He gives us a brief history lesson on how modern Russia came into being in its present state. How Ukraine was created and at one time the word Ukraine meant those living on the outskirts or border workers and how Ukraine has many ethnicities including Hungarian ( which he discovered in his travels in the 80s)and Russians. A long history lesson that leads up to the present day and the problems we see now that led to the current situation. He touches on the origins of the Ukraine war and how NATO invited Ukraine and Georgia to join them in 2008 but told Russia through Clinton in 2000 that Russia could not join after Clinton Initially was positive when Putin expressed an interest to start negotiations but returned in talks later that day to say that can't happen. CIA is complicit in scuppering peace talks and he has evidence to present that proves it after the Minsk agreement was sabotaged. He seems to dislike Zelensky or his cabinet referring to him as their current leader. He says that the west fears China more than Russia when comparing growth, population and size of markets. He mentions he had a conversation with Biden prior to the Ukraine war in which he told Biden repeatedly this will not be a good idea to start it. He says all the foreign troops fighting in Ukraine are mercenaries with US soldiers being a high percentage of these soldiers. He says why would USA send real soldiers to fight so far away from their homeland. If anything Putin has shown sincerity in entering peace talks and understands the gravity of an expanded war. He even names who destroyed the Nordstream pipeline. It is important to keep dialogue open between easy and west. There's no point in burying the head in the sand and screaming Russia bad America good it's far more complicated. This interview was fascinating and reveals Tucker Carlson as a modern day David Frost. I have no time for those screaming this shouldn't have happened. The world wants peace so that should be the goal!
