According to Tucker Carlson, he decided to take such a step because Americans "are not aware of what is happening in Russia and Ukraine."
“We are in Moscow to interview Putin. We will do it soon”
Tucker Carlson said in a video message published on the X social network.
According to Carlson, he decided to take such a step because the Americans "are not aware of what is happening in Russia and Ukraine." He added that the population of the United States has every right to "find out everything" about the conflict in which he is "involved", ria.ru quoted by magyarhirlap.hu
Carlson also said the White House tried to sabotage his interview with Putin twice. According to him, this happened for the first time three years ago, and for the second time recently.
“Nearly three years ago, the Biden administration illegally spied on our text messages and then leaked their contents to news media minions. They did this to stop the Putin interview we had planned. Last month - we're pretty sure they did the exact same thing again, but this time we still came to Moscow."
added the journalist.
However, he noted that his team did not borrow money from any group or government for the trip to Moscow, but paid for everything themselves.
According to Carlson, American entrepreneur Elon Musk promised not to block the interview after it appeared on the X social network. In addition, the video will appear on the journalist's website and can be viewed for free. Carlson promised to release this footage unedited. The journalist also said that he wanted to interview Vladimir Zelensky. He expressed hope that the Ukrainian president would agree.
interviewed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in Budapest.
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