I expected much more out of Putin. The IC and its MSM along with every pisswater flag waving moron about had an aneurysm at the mere mention an American journalist would dare consider an interview with "Hitler du jour" At least that was entertaining to behold.

Putin, on the other hand, attempted to play the role of the elderly imperial pontiff who has granted audience to an aspiring apprentice.

He goes back nearly two millennia and weaves a ribbon of succession to illustrate Russia's sovereign right to defend her people of common stock yet in foreign lands who clamor for his government's rule.

Tucker, to his credit, listens intently but does not engage with this illusion and rather presses the question over the period of more than an hour (to paraphrase) "Why didn't you do this decades ago when you rose to power? Why now?"

Putin dismisses this question over and over and intones all the answers to Tucker's questions will be self-evident when he has completed his story.

This turns out to essentially be true. His claim is that Russia has been the odd-man-out, and he had expressed interest for decades to unify NATO and Russia; however, this was consistently rejected.

I truly, and surprisingly, walk away knowing nothing new, but want to hear it again. Some deficits I noticed are the lack of mention of atrocities committed over the described periods (e.g., The kulaks)

#Tucker #Putin