The news that President Joe Biden would not run for re-election caused a stir not only in America, but also in Russia, where pro-Kremlin propagandists are kicking up a fuss about what it would mean for their beloved Donald Trump.
Appearing on Monday’s broadcast of a state TV show 60 Minutes, State Duma member Oleg Matveychev complained that Biden’s move is a disaster for Trump’s election chances. “He is left without any trump cards!” Matveychev said. “Previously, he could easily attack Biden’s health, now he has nothing left to attack. More than that, attacking Biden at this point would be seen as inappropriate and rude.”
“Now they’re switching to [Vice President Kamala Harris] and are trying to attack her, but nothing new will stick to her,” Matveychev added. “Bringing up the fact she is not quite white will only activate her electorate.”
Russian state TV’s coverage of Harris—which is a carbon copy of what is playing on Fox News—was largely limited Monday to attempts at mocking her laughter.
Matveychev said that Biden’s departure from the race rendered the previous agenda obsolete. Discussing the age of the U.S. president or an assassination attempt against Trump is now yesterday’s news, he argued.
He went over and interviewed Putin after he got the boot, in an attempt at continuing his “job” as a political hack.
Summary: It was a disaster. Tucker basically had to sit there and listen to Putin sidetrack the entire thing with his own version of history (a lot of which was demonstrably false), not answering Tuckers question, and generally making it clear that he believes his own propaganda. Now and then Tucker tried to connect his answers to his own agenda, but Putin didn’t care and kept on with his rambling. In the end it was two people in the room not taking part of the same conversation, and Tucker ended up posting the entire thing to X anyway, not wanting to seem like he was hiding anything.