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).

  • sic_semper_tyrannis@feddit.chEnglish
    16·
    1 year ago

    Whatever the commenter deems it’s definition, I would like to hear why they said he’s an idiot

    • nogooduser@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      1 year 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.

      • sic_semper_tyrannis@feddit.chEnglish
        12·
        1 year ago

        Thank you. That would make the most sense. Would still be nice to hear the commentor’s reasons