The Ukrainian president, in conversation on Thursday (27), told his American counterpart to “calm down the messages” of imminent war. That’s what your government leaked. But the US government denied it, declaring that they were “leaking lies”.
The Ukrainian president then called a press conference on Friday and said things like “I understand what happens in my country, just as he [Joe Biden] understand what’s going on in his.”
He complained that “the drums of war can contribute to internal instability”, that the evacuation of the American embassy “was a mistake” and that his country “is not the Titanic”. In short, he demanded that Biden “be very careful with the way you talk every day, every minute, when you talk about the war going to happen tomorrow.”
American coverage, for the most part, has been drumming for months. One exception is Fox News’ Tucker Carlson, who has just been named “the most influential in American journalism” of 2021 by Mediaite. “It’s almost impossible to escape” from Carlson, he explained.
He dominated the week in attacks on “neocons”, neoconservatives who “betray the country’s interests” by “pressing for war”. A war that, he argues, “will not make America safer or stronger or more prosperous.”
Then why? “Arrogance, stupidity, the damaged psychological makeup of our leaders, the massive lobbying campaigns by American defense businessmen. All these factors play a role in this. No tragedy has a single cause.”
He denounced a campaign in favor of intervention, in some cases even nuclear, by the CBS network to the website Politico. “The longest war in American history ended when we left Afghanistan, and the new consensus in Washington is: we need another war now.”
Earlier, throughout November and December, Carlson defended the Russian president. “Today, NATO exists to torment Vladimir Putin, who has no intention of invading Western Europe. He wants to keep his western borders secure. That’s why he doesn’t want Ukraine to join NATO, and that makes sense.”
“Why do we side with Ukraine and not Russia?” he provoked the other day. “It’s an honest question. Looking at it from America’s perspective, why? Who has the energy reserves? Who is the big player in world affairs?”
The journalist, who was close to President Donald Trump, closed the week with an extensive report by Axios. The site listed Republicans in campaigns in 22 states reporting that their bases no longer want the US to direct troops or resources to Ukraine.
In the headline, “Tucker Carlson-fed Republicans abandon tough stance on Russia.” He “had a profound effect” on this issue and now “even Democratic campaigns have been getting calls” from voters demanding support for Putin, as in New Jersey.
Asked in droves in the press, Carlson replied to Axios: “I don’t give a damn if they call me Putin’s pawn. All I care about is the luck of the United States, because I have four kids here. voters are ruthless”.
This year’s US congressional elections decide whether Biden loses Democratic majorities in the House and Senate. They must also decide whether the Republican Party, whose voters are now overwhelmingly against interventions in other countries, according to two recent polls, Momentive and YouGov, abandons support for the war.
