The Dust Continues to Settle on Tucker’s Putin Fiasco

Russian president admits to genocide, and Carlson’s face remained frozen in his standard ‘I think something just entered my butt’ grimace.

Courtesy of Newsweek

In a terrifically boring rant that kicked off the Tucker-Vlad Summit ’24 in Moscow last week, the Russian president told a child’s fairytale about world history that most children would be smart enough to realize was a pure crock of nonsense. Embarrassed because even he seemed to realize Putin was mocking us all with this flashy lie, Carlson offered no pushback when the Russian dictator admitted to committing genocide against the Ukrainian nation.

Putin’s cherry-picked history is a mighty tasty and sweet one if you are a Russian. All of world history, pretty much since the moment man discovered fire after a lightning storm, our hairy and less cultivated ancestors have been plotting against “poor little Russia.” Overall, the interview was a great big moment when you want to either offer up a “Wah” to Putin; or, put your arms around the pint-sized dictator and take pity on him.

Carlson, however, just sat and let the gross inaccuracies plow their way on the record for posterity. Thankfully, for us, though, and not so for Russia and the Kremlin, Putin’s rambling tale of world…