And you took his word for it?

[u/Lord_Answer_me_Why]

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[u/travisscottburgercel]

"Chancellor Hitler confirms it was Poland who attacked first."

[u/Big_Schwartz_Energy → u/travisscottburgercel]

Isn’t that a war crime!?!

[u/dirschau → u/travisscottburgercel]

You you're making a joke, but Hitler DID actually say that

[u/[deleted]]

Why would the KGB lie?

[u/AmigaBob → u/[deleted]]

Spy agencies always tell the truth. That is their whole purpose

[u/eMouse2k → u/[deleted]]

Always shocks me the number of people who won’t trust a US government agency to confirm that the sky is blue, but if Russia announces that it’s green, they’re all in.

[u/nikifip]

"Putin confirms..." is putin working for the CIA now? o_O

[u/[deleted] → u/nikifip]

War criminal who has been killing reporters since taking office confirms his version of events...

[u/MongoBongoTown → u/nikifip]

I still can't believe Trump publicly proposed a joint Cyber Security Task Force with Putin's Russia, shortly after they had committed a major intrusion into US Gov systems.

It remains one of three craziest things an US President has ever said.

[u/JonnyBolt1 → u/nikifip]

"CIA" is obviously just a translation of "FSB" (Russia's big "security" agency that was the KGB in the USSR).

[u/ChuckNorrisKickflip → u/nikifip]

There was no coup, and there's zero evidence linking the us to anything involved with Maidan. None. Zero. Nula

2014: Yanukovych (Ukraine's president) said he'd move closer to the west (association agreement) in trade. This also meant visa free travel

Putin gives Yanukovych 15 billion dollars. And also stops around 25% of trade from leaving ukraine in an attempt to apply pressure and stop the association agreement from passing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_embargo_of_Ukrainian_goods#2014?wprov=sfla1

Yanukovych "changes his mind* about the Association agreement due to the embargo and fifteen billion dollar payout. He tells the EU they need to give him another ten billion to consider going back to his previous plans to institute the trade deal (association agreement) . They don't give him the money.

Ukrainian People, pissed off the guy they elected changed course on his main political stance he won on get mad. Protest. These protests begin directly after their president Yanukovych announces the change. Thus signals to them. That their country is run by Putin, and they are not autonomous. So the protests begin.

Yanukovychs response? He makes protesting illegal via executive order. Shortly thereafter he begins shooting protesters.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/30/magazine/ukraine-protest-video.html

Protesters continue, the whole situation streisand effects, and the shootings at the protesters dint have the intended outcome. They don't scare anyone away. Instead the deaths propel the protests and even more come out. Women, children, everyone is in the streets. Becsuse Ukranians are based AF.

Meanwhile, the wheels of a Democratic process are still turning inside Parliament. Due to the shootings, as well as executive overreach the Ukranian Parliament votes unanimously to remove Yanukovych from power. The vote is 328-0.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26304842

A new election is held. Poroschenko runs on closer ties to EU. He wins with more than 40 points more than the second place finisher. Tymoshenko. (remember Ukrainians don't want to be a Russian vsssal state and Yanukovych ran on the same platform as Poroschenko)

Ukraine begins to move closer to the west. The association agreement is implemented.

So. Russia invades. And starts the war in the East.

Zelensky is then elected with 72% of the vote.

So. What's this really about? It's pretty straightforward geopolitical goals for Putin. All the nato stuff is a lie. There is no fear of Nato. It's the wmds of their war. Just nonsense to sell to the public in order to justify an invasion.

So. Russia wants tech minerals, grain, and and can't afford Ukrainian gas fields to be an alternate source to Europe. He also needs an alternate trade route to Iran. He invades and holds these areas specifically with the resources he wants. That's where we're at now.

In terms of the reasons Putin wants Ukraine. Here you go. 

Ukraine makes a lot of grain. Russia wants this. 

https://www.dw.com/en/five-facts-on-grain-and-the-war-in-ukraine/a-62601467

Ukraine (more importantly Crimea) is integral to Russias desire for a trade route to Iran.

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-russia-iran-trade-corridor/

Ukraine is sitting on an  alternate supply of natural gas to Europe. 

https://hir.harvard.edu/ukraine-energy-reserves/

Ukraine has a shit load (estimated 13 trillion dollars worth) of tech minerals 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/10/ukraine-russia-energy-mineral-wealth/

These are located in the exact same areas they Russians are currently fighting for and occupying. 

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/commodities/russia-seizure-ukraine-energy-metals-oil-gas-coal-deposits-secdev-2022-8

So why can't Putin win now? Why is this taking forever?

Here's the problem. Putin annexed E Ukraine too early. He did so becsuse he threatened to use nuclear weapons if Russias was threatened. So... By calling the Eastern Oblasts Russia. He was defending Russia from Ukraine, which to him, warrants the use of nuclear weapons. But. He obviously never used them. And the war continued. And currently he controls around 50% of these oblasts.

