Tucker Carlson says Elon Musk promised him he wouldn't censor or suppress interview with Vladimir Putin on X
Former TV host Tucker Carlson revealed Tuesday that he will interview the Russian president, as tech billionaire Elon Musk also assured him he will not “censor his meeting” with Vladimir Putin.
Before, the former Fox News The presenter was asked if he was arranging an interview with Vladimir Putin, to which he replied with a smile: “We'll see.”
The 56-year-old journalist is on his first trip to Russia and stated that “I wanted to talk to [people] and walk and see how [Russia] I was doing. And she was doing very well.”
It would be the first interview by a Western journalist with the 71-year-old leader whose country launched a special military operation in Ukraine in February 2022.
“We do not encourage you to agree with anything Putin may say in this interview,” Tucker Carlson announced in a video posted on X – formerly Twitter, adding that “most Americans have no idea why Putin invaded Ukraine or what their goals are now.” “.
Speaking from what appeared to be a tall building, he further said: “But we urge you to look at it. You should know everything you can. And then, as a free citizen and not a slave, you can decide for yourself.” “.
However, he did not provide any details about the publication of the interview; He criticized the United States' full support for Ukraine against Russia, as he had been highly critical of Washington's approach.
“You've never heard his voice. That's wrong. Americans have a right to know everything we can about a war they're involved in, and we have a right to tell them,” he continued.
“Western governments, on the other hand, will do everything they can to censor this video. They are afraid of information they cannot control.”
Carlson also acknowledged what he called “risks in conducting an interview like this,” noting that he and his team paid for the Moscow visit and did not receive any financial support from government groups.
He had previously expressed a desire to sit down with the Russian president, stating that his efforts to arrange such a meeting years ago made him “a target of US government surveillance.”
“The population of English-speaking countries seems mostly unaware. Their media is corrupt. They lie to readers and viewers,” he said.
“The interviews [Zelensky has] The interviews conducted in the United States are not traditional interviews, but sycophantic sessions designed specifically to amplify Zelensky's demands that the United States become more deeply involved in and pay for a war in Eastern Europe.
“That's not journalism. It's government propaganda of the ugliest kind,” he said in Tuesday's video.
Independent presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr., speaking in support of Carlson, said he “has every right to interview Putin.” He also said that people in the United States “need more transparency rather than less.”
Carlson left abruptly Fox News in April of last year where it gained prominence.
He rose to prominence in Russia when he repeatedly expressed his views on Moscow's role in the US election when Donald Trump was elected.
The journalist also noted that Elon Musk, owner of X, promised him that he will not “censor or suppress the interview, that it will not be placed behind a paywall.”
