Carlson invited Vladimir Putin on his web series for a chat about the war in Ukraine. It didn’t go as planned.
Tucker Carlson conducted an interview with Vladimir Putin for his show on X. The interview, which is over two hours long, was ostensibly an attempt to interview the Russian leader about the war in Ukraine. Instead of doing that, however, Putin instead launched into a lengthy digression about his own version of Russian history before razzing Carlson to his face.
I’ll say this: This interview is easily the funniest thing I’ve seen all year. Granted, it’s only been six weeks since the start of 2024, but Carlson’s awkward, weird talk with Russia’s autocrat had me doubled over laughing multiple times.
There are multiple layers to the humor. For one thing, Carlson was forced to fly to the Kremlin to conduct this interview. This context, in and of itself, is funny. Tucker is summoned to his interview subject’s royal palace, hoping, I’m sure, for an informative and exciting discussion that would lend itself well to his alternative/rightwing/infotainment style of web content.