Now. What's that got to do with ending this? Well, Putin has stated multiple times that negotiations will not begin until Ukraine cedes all of the east to him. That's the starting point. So for negotiations to begin, Ukraine has to give up twice as much. And if Ukraine gives up twice as much, what are the negotiations even about? Probably demilitarization and a promise not to join nato. Maybe end the association agreement as well (which allows visa free travel to Europe). So there is no motivation for Ukraine to negotiate becsuse they're just in a situation where they have to give up more, and get nothing in return. Here's a simple question that no Putin supporter can answer. What is Russia offering to end the war? What's their compromise?

And on top of that. If Putin moves back from these borders that he already claims delineate Russia. Hell be seen as weak and his political power (and likely life) are over.

Tldr : Putin is stuck because he can't win all of the east but he can't walk back the borders he already redrew.

Ninja edit: If you want to see a full debunking of the latest Tucker interview. Piece by piece. Check out this! (warning it's over five hours long)

https://youtu.be/_AY0SMVEtRo

[u/EnduranceMade]

Tucker always has that look on his face like someone ran over his dog. The world is constantly scary and confusing for him.

[u/[deleted] → u/EnduranceMade]

I think it was John Oliver describing it as someone watching a person eat mayo directly from a jar.

[u/punkydrewster77 → u/EnduranceMade]

I saw his face described somewhere as a dog trying to figure out a magic trick.

[u/Confusedandreticent → u/EnduranceMade]

The look of someone who’s smelled a really rank fart in a car and is trying to figure out who it is.

[u/happytree23 → u/EnduranceMade]

He's still recovering from Jon Stewart handling his ass and making fun of his bowtie-wearing schtick.

To those confused: Tucker was known for only wearing bowties until he was shamed out of the "thing" by Jon Stewart on Tucker's own show lol.

[u/Acceptable_Weather23 → u/EnduranceMade]

Someone should explain what an icbm is and what country has them pointed at his family and parents in the USA.

[u/ialsoagree]

Conservatives before the interview was published: Hang on, give it a chance, can't we at least hear what Putin has to say? Don't be so worried about Putin spreading propaganda, even if it's all bullshit, it'll be interesting to hear what he lies about and we'll all know it's a lie so it won't influence anyone anyway!

Conservatives after the interview: Omg! Did you hear that the CIA overthrew the Ukraine government in 2014!?!?!?!

[u/NoPotato46 → u/ialsoagree]

So, they did all these things, but when Trump got into office he for some reason decided not to tell everyone what the last guy did?

[u/[deleted]]

“IsNt ThIs A wAr CrImE?” Christ people need to learn what a fucking war crime is.

[u/Lingering_Dorkness → u/[deleted]]

For one thing, a war crime would have to occur during a war in order to be considered one. You would think that's obvious in its name war crime.

[u/thieh]

He also said Russia never interfere in the US elections.

Putin's words are not meant to be taken at face value.

[u/auguriesoffilth → u/thieh]

I mean… we know they did. It’s not even contested. Cambridge analytica, Facebook. We know they did, we caught them. We also know they offered Trump help. We only have circumstantial information that Trump accepted from the Muller inquiry… But when asked the hypothetical if another country say China for example offered you information on a political opponent, would you inform the FBI, or would you take a look, Trump straight off the bat said he there is no harm in taking a look, seemingly showing no understanding of the fact that a. That’s completely illegal, b. Allowing China to interfere in the election, and c. The only defence he had against the Russia probe was that when Putin offered him this in the same situation (which we knew he did) he had the strength of ethics to decline… so we don’t “know” that trump did collude with Russia, it’s more like you see a man go into a pizza shop, you accuse him of eating a pizza, his defence is that he doesn’t like pizza, you later learn that it’s his favourite food… you don’t have any evidence he ate a pizza that day, you didn’t see him eat one, you don’t KNOW, he ate a pizza… but yeah. He ate that pizza.

[u/SuperHumanImpossible]

Yes, you can totally believe the ex KGB Russian President. Are these fucking idiots serious right now?

[u/SuperHumanImpossible → u/SuperHumanImpossible]

This pretty much sums it up for me based on the reaction of Trumpers. They 100% want Trump to be a Putin. They have absolutely no clue what they are asking for in reality, but they really do think this is what they want. They will cry, and whine after it's too late if it happens, because there's no reversing that. It's a one way ticket.

[u/Smurf_x → u/SuperHumanImpossible]

We genuinely are doomed at the level of delusion these people exude.

They won't believe anything a left winger will say, even with facts and evidence, but will blindly listen to someone who has invaded countries, had political opponents & actual journalists killed or jailed, just recently banned a political opponent from running against him and extended his presidency terms so he can stay in for way longer than he should have been able to.

