The Tucker-Putin interview is funny because, just like nobody who doesn't pay attention to the Fox-News-extended-universe is just totally baffled by "Disney is transing kids" when DeSantis talks, basically the whole interview is insane if you don't pay close attention to domestic Russian propaganda
I’ll just note that it’s also a particularly bizzare Russian internal narrative that rather mirrors the MAGA one and is largely based on grievances many of which are imagined
For the sake of my sanity and my refusal to even look at any link that would drive attention to that softball image laundering interview, I'm gonna gaslight myself into believing this was what the interview consisted of
Russian propaganda is so much wilder than people imagine. I really wish more people were following the Kamila Valieva doping saga and their defenses for the positive test, because the whole thing is hilarious.
Which most folks--even in the Fox-News-extended-universe--don't.
Which is why Tucker keeps on with his "it was NATO, please say it was NATO, it was NATO right", as Putin goes through his "well it started in 1406, when the Yaroslav the Wise had caviar with the King of Lithuania"
Had 🔩er paid attention to Putin original speech justifying the war… err.. special operation, he would have known what to expect. Just because he’s not senile, it doesn’t mean Putin is sane.
I am finding it hilarious, mostly because I'm entertaining myself by attempting to reverse engineer the real answers from the parody dubs people have been posting.