Tucker said, "Our duty is to inform people. Two years into a war that's reshaping the entire world, most Americans are not informed."
Why I'm interviewing Vladimir Putin. pic.twitter.com/hqvXUZqvHX
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) February 6, 2024
"They have no real idea what's happening in this region, here in Russia or 600 miles away in Ukraine. But they should know, they're paying for much of it, in ways they might not fully yet perceive."
"The war in Ukraine is a human disaster. It's left hundreds of thousands of people dead. An entire generation of young Ukrainians. And has depopulated the largest country in Europe."
"But the long-term effects are even more profound. This war has utterly reshaped the global military and trade alliances, and the sanctions that followed have as well."
"And, in total, they have upended the world economy. The post-World War 2 economic order, the system that guaranteed prosperity in the West for more than 80 years, is coming apart very fast, and along with It, the dominance of the U.S. dollar."
"These are not small changes. They are history altering developments. They will define the lives of our grandchildren. Most of the world understands this perfectly well. They can see it. Ask anyone in Asia or the Middle East what the future looks like."
"And yet the populations of English-speaking countries seem mostly unaware. They think that nothing has really changed. And they think that because no one has told them the truth. Their media outlets are corrupt. They lie to their readers and viewers, and they do that mostly by omission."
"For example, since the day the war in Ukraine began, American media outlets have spoken to scores of people from Ukraine, and they've done scores of interviews with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy. We ourselves have put in a request for an interview with Zelenskyy. We hope he accepts. But the interviews he's already done in the United States are not traditional interviews. They are fawning pep sessions specifically designed to amplify Zelenskyy's demand that the U.S. enter more deeply into a war in Eastern Europe and pay for it."
"That is not journalism, it is government propaganda... propaganda of the ugliest kind, the kind that kills people. At the same time, our politicians and media outlets have been doing this, promoting a foreign leader like he's a new consumer brand, not a single Western journalist has bother to interview the president of the other country involved in the conflict, Vladimir Putin."
"Most Americans have no idea why Putin invaded Ukraine, or what his goals are now. They've never heard his voice. That's wrong."
"Americans have a right to know all they can about a war, they're implicated in, and we have the right to tell the about it because we are Amerivans, too."
"Freedom of speech is our birthright. We were born with the right to say what we believe. That right cannot be taken away no matter who is in the White House. But they're trying anyway."
"Almost three years ago, the Biden administration illegally spied on our text messages and then leaked the contents to their servants in the news media. They did this in order to stop a Putin interview that we were planning. Last month, we're pretty certain they did exactly the same thing once again, but this time we came to Moscow anyway."
"We are not here because we love Vladimir Putin. We are here because we love the United States. And we want it to remain prosperous and free. We paid for this trip ourselves. We took no money from any government or group, nor are we charging people to see the interview. It is not behind a paywall."
"Anyone can watch the entire thing, shot live to tape and unedited on our website, TuckerCarlson.com. Elon Musk, to his great credit, has promised not to suppress or block this interview once we post it on his platform, X, and we're grateful for that."
"Western governments, by contrast, will certainly do their best to censor this video on other, less-principled platforms, because that's what they do. They are afraid of information they can't control. But you have no reason to be afraid of it."
INBC News reported, "The plot continues to thicken over the presence of U.S. journalist Tucker Carlson in Moscow, with pro-Kremlin media trying to track his movements around Russia’s capital."
Sputnik videographers caught footage of Carlson's car reportedly leaving the Presidential offices, as shown here:
The car allegedly carrying US journalist Tucker Carlson left the Russian Presidential Administration, Sputnik correspondent reports.
— Sputnik (@SputnikInt) February 5, 2024
It is still unknown whether the interview with Putin took place.#TuckerCarlson pic.twitter.com/cN4q9tQ5T5
There is continued speculation as to whether Carlson did, in fact, interview President Vladimir Putin. This is a developing story.
