject of “neo-Nazis,” Tucker tried to attract a distinction between Ukraine nationalism and neo-Nazism. Perhaps that’s legitimate, I don’t know, however the Ukrainian state is unquestionably “neo-Nazi.” No matter anybody thinks of once they consider neo-Nazism, while you have a look at the Ukraine, you see that.
Talking of the conversations he’s had with Joe Biden, he mentioned the identical factor he mentioned of his conversations with different presidents: he gained’t reveal the small print of personal communications. That is very skilled and respectable, and it’s a precept that any chief ought to uphold. It’s presumably one thing he realized working for the KGB, however it’s gross the best way fashionable politicians continually reveal particulars of personal conversations.
Lastly, the important thing level of the interview emerged: the warfare might be over in a number of weeks if the US stops funding the Ukraine. That’s the reality, that has all the time been the very fact.
After the important thing level was revealed, the interview started, and Tucker requested about any case during which he would invade Poland. He defined that this declare from the West is completely ridiculous, and he would solely ever invade Poland if Poland attacked Russia. He mentioned that no sane individual desires a worldwide warfare, and that is what a Russian invasion of Poland would imply. He mentioned that the entire thing is completely faux, that everybody is aware of Russia isn’t going to invade Poland.
Tucker requested about Chuck Schumer threatening an invasion of the Ukraine with common US troopers, and Putin requested: “Don’t you folks have something higher to do? Don’t you may have an enormous drawback in your border?”
The query of the Nord Stream bombing got here up, and Putin jokingly mentioned Tucker did it. Putin then mentioned that it was clearly the CIA. Tucker questioned why, if Putin has proof the CIA did it, he doesn’t launch the proof and “win a propaganda victory.” Putin then laughed, and mentioned that it’s inconceivable to win a propaganda warfare towards the USA, as a result of the US authorities controls the worldwide media.
TUCKER ASKS PUTIN: “If you happen to had proof … that NATO, the US, CIA, the West, did this [Nord Stream], why wouldn’t you current it and win a propaganda victory?”
(Putin Laughs)
PUTIN: “Within the warfare of propaganda, it is extremely troublesome to defeat the USA as a result of the United… pic.twitter.com/ApmaFsx1KO
— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) February 9, 2024
When it got here to the dialog of the US greenback and the sanctions, Putin mentioned all the apparent issues about how the US is undermining the greenback itself, how they thought the sanctions would trigger Russia to break down and when it didn’t collapse, the good factor to do would have been to reverse the sanctions. It’s all the issues that I’ve informed you thousands and thousands of instances. It’s very apparent and everybody is aware of it.
Tucker once more pushed his anti-China hysteria, claiming that BRICS was going to be dominated by China (in some imprecise manner), and Putin referred to as it a boogieman, saying that China is a neighbor they usually’ve gotten alongside for lots of of years.
Right here’s the clip, if you’d like that – it’s one of many extra necessary elements of the interview:
Putin gave the perfect reply to Tucker Carlson’s China Bogeyman query
Tucker: “Perhaps you are buying and selling 1 colonial energy for one more, a lot much less sentimental and forgiving colonial energy. Is BRICS at risk of utterly dominated by China?”
Putin: Okay, let me inform you one thing… pic.twitter.com/3lUegttUpk
— Carl Zha (@CarlZha) February 9, 2024
Requested who makes choices in the USA, Putin mentioned “I don’t know.” That’s a reasonably unimaginable factor, no?
The remainder of the interview went over points within the current day as regards the Ukraine warfare.
Tucker raised the difficulty of Putin as a Christian chief, and the solutions to that have been fascinating. He introduced up Dostoyevsky and the Russian soul, the identification of Russians. This was helpful and fascinating.
In addition they mentioned AI, and genetic engineering, and the plan to make specialised people. Putin mentioned that there isn’t any solution to cease AI.
On the finish of the interview, Tucker Carlson mentioned he needed Putin to launch a Jewish journalist. I believed that was actually homosexual. Putin defined that this Jew was concerned in espionage, which is a longtime reality. He broke the regulation. Putin isn’t unreasonable, he mentioned he desires that Jew out of Russia.
Largest Ever
The interview has 70 million views on the time of writing, and I’m writing earlier than most individuals have had an opportunity to look at it. It is going to be, by far, the most-watched piece of political programming in historical past. Tucker’s interview with Andrew Tate is presently cited because the most-watched interview of all time, having 110 million views, and the Putin interview ought to surpass that in the present day.
The EU has overtly now declared that permitting Putin to talk on this manner constitutes a type of “unlawful media,” and is threatening to close down Twitter for permitting folks to look at it.
Think about that.
What kind of a factor is it while you declare that “democracy” signifies that the persons are able to being the final word deciders concerning the actions of the state, but additionally declare that these exact same persons are so silly that they’ll’t take heed to a overseas chief converse in an interview with out their minds being taken over?
Personally, I don’t help democracy, not less than not common suffrage democracy, however I don’t assume the persons are that silly, that they’ll’t even see an interview with out their minds being conquered. It is a very excessive view, to border the inhabitants as little kids like this.
In fact, the Western leaders all the time tie this censorship to voting, claiming that if folks have free entry to data they’ll vote unsuitable. I’ve argued that should you agree to not vote, you must get a particular “data go” that means that you can keep away from censorship. There isn’t any cause the US/EU shouldn’t comply with this, if actually their concern is that individuals will vote unsuitable.
P.S.
Tucker launched this post-interview characteristic.
Tucker mulls over post-interview with Putin.
Says it’ll take him a yr to essentially perceive what all was mentioned.
pic.twitter.com/NQuaalWjxP— We Have It All (@WeAreWoke1776_3) February 9, 2024