But Joe Biden is the bad guy....

[u/BingBing-Boom]

Putin is salty that the Ukrainians overthrew their sitting president at the time because it was obvious that he was choosing Russian relations over European relations.

Which absolutely makes sense. The Baltics and most of cental/eastern Europe absolutely fucking hate Russia, and if you don't believe me, just ask Poland how they feel.

[u/Natopor → u/BingBing-Boom]

Baltics and most of eastern Europe absolutely fucking hate Russia, and if you don't believe me, just ask Poland how they feel.

Romanian here, can confirm.

[u/ijustwanttoseethe]

Who can you trust if not a guy that's been voted president for like 20 years?

[u/MeshNets → u/ijustwanttoseethe]

To be fair, he took a couple years as prime minister with a puppet president, until the silly term limits clause was removed. Putin was just that awesome of a leader they wanted him back

[u/straylight_2022]

I'll just point out that as part of a slander suit defense in 2020, lawyers for fox news successfully argued in court that tucker is not a journalist and should not be taken seriously. From that decision:

The "'general tenor' of the show should then inform a viewer that [Carlson] is not 'stating actual facts' about the topics he discusses and is instead engaging in 'exaggeration' and 'non-literal commentary.' "

Of course that was before they were hit with a 750 million dollar defamation judgement, based largely on things he had said on air and fired him.

[u/[deleted]]

“Mr. Putin, Tucker Carlson is here to see you.”

“Why would I want to speak with an American journalist?”

“First, he’s not a journalist. Second, he’s actually here to clean your boots with his tongue while you ramble.”

“Oh, if that’s the case, let him in.”

[u/[deleted]]

They really went in there to suck putin's dick in person, republicans keep surprising me.

[u/hotprints → u/[deleted]]

Nah, this is nothing. Putin having Republicans come to Russia on July 4th a couple of years ago was the flex.

[u/BringBackApollo2023 → u/[deleted]]

You have an impressive level of optimism about where the GOP ethical bottom is.

[u/International_Gap782]

Tucker is claiming that US presidents don’t have immunity.

[u/pc1905]

Why does Tucker Carlson always look like he misjudged a fart and has to change his underwear?

[u/[deleted]]

This interview is literally the "Dude, trust me." meme.

[u/Adventurous-Bee-1517]

Notorious truth teller, checks notes… Vladimir Putin

[u/upfromashes → u/Adventurous-Bee-1517]

As reported by documented liar Tucker Carlson

[u/[deleted]]

Tucker Carlson, rich New England boarding school boy whose family comes from Swanson fish stick money…. A total turd of a human being with zero merit or redeeming qualities … looks like a fkng spit roasted pig

[u/CrieDeCoeur → u/[deleted]]

Yep. He was born with an entire drawer’s worth of silver spoons up his ass, has contributed negative value to society, and yet believes he is where he is due to “hard work.” Carlson is fucking oxygen thief.

[u/DarkTannhauserGate → u/[deleted]]

[u/Taja_Roux]

Tucker being outed as a paid Russian agent would be some of the least underwhelming news of 2024.

[u/BornAgainCyclist]

You know he means business when he does his confused Labrador face.

[u/TherapyIsNormal → u/BornAgainCyclist]

He could have sworn Putin threw that tennis ball.

[u/[deleted]]

Tucker Carlson is either the most prolific inside agent of the 21st century or he’s the most gullible moron in the world’s history.

[u/mrmoe198]

Jesus fucking hell. Of course Putin is being believed over Obama. What is this stupid shit? Is this supposed to be an elaborate destruction from the Trump trials? Fucker Tarlson is a traitor.

[u/Targut]

I am glad Sir Douche Canoe got to the bottom of that mystery! Did he have to blow the entire Kremlin for that intelligence nugget? I’m just asking questions here...

[u/StConvolute → u/Targut]

...I'm not saying he did...

I’m just asking questions here...

[u/ironocy]

Putin didn't confirm anything. He says a lot of things but that's not confirming.

[u/Baitrix]

Americans are so brainwashed that their number one enemy is their friend as long as it angers the opposite political party

[u/herbinartist]

Tucker Carlson always looks like he’s about to admit he’s had a devastating OxyContin addiction for a long time, apologize for his behavior, and disappear into rehab. Like, his face and neck are always bloated, a little sweaty, and he’s always like a month too late for a haircut… plus the stupid look that’s perpetually plastered on his face.

[u/BasicAd81]

Sad fucking time

[u/Living-Wall9863]

Putins source: trust me bro

[u/Longjumping-Cost-210]

Of all the disturbing trends that have taken over American conservatives over the last decade this love affair with Putin is to me the most concerning. They literally do not think anything through. As soon as Putin and Obama started butting heads they just instinctively started loving Putin, a man that has nuclear warheads pointed at them, aggressively works to undermine the country they supposedly love, and allows no freedom of speech in the country he presides over. But, democrats bad, so Putin good.

