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Yeltsin visit is to put in contrast with Tucker Carlson visit in Russia.. where he somehow tried to do the same in reverse (without knowing he was actually visi

Yeltsin visit is to put in contrast with Tucker Carlson visit in Russia.. where he somehow tried to do the same in reverse (without knowing he was actually visiting a french retail chain brand but anyway). Very odd.

dotnet00 2y ago
Yeah that was very weird, but was also probably more convincing to his target audience of people who've never lived in even another town let alone another country.
- galdosdi 2y ago
  Unless they've been to an Aldi, which is massively exploding in popularity everywhere in the US right now since they're a perfect fit for the current economic environment. Aldi has carts you put quarters in, and Mr Carlson tried to play up seeing the same thing in Russia like it was some kind of brilliant Russian innovation. It was truly bizarre. So weird how far that guy has fallen, much like the also once-respectable Giuliani. Back in the 2000s or 90s, he used to just be the dorky bowtie guy on an old CNN show about a rightist and a leftist having a civil and friendly debate, if I recall. Now he's... trying to hang on making a living by... shilling for Russian despots and for Snu brand sniffable tobacco (really). It's pathetic.
  - dudinax 2y ago
    He was completely pathetic twenty years ago, just respectably so.
    - galdosdi 2y ago
      Carlson or Giuliani? :-)
  - ZeroGravitas 2y ago
    And since he grew up with great wealth, and is on record about understanding that the role of these figures on Fox is propaganda, there's really no excuse: "Why Tucker Carlson Pretends to Hate Elites" https://youtube.com/watch?v=RNineSEoxjQ https://youtube.com/watch?v=RNineSEoxjQ