Putin trolls "soft" Tucker Carlson

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Source: Politico

BY ZOYA SHEFTALOVICH
FEBRUARY 15, 2024 1:35 AM CET

He was ready for a heavy hitter, but he got a bantamweight. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said he “didn’t get complete satisfaction” from last week’s interview with Tucker Carlson, because the right-wing U.S. pundit failed to take him to task.

Speaking to Russian state TV, Putin said he had thought Carlson was a dangerous person, “because I honestly thought he would be aggressive and ask so-called sharp questions. And I wasn’t just ready for that, I wanted it, because it would have given me the opportunity to respond sharply in kind … But he chose a different tactic.”

Of course, had Putin actually wanted to go toe-to-toe with a formidable opponent, the Kremlin wouldn’t have hand-picked Carlson for his first interview with a Western journalist since he launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Carlson, the famously Russia-friendly ex-Fox News host, is known more for a penchant for cozying up to autocrats than for probing reportage.

Putin, who famously enjoys trolling Western figures, smirked while describing Carlson’s passivity to Russian TV propagandist Pavel Zarubin: “He tried to interrupt me several times, but still, surprisingly for a Western journalist, he turned out to be patient and listened to my lengthy dialogues, especially those related to history, and didn’t give me reason to do what I was ready for. So frankly, I didn’t get complete satisfaction from this interview.”

Read more: https://www.politico.eu/article/vladimir-putin-tucker-carlson-soft-interview/

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This is just too good. What an embarrassment for Carlson.

[TexasBushwhacker]

1. Maybe Tucker lobbed soft balls

because he was afraid of falling out of a window.

[LudwigPastorius]

5. "Maybe Tucker lobbed soft balls..."

Evidently, all that testicle tanning has tenderized them.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/04/tucker-carlson-consider-testicle-tanning-end-of-men

[SouthernDem4ever]

2. Sucker Carlson is an asshole with or without Putin

Who cares what Putin thinks - he's just another dumb propagandist.

[Bluethroughu]

3. Traitor tucker.

Loser.

[usaf-vet]

19. He is a coward. He only attacks women and others who he knows can't fight back because clucker has the bigger megaphone.

He was afraid that challenging Putin might get him the express elevator from the 18th floor via the window side "down only" entrance.

[COL Mustard]

21. He's like Hannity in that regard.

In my RW days I used to listen to Hannity, and he would absolutely roast any caller who dared to disagree with him. Just would be absolutely rude and condescending. Unless that person was a person of power, like a Cabinet Secretary or higher. Then he'd fawn over them and trip over himself to agree and to kiss their butts. Took me awhile but I finally saw through it and my life is better for it.

[usaf-vet]

22. COL Mustard in the "smart" room! Roger that!

[Bluethroughu]

24. Who said Putin wouldn't give him the express elevator

Going down, in the future. Traitor tucker
f-cked around and found out, he's branded as weak and expendable.

He better invest some of his TV dinner fortune into uncompromising, unlike himself, security for the rest of his life.

Not our best, not our brightest.

[BOSSHOG]

4. Carlson is "known for"

The stern pensive yet vacuous stare which people who support a serial lying morally degenerate sex offender find manly. Because Tucker needs people to think he’s “manly.” Damn Tucker. You failed the vlad test. Vlad joins millions of Americans. Who also see you as a failure.

My apologies to English teachers. I’m really pretty good at grammar and sentence structure. Save for the occasional lapse. Damn, I did it again. I love you Mrs Ingalls.

[underpants]

27. He's 2nd string who's gotten fired from everywhere

I thought he was on C-Span at the beginning of his TV career but apparently not.

He was 2nd string to O’Reilly. This dumbass Watters they have now is literally 3rd string.

Employers
CNN (2000–2005)
PBS (2004–2005)
MSNBC (2005–2008)
Fox News (2009–2023)

[50 Shades Of Blue]

6. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Happy Valentine's Day from your Pooty-kins, Tuckster!

[BootinUp]

7. Tucker will have to say even nicer things about him now.

[area51]

25. Yep.

"Thank you, sir, may I have another?"

[C_U_L8R]

8. Pootie got what he paid for.

[EYESORE 9001]

9. Cucker, you'll never be lord of the dude bros at this rate

You just got permanently labeled a ‘beta’ amongst your cohort. Probably think he’s a ‘cuck’ in whatever sense of the term incels and their ilk use it.

[Cha]

10. Haha.. poor fucker.. he was so proud of

his stupid self.

[GenThePerservering]

11. Awww...Cucker did not let Putin

be all manly and aggressive!

Cozy up to the samovar, Comrade and let me make you some...tea. A big favourite when I was in the KGB. I'll let you sit by the window.

[cstanleytech]

12. So does this mean Tucker was to tuckered to ask the hard questions or does it mean he tucked his head between his legs?

[SleeplessinSoCal]

13. This is what Maddow talked about.

"...he turned out to be patient and listened to my lengthy dialogues, especially those related to history..."

That's the big lie about Poland. I think he's trying to keep the lie alive by mentioning it again. And likely many more times.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-nato-putin-poland/

[marble falls]

14. I hope they each caught something nasty from the other.

[UTUSN]

15. Hah - that'll teach *ucker - along with Chis WALLACE trashing him!

[forgotmylogin]

16. PO1135809 bully-piles on in three. Two... n/t

[Beetwasher.]

17. Cuck?

Inquiring minds want to know.

[Comfortably_Numb]

18. If Fucker Carlson had a shred of dignity it just got torched. But he was already a zero who is dead inside.

Personally, I’m glad to see he got his tanned testicles monkey stomped. As much as I hate Putin, Tuckems is a domestic shit stain.

[Docreed2003]

20. If he's saying this openly about Tucker,

Just imagine what Putin must really say about Trump behind closed doors.

[Vogon_Glory]

23. Ah, isn't that cute?

Vladimir Vladimirovich is giving Tuckums the respect he deserves!

[Charging Triceratops]

26. Hitler 2.0 said what?

Do the world a favor, Vlad. Drop dead. And take your nation of backward savages with you. From Stolypin to Lenin to Gorbachev, nothing can be done with the drunken bear.

[Midnight Writer]

28. Tucker didn't go there to interview Putin. He went there to elevate Putin's status in the USA.

It was a "puff piece" (pun intended) designed to make Putin look like a good guy.

Tucker is a propagandist for Putin. But since Tucker is such an embarrassment himself, Putin is distancing himself.

[republianmushroom]

29. Soft, little tucker ?

Of mouth or ?

[Kid Berwyn]

30. Putin dropped a steaming load on top of Soft Tucker

And Tucker loved it.