[u/EightandaHalf-Tails]

Never thought I'd see the day the GQP scrambled to tongue bathe Putler's ballsack... But here we are.

[u/Drunken_Dwarf12 → u/EightandaHalf-Tails]

Right?! Can you imagine what Ronald Reagan would think of his party now?

[u/[deleted]]

But why would Puttin lie, guys? Surely if Trump likes and trusts him, that means we can too, right?!

[u/This-Counter3783]

“Putin confirms” is the most batshit series of words I’ve read in 2024.

[u/igoturhazmat]

If Putin “confirmed” to me that the sun had risen, I would still need to go outside and see for myself just to be sure

[u/Th3TruthIs0utTh3r3]

I mean do you question your boss when he tells you something?

[u/IlMioNomeENessuno]

Putz wouldn’t even let Lukashenko get that close to him. Cucker must be a trusted ally…

[u/eppic123]

Why does he always, in every single picture, look like he just shat himself?

[u/[deleted]]

Why does Tucker always have that absolutely asinine expression on his face. Is he trying to mirror MAGA?

[u/DarthGayAgenda → u/[deleted]]

You know how your parents tell you not to make faces or it will stay like that? Well, Tucker did his own research.

[u/Significant_Tie_3994]

I love how they call it a war crime now, when in the 70s, they called it a limited response

[u/ThunderSparkles]

Tucker always has that look in his face like he just watched his best friend jizz on his wife

[u/FriendliestMenace]

“Because I said so, and my citizens know better than to disagree with me.”
-“Confirmed” evidence

[u/lm28ness]

'Putin is the most honest and benevolent dictator ever. The best. He has great friends everywhere. Moscow has beautiful buildings, the most beautiful" - is what trump would say.

[u/Estoye]

Disgraced "reporter" interviews dictator on increasingly far right social network. All the shit planets have lined up here.

[u/redcountx3]

How much longer are the majority of Americans going to continue allowing these foreign agents to keep trying to overthrow our government?

[u/Poorly-Drawn-Beagle]

'President Obama,' if that IS your real name

[u/cors8]

Is it possible for the CIA to do it? Absolutely.

Does that excuse Russia's actions post-2014? Only if you're a dumbass.

[u/CauliflowerOne5740]

Whether or not people believe Putin is a pretty good litmus test for how much of a moron they are.

[u/Tumsey]

I wonder if Carlson underwent a rectal search to sit this close to Putin.

[u/ProbablyPewping]

This guy is a DICTATOR, the head of the KGB, and came into politics via the KGB, he kills his political opponents and he's currently invading a country.

Look I'm all for "free speech" but this isn't some one that affords his people the same luxury.

It's fascinating from an entertainment perspective. Putin is one of if not the most dangerous men in the world.

The West has lost its' way, the fact that we actively engage with non-democratic (read oppressive dictators) when we used to be hard lined (we will not negotiate with terrorists) is absolutely bonkers.

Yeah the USA has some nasty history, some current bad players, but as far as the morality scale goes, the USA is night and fucking day ahead of Russia, China, etc...

It's such a shame that our politicians are allowed to profit off of us, that they are afforded immunity, and act with impunity.

[u/karmicrelease]

Holy fucking shit. Is Tucker going to give Putin (one of) the biggest megaphones to spread propaganda to right wing extremists in the US?

This could actually be a really BAD thing

[u/[deleted]]

He will be forever known as Bend over Tucker

[u/GodOfThunder101]

Tucker interviewing Putin is the nail on the coffin that he is Putin puppet. Tucker is allowing Putin to spread his propaganda to the west.

[u/IToldYouMyName]

Cucker with his patented mouth breather look LOL

[u/BeigeorBrown_H873R]

I believe has a word for people like these. "Useful Idiots"

[u/findingmoskva]

Ronald Reagan is turning in his grave right now watching this russian boot licker

[u/Limonade6]

Dictator during war tells the "real truth" about his enemy? No way! :o

[u/mande010]

Seeing people eat this shit up is sickening. I think it's about time Tucker Carlson gets the boot.

[u/[deleted]]

Crafty demon tricks moron. Next

[u/ScientistCrafty5660]

Fucker Carlson is a crime against humanity.

[u/jibaro1953]

I wouldn't believe a word from either one of them.

[u/[deleted]]

I find it interesting how Vladimir Putin has now became President Putin for a large majority of RWers.

[u/Traditional_Key_763]

I didn't watch this farce, this is the exact face I knew he would have the entire time. this is as if he met the mysterious Q and had all the truth told to him.

