Last night, an interview with Tucker Carlson and Vladimir Putin aired, the first Western journalist to speak with Putin since Russia invaded Ukraine. If you were hoping to watch something enlightening, you may be disappointed…

The interview started with Putin slapping down Carlson’s suggestion that his invasion of Russia was because of worries about the US: “Are we having a talk show or a serious conversation?“. To be fair, Tucker was more of a Jimmy Fallon than a Jeremy Paxman…

After a half an hour rant on the history of Russia from Putin, the Russian President took a break to mock Carlson for trying to join the CIA, taunting him saying, “thank God they didn’t let you in“. Carlson’s silence makes one wonder if that was a career path he should have pursued instead…