Tucker Carlson Confirms Rumors On Putin Interview; EU Threatens To Ban Him!

Tucker Carlson, a well-known conservative journalist, traveled to Russia this week. Tuesday afternoon, he released a four-minute video explaining his reasons and confirming why he interviewed Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Legacy media outlets had already been in the process of speculating whether he was in the country to interview the Russian President, including making claims that he was a Russian puppet and more. Carlson, however, is one of several American journalists to interview the Russian President. It is unknown whether this fact is known to a particular European lawmaker calling for a possible travel ban for Tucker. Also, the most recent interview Putin made with American media was just two years ago with NBC News. The truth is that it is common for journalists to interview controversial leaders of other countries. For example, Dan Rather interviewed Saddam Hussein, Megyn Kelly interviewed Putin, and in 1977, Barbara Walters interviewed Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. 

But according to a claim made in a statement published by Newsweek on Wednesday, “Carlson’s work in Russia could see the former Fox News host in hot water with the EU.” The statement was made by Guy Verhofstadt, a former Belgian prime minister and current member of the European Parliament.

Additionally, Verhofstadt—who has called for the EU to explore imposing a “travel ban” on Carlson—described Carlson as ‘a mouthpiece’ of former President Donald Trump and Putin, adding: ‘As Putin is a war criminal and the EU sanctions all who assist him in that effort, it seems logical that the External Action Service examine his case as well.'”

Tucker’s full interview with Putin will air Thursday at 6 pm EST on his X account (formerly known as Twitter) and his website, TCN.