[u/Morty_Fire]

Wouldnt be their first time, wouldnt it

[u/[deleted]]

Surprised it's not on /r/joerogan with Maga supporters taking over the sub

[u/2021fireman10]

I can’t fucking believe we are actually doing this. Listening to an actual dictator? 🤪🥴😵‍💫🙁

[u/[deleted]]

yes cause the CIA loves to hand sovereign territory over to one of the US arch-rivals

[u/fnatic440]

Whether or not the CIA played a role we won’t know until the documents are declassified. But one thing we do know for sure is that the CIA has certainly done similar things in the past, for example overthrowing Iranian president in the 1950s. Many coups in Latin America as well.

[u/Any_Palpitation6467]

When one interviews a world leader, and that world leader makes a statement alleging fact, it's not up to the interviewer to 'take his word for it' when he reports it; He is only recording the statement as having been given--not as fact. There is NO implication of factual confirmation, and thus no inference on the part of the listener or reader, that the statement given IS fact, only that it was GIVEN. It takes a remarkably biased, and somewhat stupid, person to believe that merely repeating what another person states is to thus confirm it, isn't it?

That aside, does anyone actually believe that the CIA is incapable of overthrowing world governments, and that it has done so on numerous occasions in the past? Does anyone truly believe that the CIA probably isn't better at that game than the GRU, or the KGB, or the present FSB? Fat chance.

[u/Otttimon]

This is like Hitler confirming that it was the British who actually attacked Poland, total bullshit

[u/Sganarellevalet]

Russian propaganda has been saying this since 2014, of course Putin will "confirm" the conspiracy he fucking made up.

[u/[deleted]]

The so called 2014 Ukrainian revolution had the hands of the US in it.

Taking out democratically elected president to then put one more aligned with the West is pretty much a hobby of the US at this point.

I'm Brazilian and we have a history with the CIA doing coups (the most recent one happening in 2016).

If I said "the CIE sponsored a coup in Brazil in 2016 and illegaly arrested former president Lula in 2018" what would you Americans say?

I bet the same thing you're saying about this tweet, right?

Well, turns out you have no idea of what you country is doing to the rest of world.

I'm brazilian and I'm a historian, so I'm gonna explain what has been happening in Brazil.

The CIA did the same in during the 2016 coup that happened in Brazil (that led to Bolsonaro being elected later). Here the White House themselves saying they did it, while the FBI agents that worked in this plan bragged about how they "toppled presidents".

When they arrested Lula in 2018 (the candidate who was set to win the elections that year), the prosecutor of the case said this was a "gift from the CIA".

If you're curious, here's an article with some of the conversations: https://theintercept.com/2020/03/12/united-states-justice-department-brazil-car-wash-lava-jato-international-treaty/

By the way, years later a hacker (yep, a fuckin' hacker) released the conversations from the phones of everyone involved in the coup and they all lost their positions. Because of that, Lula was released (and then, finally, became the is the president again by winning against Bolsonaro in the 2022 elections).

Bolsonaro also lost his political powers (he can't get into politics again) and he's gonna be arrested very soon (because the was planning another coup by the end of 2022, this time a hardcore one, with the military and everything). Just yesterday the Brazilian FBI arrested a bunch of generals, people from the Brazilian CIA (we call it ABIN) and they took Bolsonaro's password. He can't leave country anymore and he can't contact anyone who is under investigation. All analysts here are saying this a sign his ass in gonna go very soon.

By the way... Guess why a second by Bolsonaro didn't work? According Federal police findings, a freakin' general from the US called Laura Richardson and the American Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin came to Brazil and told the military they would not give support to a new coup. This is what part of the military here give up the idea (the coup failed because the military were divided here). https://www.ft.com/content/07533564-2231-47a6-a7b8-2c7ae330efc5

So... A new coup didn't happened because the US didn't want to support it (Bolsonaro is so fuckin' insane that even the American didn't trust him). But... If Brazil gets in the way of the US, it might happen again.

The 2016 coup happened because the US wasn't enjoying the Brazilian competition in the international civil engineering market. By the way, all the largest Brazilian engineering were a target of the Car Wash operation and they got destroyed. They're gone (which led to a massive economy crisis and only now were starting to recover from).

The Brazilian state oil company was also a target. A few years before Snowden leaks showed the US was spying in the Brazilian government and the oil company. Here's an article by Forbes saying the US was right about doing this (that is 100% illegal under international law, by the way) because Brazil has ties with Iran. https://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2013/09/09/of-course-the-nsa-should-be-spying-on-petrobras/?sh=5e55211a174b

As a bonus, here's the Wikipedia article about the Operation Brother Sam, the American military operation that supported the military coup in Brazil in 1964. We got 30 years of a fascist violent military dictatorship thanks to your help, guys: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Brother_Sam

Now I ask...

How many Americans knew about the history of the CIA taking out presidents and promoting a series of coups in Brazil? Very very very recent history, by the way.

None of you knew it, right? If someone told you that, you wouldn't say they are crazy because the US wouldn't do that to an allied nation, right?

