Putin did better job than any German leader
A large portion of the two‑hour interview released on Saturday was devoted to Carlson's interview with Putin from February 2024.
During the exchange, the US journalist repeatedly curbed Bild deputy editor-in-chief Paul Ronzheimer's attempts to condemn the Russian leader over the Ukraine conflict.
After Ronzheimer referred to Putin as a 'criminal,' Carlson replied: 'I am not defending Putin, who I think has done a great job for Russia. Much better job than any German leader. That is for sure.'
'Your country is going down, Russia is going up. You should be mad at your own leaders. You are mad at Putin instead,' he argued.
According to Carlson, Angela Merkel – who served as German chancellor from 2005 to 2021 – was far more deserving of being branded a 'criminal' because 'she wrecked your country through mass migration... It will not recover in your lifetime or mine.'
Carlson suggested that the current authorities in Berlin are attacking Putin and Russia in order to distract the public from migration and economic problems in Germany, which is expected to end 2025 in recession for the third year in a row.
'Your country is a mess because your leaders suck. That is the fact. You are mad about that. So, they take your anger and they are like: 'Oh no, it is Putin's fault. It is Putin's fault.' Ok, got it,' he said.
Earlier this month, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Germany was becoming 'dangerous again' for Russia, after German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius stated that Bundeswehr troops must be prepared to 'kill' Russian soldiers if necessary.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said earlier that by supporting Kiev in the conflict with Moscow 'Germany is sliding down the same slippery slope it already followed a couple of times in the last century – down toward its own collapse,' referring to the defeats suffered by the country in the First and Second World Wars.
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