Tucker Carlson makes a turnaround: Putin's statements "the stupidest thing I've ever heard" - Kremlin reacts. Kremlin counters Carlson's criticism of Putin: "Doesn't understand much, but listens" Carlson sat down with podcast host Lex Fridman this week to chat.

“I thought it was one of the stupidest things I had ever heard,” said the US presenter in his conversation with Frid man. The target audience was the West, a suspected Kremlin insider recently analyzed in an interview with the Russian opposition media Meduza.