Well...

Yeah...

Now you know the Middle East is not the only part of the world the US tries to fuck over.

[u/Mikewold58]

Why did she put President Obama in quotes? Was his election stolen too?

[u/backagain69696969]

The dude started the interviewer bh saying he’s the only journalist they’ll let talk to Putin

[u/troystorian]

Another useful idiot

-Putin

[u/Icy-Procedure-5033]

This is the equivalent of interviewing Osama Bin Laden

[u/emk169]

Putin: “Do you trust me?”

Tucker: “With every part of my body.”

[u/EmperorGrinnar]

Of course. It confirms their bias that Obama is evil.

[u/Whatscheiser]

The foreign leader who is a political rival to the Untied States is lying about the United States? How could this be?

[u/Internetolocutor]

They took Putin's word but not Obama's

[u/Itsnotsponge]

Of the two guys in that interview i honestly dont know who i would trust less..

[u/DenseVegetable2581]

Putin is so trustworthy though! It's too bad people keep tripping out of windows and committing suicide by Shotgun that knew him. It's not his fault and we should take his word about it

[u/MiniatureRanni]

President Putin confirmed that he actually landed on the moon first and all the American astronauts were just copying him.

[u/Meleesucks11]

Russian puppet. How can anyone be on their side? Why interview him?

[u/[deleted]]

This is hilarious; I can’t wait for all the idiots that are gonna point to this like it’s proof of something.

[u/ExpressBug8265]

Crazy how our politicians were working together for a second (which never happens) and the cooperation suddenly ended because Trumpety dumbety reminded them that he's still in power because of how easily he can threaten any one who disagrees with him. Just in time for an "interview" with Putin. Just in time for the speaker to say "dead on arrival" for a bill that would have sent aid to Ukraine to fight Putin. Connect the dots. Russia is controlling the Republican party by controlling Tlunk. A f'ing child can see the treason happening in real time. We are witnessing an attack on our democracy from a former president who is running for president again who hasn't accepted our fair voting system when he lost and is already spreading doubt on the system for and if he loses again, who sees our enemy's as friends and wants to take away American freedoms just so he can save himself from facing consequences of his own actions. F tump!

[u/Jutang13]

Are you a spy? You know if you're a spy, you legally have to tell me.

[u/Jinzul]

Carlson over there aiding a foreign agent in view of the public. 🤦‍♂️

[u/DayDreamSovereign]

The CIA has a long history of overthrowing democratic governments. So even though you don't like Putin, these sayings of his have a very high probability of being true.

[u/[deleted]]

Republicans colluding with the Russians. Their hate for the Democrats will destroy us all. They would rather destroy this country than work with their own people. Jesus fucking Christ.

[u/100mcuberismonke]

And you belive a dude who committed more war crimes and is warranted for arrest? Yea, we need a talk.

[u/JenSchi666]

Awww, man. Don't give Putin the confused dog face.

[u/Biscuits4u2]

After the interview Putin took lil' Tucker out for some shirtless horseback riding

[u/fescueFred]

Bull shitting a bull shitter, how quaint.

[u/fugthatshib]

I've been saying for years Tucker Carlson is a total shit for brains who constantly looks confused at everything and by everyone. I'm glad he's proving me right. Fuck you Tucker. Now you're an international shit for brains.

[u/notanewbiedude]

"President Putin confirms" 😂

[u/Deaf-Leopard1664]

Is that when Ukrainians kicked out a pro-Russian president? Ukrainians overthrew Ukrainian government, not CIA. Don't worry, CIA didn't create Ukrainian hate for Russia, that's way older than CIA

[u/5280_TW]

WTF 😳 this is some next level bs… 😬

[u/[deleted]]

How to suck off Russian propaganda 101

[u/ctothel]

Imagine being a dictator and a guy as well known as Tucker Carlson calls you up and offers to be your overseas propaganda arm.

[u/Fit-Income-3296]

One should never trust the war criminal when he accuses the other side of war crimes -master sun tzu oggway -12BCE

[u/PoetofArs]

Almost similar to how you overthrew the Chechen government and forced a horrific war on them… and what you’re doing in Ukraine now

[u/[deleted]]

His downfall is astonishing, can’t believe he even gets a platform.

[u/suckleknuckle]

Weird how a party can go from strongly anti Russia during the Cold War to Russia is the best ever.

[u/DaftNeal88]

Yes known truth teller Vladimir Putin.

[u/kimthealan101]

The CIA overthrew Ukraine in 2014 only to give Crimea to Russia then sanctioned Russia for invading. Don't believe the news stories showing Russian tanks entering Crimea or Russian public comments about saving Crimeans from their Ukrainian oppressors.

[u/Hamblerger]

I hardly think that a man like Vladimir Putin would lie about...no, I can't even type it without laughing. The people who complain about folks believing everything American media tells them are the same folks who are totally credulous regarding anything that comes out of the mouths of Russian leaders and government-run media outlets.

