On his CNN show Saturday, Chris Wallace took aim at Carlson for his interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Chris Wallace criticized Tucker Carlson on Saturday for his interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin, calling his former Fox News colleague 'an eager puppy.''Tucker Carlson showed up in Moscow to interview Vladimir Putin. It turned out to be anything but an interview,' Wallace said on his CNN show, The Chris Wallace Show. 'Putin droned on for two hours and seven minutes, while Tucker sat there like an eager puppy.
'During the Cold War, gullible Westerners who spread Soviet propaganda were dismissed as useful idiots. But calling Tucker that is unfair, to useful idiots. No, he's made a cynical decision to chase MAGA's affection for dictators and what better way to cash in than Putin's Kremlin.'Newsweek reached out to Carlson's website via email for comment.Views:Wallace is trending on X, formerly Twitter, as a clip from Saturday's show circulates online.
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