Tucker Carlson… The announcement by the American broadcaster and former journalist on the American Fox News channel, Tucker Carlson, who is close to former President Donald Trump, that he conducted a television interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin, broadcast on his website, sparked widespread controversy in American society.
Carlson stated, in a post on his account on the social networking site “Instagram”, that the interview will be broadcast, today, at exactly 6 pm local time.
Carlson conducted the interview with Putin in Russia during a visit that was widely covered by Russian official media, where he confirmed at the time that the reasons that prompted him to travel were that most Americans had no idea what was happening in Russia, and 600 miles away in Ukraine, criticizing the support given to him. Provided by the United States to Ukraine.
Carlson’s controversial interview with the Russian President is Putin’s first with Western media since the start of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
Who is the American broadcaster Tucker Carlson?
Tucker Carlson is an American broadcaster and analyst. He is widely popular in the United States, as a controversial figure. He was fired by Fox News a few months ago, so he moved on to presenting a program that he broadcasts on his website and on the X platform, previously Twitter, according to what was reported by Al Jazeera satellite channel. “Qatari.
Carlson is also an opinion critic, columnist, journalist and conservative political commentator. He was born in San Francisco, California, USA, on May 16, 1969.
He is the eldest son of American artist Lisa McNair and American media personality Dick Carlson, director of the state-owned news network Voice of America, president of the Public Broadcasting Corporation, and former US ambassador to Seychelles.
According to the British BBC, Tucker Carlson was known as one of the best hosts on Fox News television before he suddenly left last year.
While he was on the American network, he was very influential as a prime-time political talk show host between 2016 and 2023, and since leaving it, he launched his own program on the X platform.
Tucker Carlson has been an outspoken defender of Russian President Vladimir Putin since the war began, and has repeatedly cast doubt on U.S. support for Ukraine’s war effort.
According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, which is considered the oldest encyclopedia in the world, Tucker Carlson was known for his extremist positions on a range of political and social issues, his embrace of white nationalism, his support for authoritarian leaders in other countries, and his regular reliance on conspiracy theories.
Through his television appearances and writings, he had an extraordinary influence on former Republican President Donald Trump, who was a regular viewer of Tucker Carlson’s show, which aired on Fox News from 2016 to 2023.
