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Summary

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky tore into Tucker Carlson for calling him a “dictator,” accusing him of repeating Vladimir Putin’s propaganda.

In an interview with Piers Morgan, Zelensky dismissed claims of suppressing opposition and defended Ukraine's paused elections as necessary under martial law.

Criticizing Carlson’s pro-Kremlin rhetoric, he fumed, “It seems to me he needs to more deeply understand what's happening in Ukraine, to stop working for Putin, to stop licking his ass.”

Zelensky insisted Ukraine is fighting to preserve democracy, not undermine it.

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[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 3 points 27 minutes ago

Tucker has been licking the sweat off of Vlad's balls since Mango Mussolini's first term.

[–] meowmeowbeanz@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 hour ago

Politics as entertainment keeps hitting new levels. A comedian-turned-president telling a journalist-turned-propagandist to stop brown-nosing an ex-KGB agent? Peak 2025 content right there.

The martial law argument's interesting—technically correct but conveniently timed. Though watching Tucker, who cheered when his guy tried to override an election, suddenly caring about democratic norms is... rich.

Zelensky's crude response plays well for headlines, but it's the same social media politics we've been drowning in. Two media personalities trading barbs while real policy discussions happen in backrooms and procurement meetings.

Meanwhile, defense contractors keep posting record profits. Funny how that works.

[–] TheFin@leminal.space 1 points 1 hour ago

I need a close up of his to tongue. I have a feeling he has eternal bad breath

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 66 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 22 points 7 hours ago

SO SAY WE ALL!

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 120 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

On an interview with Piers Morgan no less, amazing. I don't think Morgan and Carlson get along that well, but they're positioned similarly enough in the general media landscape that there's probably a meaningfully non-zero audience shared between them

[–] horse_battery_staple@lemmy.world 82 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (2 children)

People forget he's a comedian with media training. I think the more clown show the right wing media make this, all the better for him. Slava Ukraini

[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 58 points 10 hours ago

It's worth noting that psychopaths aren't deterred by shame or guilt, and usually the truth takes too long to explain to the masses...

... But mockery, humiliation, embarrassment really get to these folks because they have excessive vanity and self-esteem issues.

Remember when Putin banned images of him as a gay clown?

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 22 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I don't think anyone truly appreciated how funny he was until he ordered the entire Russian military to be roasted

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
[–] RedAggroBest@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Okay I laughed but what the hell is even going on there?

He was a comedian before he became president. One of his bits was playing the piano with his dick. My hope is that after the catastrophic collapse of Russia and the complete withdrawal of the Russian Army from Ukraine, he'll perform this for the UN security council.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

Very talented piano playing.

[–] Late2TheParty@lemmy.world 44 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (3 children)

The visual I just got of Tucker Carlson licking Vladimir Putin's asshole is... not my favorite way to wake up. 🤣😁🤢

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago

Still better than the destruction those fucks are bringing to the world.

[–] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
[–] MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Tonsils deep would imply a prolapse.

[–] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 7 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

If ever there was someone I'd want to suffer from a prolapse...

[–] MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 hours ago

“Suffer”

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

And yet telling him to stop is probably not going to work. He's too into it. You wouldn't even have to pay him (but they're probably paying him).

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 11 points 9 hours ago

I think Carlson should do it more, maybe he'll get hepatitis.

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 14 points 11 hours ago

Yup, spot on.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I can confidently say that is not going to happen unless a check does not clear.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

He’d probably do it just for fun.

At this point he's doing it for the second hand caviar. The cash is just a bonus.