I’ve been asked to do an episode on the interview, but I don’t really think there’s much there.

I will list my takeaways from the interview because I do believe Putin is the most important world leader at the moment.

1. Can you imagine any of the last five presidents giving a detailed history of America without notes the way Putin recalled Russia’s history? US history is a fraction of the size of Russian history, and I doubt Biden, Obama, or Trump could lay out the details of the Spanish-American War, where the US acquired Puerto Rico and Guam.
2. The regime journalists, who for over 2 years now have been trying to convince people that Putin is sick or is suffering dementia, got blown the fuck out. He may be suffering from a physical ailment he was able to hide, but his mind is just fine.
3. Interviews that require interpreters are tedious at best. The delay allows both parties to gather their thoughts longer than they normally would and negates emotional responses that are more common.
4. Tucker was out of his league. I would have paid to see John Mearsheimer be the interviewer instead of Tucker.