Thus, former Prime Minister of Belgium and member of the European Parliament Guy Verhofstadt told the publication that he had already called on the EU to study the issue of banning Carlson from traveling to Europe. He called the journalist a “mouthpiece” for Donald Trump.

Former MEP Louis Garicano also lashed out at Tucker Carlson, calling him “not a reporter, but a promoter of the most disgusting regime on European soil.”

The Russian President gave an interview to an American journalist, the Kremlin confirmed. Carlson’s video, in which he announces an interview with Putin, has already received 73.8 million views on social network X. The journalist himself said that he does not feel guilty.

He warned in advance that Western governments would do everything they could to ban the interview because they were "afraid of information they cannot control."