White House warns against believing ‘anything’ Putin says in Tucker Carlson interview

White House warns against believing 'anything' Putin says in Tucker Carlson interviewReuters

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00:00 Do you have any concern that Tucker Carlson's interview with Vladimir Putin could further

00:05 erode support for Ukraine in the United States?

00:14 We're convinced that there is strong bipartisan support on Capitol Hill for supporting Ukraine.

00:22 And we know there's efforts now to bring something up onto the Senate floor for a vote

00:27 that would have Ukraine, Israel, Indo-Pacific, and humanitarian assistance, supplemental

00:31 funding in it without the border.

00:34 We'll let senators work that out.

00:37 The President believes that support for Ukraine is critical, particularly right now as Russia

00:43 continues to try to hit their defense industrial base, continue to hit their units on that

00:47 battlefront from east to south.

00:50 It's vital.

00:51 And he's confident that – and he – and based on the meetings he's had with leaders

00:56 on Capitol Hill and the discussions he's had, certainly over recent weeks, that, again,

01:02 the leadership – even on the House side, the leadership is solidly in support of supporting

01:06 Ukraine.

01:07 Now, whether they're going to – how they're going to be affected or impacted by a television

01:11 interview, I couldn't begin to guess.

01:13 I guess I'm asking beyond just Congress.

01:16 Among the American people, many of whom watch Tucker Carlson's show and are inclined already

01:23 to be skeptical of American support for Ukraine, would hearing directly from Putin potentially

01:28 erode that further, not just in the halls of Congress but among the people?

01:32 The American people know well who's at fault here, and I think they know that there was

01:37 no ground whatsoever for the invasion on February 22nd, two years ago.

01:43 He invaded a neighboring country without provocation.

01:46 Ukraine wasn't a threat to anybody, and the American people understand that.

01:49 The American people understand what Ukraine's fighting for.

01:51 And all they're asking for is our help.

01:53 They're not asking for American boots on the ground.

01:55 Again, I don't think the American people are going to be swayed by one single interview.

01:59 And I think anybody that watches that interview – again, I haven't seen – whatever's

02:03 said, need to make sure you're – remember, you're listening to Vladimir Putin, and

02:09 you shouldn't take at face value anything he has to say.

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