Tucker Makes It Official: Yep, I’m Interviewing Putin

After days of fevered anticipation among his far-right fanbase and Russian media reveling over his recent arrival in Moscow, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson finally put to rest the speculation and made it official on Tuesday: he is indeed interviewing Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Carlson, a loud critic of Ukraine and its president Volodymyr Zelensky, dropped a promotional video on X—where he now conducts his online show—announcing the upcoming interview with the authoritarian leader. The conservative commentator, who has said he is rooting for Russia in its war against Ukraine, claimed he was there because “we’re in journalism” and “our duty is to inform people.”

Carlson, who will be the first American media figure to interview Putin since Russia invaded Ukraine two years ago, claimed that English-speaking countries are unaware of how the war has changed the entire world because “no one has told them the truth” and spoken to Putin.

Read more at The Daily Beast.