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Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson scrambles to defend his interview with Vladimir Putin after getting hit on stage for softball propaganda while news of Russian opposition leader Aleksey Navalny's death surfaces days later. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: Tucker Carlson criticised for praising Putin before Navalny death: ‘Leadership requires killing people’ - “Just a few days before the announcement of the death of Russian opposition leader Aleksey Navalny, Tucker Carlson defended his interview with President Vladimir Putin, saying that “leadership requires killing people”. The death of Mr Navalny was announced on Friday, 16 February. On Monday, 12 February, the former Fox News host appeared at the World Government Summit in Dubai. He was interviewed by Egyptian journalist Emad El Din Adeeb, who asked: “Comparing the culture, the competence between Vladimir Putin and [US President Joe] Biden, how do you see the two men now running the world?” “If this were boxing the fight would be called by the medic,” Carlson said, according to watchdog Media Matters. “So, and I say that as an American, and I don’t have another passport, I don’t plan to ever leave my country, my family’s been there hundreds of years and I love it and I am a patriotic American and I grieve when I see that the president is non compos mentis,” he added, using a Latin phrase meaning “of unsound mind”.“ ** Be part of the Dragon Squad as a YouTube channel member: Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: Help build the Home of the Progressives Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: @thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
