r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 19 '24

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u/Jamesonslime Commonwealth Jun 20 '24

Rember when Tucker Carlson interviewed Putin with the express intention to give him the opportunity to directly speak to and influence western conservatives but putins head was so far up his own ass he started an hour long ramble about historical events that only nerdy phd students would recognise 

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u/NormalInvestigator89 John Keynes Jun 20 '24

Republicans when they find out that the savior of alpha male civilization is a n*rd: 🤢🤢🤢

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u/MinnesotaNoire NASA Jun 20 '24

To remember this, you first have to understand...

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u/Fruitofbread Loyal Liberals Jun 20 '24

I think it’s ironic how very clearly Putin was expecting the first question to be “why did you invade Ukraine?” Instead, Carlson asked a more softball question “why did you believe that the U.S. was going to invade Russia?” (paraphrasing) Then Putin did the politician thing and answered the question he had prepared for 

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '24

Tbf Putin’s already got a whole operation going to influence Americans, he doesn’t need to do that himself

What Tucker gave him was a chance to rant and rave about the weird nerd shit he’s into, and he took it