Tucker Carlson, star journalist of 'Trumpism', interviewing Vladimir Putin | EUROtoday

The star journalist of 'Trumpism' within the United States, Tucker Carlson, introduced this Tuesday on his X account that he’s going to interview the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, by which will probably be the primary time that the Russian head of state speaks with a American media for the reason that warfare in Ukraine started.

Carlson, who was fired from the conservative Fox News community final yr, introduced from Moscow that his interview shall be broadcast “soon”, in a single block and with out censorship, however it is not going to be dwell.

The dialogue with Putin will be seen in its entirety on the journalist's web site and on his X account: “Elon Musk (owner of X) has promised not to delete or block the interview once it is published on Musk himself later published the video with the announcement on his account.

Carlson, who continues to enjoy great popularity despite his departure from Fox, boasted that he had crossed a red line that most “corrupt media” have not crossed: “Not a single journalist has bothered to interview the president from the opposite nation concerned on this battle, Vladimir Putin,” he said after recalling the number of interviews made with the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky.

“Most Americans do not know why Putin invaded Ukraine or what his targets are, you have got by no means heard his voice,” he insisted, without mentioning American journalists who have covered the war from Moscow, such as Evan Gershkovich of The Wall Street Journalwho has been imprisoned for almost a year while awaiting trial for alleged espionage.

He also assures that Joe Biden's Government was aware of his interest in interviewing Putin (through “unlawful espionage”) for three years and sabotaged his attempts.

But he wanted to clarify above all his patriotism: “We are usually not right here (in Moscow) as a result of we love Vladimir Putin. We are right here as a result of we love the United States and we would like it to stay free and affluent,” he said, and predicted that Western governments “will definitely do “everything possible to counteract that video (because) they are afraid of the information that they cannot control.”

Carlson additionally clarified that nobody paid for his journey to Moscow, ““no authorities or group”and that there is no direct commercial interest: “We are usually not going to cost to see the interview.”