Tucker Carlson says Moscow ‘nicer’ than any US city
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Tucker Carlson compared Moscow to major cities in America, saying he was surprised at the condition of Russia’s capital.
Carlson recently visited Moscow to interview Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“What was radicalizing, very shocking, and very disturbing for me was the city of Moscow, where I’d never been — the biggest city in Europe with 13 million people, it is so much nicer than any city in my country. I had no idea,” Carlson said on Monday during a World Governments Summit discussion in Dubai.
He elaborated that his father, “Dick,” had spent much time in Moscow in the 1980s when he worked for the U.S. government. Carlson’s father previously was the director of Voice of America and former U.S. ambassador to the Seychelles, an island country east of Africa in the Indian Ocean, among other foreign policy positions.
Carlson expressed his surprise to see how Moscow was now so much “cleaner, safer, and prettier” since his father had visited decades ago.
In an interview on stage with Egyptian journalist Emad Eldin Adeeb, Carlson talked about how “dangerous” cities like New York have become in America.
“If you can’t use your subway, for example, as many people are afraid to in New York City because it’s too dangerous, you have to sort of wonder like, isn’t that the ultimate measure of leadership?” he said.
The former Fox News host added, “It’s radicalizing for an American to go to Moscow. I didn’t know that. I’ve learned it this week, to Singapore, to Tokyo, to Dubai, and Abu Dhabi, because these cities, no matter how we’re told they’re run, and on what principles they’re run, are wonderful places to live that don’t have rampant inflation.”
Tucker Carlson spoke at the world Governments Summit on Monday in Dubai.
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Carlson has long been a critic of major U.S. cities with poor leadership and bad policies leading to crime and economic upheaval.
The summit began in the United Arab Emirates on Feb. 12 and ends on Wednesday, Feb. 14. Carlson was a featured speaker on Monday and garnered media attention for his exclusive, unedited interview with Putin, which reached close to 200 million views on X.