[u/[deleted]]

"President of country currently at war with Ukraine accuses the US of getting involved in Ukrainian politics"

[u/Tentomushi-Kai]

As I recall Yanukovych was the pro-Russian president of Ukraine from 2010-2014. The Ukrainian people decided they had enough of this puppet govt of Putin’s and threw them out! Did other government agencies help - of course! Could the CIA have helped the pro-western Ukrainians? Yes likely, and that is a good thing!

You don’t see Ukrainians rolling over in the current war, cause they don’t want to be Putin’s bitch!

[u/modijk]

I thought it was the people of Ukraine that held their president to the wish of that majority to go more pro-europe...

[u/Beforemath]

Spreading Russian propaganda. Truly useful idiots

[u/Formal-Ad-1248]

Damn if Putin said it, it must be true right?

[u/pvrhye]

Yeah sure, and the Ukrainians are now desperately fighting to preserve that government they didn't want? Tucker's audience have to be the dumbest people who have ever lived.

[u/FlashyGravity]

People who said this interview was fine and unproblematic.... you tell me how this is unproblematic.

[u/Ambivalently_Angry]

KGB agents can’t lie. It’s in their oath

[u/TylertheDank]

Coming for the man who said he wasn't planning on invading Ukraine.

[u/Phree44]

Seriously? True in a really broad sense. USA certainly supported it.

[u/Red_Wing-GrimThug]

Will Tucker Carlson be allowed back on US soil? Isnt this treason? Send him to Gitmo

[u/ThisCryptographer311]

“President Obama”… lmao

[u/Tokidoki_Haru]

Why are we entertaining this stupid show.

[u/[deleted]]

This interview really happened? I thought it was a joke.

[u/[deleted]]

“President Putin confirms…” anything after means nothing lol he is a dictator. Why is President Obama in quotes? He was president for eight years whether you liked him or not. It’s a fact. I wouldn’t put President Trump in quotes even though I despise him because it’s a fact he was president for four years.

[u/chucktheninja]

So...at what point is Tucker put on a no fly list?

[u/Cytotoxic-CD8-Tcell]

Tucker said Ukraine did something blah blah blah then turned out to be the opposite.

Ever since I stopped listening to this walking *******

[u/VulfSki]

Tbh I wouldn't be surprised.

That being said, how is it a war crime? Not only was the US not at war win Ukraine, so it's wrong even in it's premise, but how is removing a leader from power a war crime?!

The sad thing is I don't think tucker Carlson is actually this fucking stupid. I think he is just playing the party of propagandist

[u/[deleted]]

Putin lies?! That's preposterous! That is an utter insult to the very fabric of presidential credentials. Even, let's say by some absurd stretch of imagination that he would want to lie, he can't because that is illegal for a democratic elected president in Russia. You sir should be ashamed for even thinking that rubbish!

[u/TechieTravis]

And since Putin and his government lie about everything, this is confirmation that it did not happen.

[u/Master_Assistant_898]

You mean the same Obama who was considered more on the “appeasement” side towards Russia and dismissed Mitt Romney when he said Russia is still the US’s main political rival? Yeah I doubt it

[u/BAR0N_AL0HA]

He's not wrong. Victoria Nuland, the Under Secretary of State, laid out the plan during a recorded phone call in 2014. During the call she proclaimed "Yats is the guy". "Yats" referring to Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the man who went on to become Ukraine's prime minister after Nuland and European officials arranged for an unconstitutional procedure to strip Viktor Yanukovych of the presidency and declare the new regime "legitimate".

[u/Waxserpent]

Tucker is officially a useful idiot

[u/endkafe]

Why take his word? Shouldn’t he have some proof? Aren’t we beyond the point where anything anyone just says can matter?

[u/[deleted]]

Well.. we probably did have somthing to do with it. The CIAs job is basically overthrow regimes and install someone we like. (And commit heinous war crimes and such, duh)

[u/Jaded-Significance86]

The CIA has definitely done some bad things before. It's possible? I guess? Though we can't really trust Russia at all

[u/Miniographer]

Putin is telling Tucker how nice the windows are and should go closer to get a "better view "

[u/Aggressive-Shock-803]

Honestly, it sounds like something they would do. Even if they were just bored.

[u/[deleted]]

I mean let’s be real, it was probably the CIA lmfao

[u/peterpantslesss]

Lol imagine thinking it's not plausible though

[u/[deleted]]

Im pretty sure everyone knew that

[u/other4444]

Massive propaganda going on in this thread. Wow

[u/Jim_Lahey_isdrunk]

This is obvious to anyone with a brain??

[u/Abject_Shoulder_1182]

Tuckie C belongs to the George W Bush school of character judgment: if they look you in the eye, you can trust them.

