In America, the fanfare return of the ‘Russian factor’ in the campaign and foreign policy. The trip to Moscow by thunderous Trumpist TV presenter Tucker Carlson to interview Vladimir Putin gives Russia leverage to influence the American election.
Opening a boulevard for Vladimir Putin to invite himself into the American campaign and the debate on aid to Ukraine. And sowing trouble throughout the Atlantic Alliance which is questioning the coordination of this spectacle with the Trump campaign, of which Carlson is an informal advisor.