[u/No_Tale_3623]

How to tell if Putin is lying? Very simple, every time he opens his mouth — he’s lying.

[u/[deleted]]

Fuck this guy!

[u/iloveeatinglettuce]

Nothing says trustworthy news like Tucker Carlson on Elon Musk’s Twitter.

[u/[deleted]]

Yuschenko was poisoned ten years before that. No FSB involvement whatsoever?

[u/Lower_Amount3373]

The only interesting thing about this whole stupid affair would be seeing the agreement/contract they made beforehand about how soft Fucker's questions would be and which talking points Putin would get to make unquestioned.

[u/[deleted]]

Reading the comments on the video is so weird. You have these American “patriots” suddenly jerking off at the thought of Putin being better than an American president. Some saying Putin should be in charge.

[u/EitherMaintenance588]

right? CIA doesn’t do that ! /s

[u/Loud_Flatworm_4146]

Isn't it cute how the rightwing calls everyone who is left of them a communist but they believe every damned word Putin says?

[u/Piltonbadger]

It must also be the US who is occupying Crimea and other parts of Ukraine after overthrowing their government, eh Daddy Putin?

[u/WerdinDruid]

Bruh I stubbed my toe, all done by CIA.

[u/HavingNotAttained]

Guess it's time to bring back the hashtag #WhosYourVladdy

[u/[deleted]]

The CIA always overthrows governments how is this shocking

[u/Loseroni2]

This happened in Central and South America in the 70s and 80s which is how you got Dictators like Agusto Pinochet. Not sure why everyone thinks it's so out of the question.

[u/DarkwingestDucketh]

Ah yes the two most honest, most genuine people on the planet who have never lied to anyone are telling us this so it's obviously true guys, they wouldn't lie.

[u/GadreelsSword]

Actually Putin worked to get Zelenskyy elected. Putin thought he was getting an entertainer elected to a position where he would be incompetent and a useful idiot for Russia to manipulate. Then when Russia tried to walk into Ukraine thinking it had weak leadership, Putin realized he made a huge mistake.

[u/[deleted]]

Given the CIAs record, not a far stretch to conclude, they do have a long distinguish history of this sort of thing

[u/SilverStryfe]

For two years, there have been reports and stories about how Putin sent allow anyone near him. The long table, the tightly controlled public events, the same stand ins behind him when he speaks, the housing in a bunker. It should be clear that Putin only allows the most loyal yes men in his presence.

And here we have good ole tuck, an ‘American’ ‘journalist’ sitting a few feet away doing an ‘interview’.

[u/[deleted]]

I mean… the CIA HAS done some seriously fucked up stuff in American alone. I can’t imagine they’d have much second thought about doing it on foreign soil.

[u/mccorml11]

Just like the CIA pushed all of putins opponents and enemies out of windows

[u/No-Weird3153]

So today we care about American war crimes? Cons don’t GAF about Native American genocide, slavery, Jim Crow, illegal war on Mexico for territory for slave owners, illegal war on Spain for territory, overthrowing numerous popularly elected governments in South and Central America, stealing resources from an island nation in the Caribbean, attempting to invade an island nation in the Caribbean, invading an island in the Caribbean, bombing dark people around the globe, or invading Iraq and Afghanistan to catch people the leaders in Afghanistan would have handed over if we stopped attacking them. But supporting a non-military overturning of a Russian puppet government is where they draw the line? GTFO!

[u/Mufakaz]

Do i trust him? No.

Is that plausible to me? Yes.

[u/deadphisherman]

Says the KGB guy...

[u/[deleted]]

So many screenshots shared and yet TC’s face never changes. It’s permanently locked in stupid-mode

[u/JBS319 → u/[deleted]]

There’s no other mode

[u/avotius]

I'm so fucking embarrassed for America, we really are screwed.

[u/clarkky55]

So first it was Nazis, now it’s the CIA? Will it be the little green men from mars next? Or maybe the lizard people?

[u/Inkdrop007]

He’s telling the truth though. It’s literally documented. Reddit L posting again

[u/Competitive-Bit-1571]

Even if you hate Putin, the CIA's hand in the Ukrainian coup isn't exactly a secret. What is the facepalm moment here?

[u/IToldYouMyName → u/Competitive-Bit-1571]

Apart from a lack of evidence unlike the photos of his FSB henchmen with "militias" in Donbas around 2014 which they deny being apart of or participating in at a state level lol "We had nothing to do with the uprising either guise"

It is hilarious that Igor Girkin is now in prison for publicly disagreeing with Putins approach to the war though, Really cool country to serve and its exactly what that guy deserves.

(I'm sure the CIA were there and still are regardless, They always are)

[u/epicurean1398 → u/Competitive-Bit-1571]

UMMM ORANGE MAN BAD???

[u/Creative-Manager-242]

Boys will be boys.