Tucker Carlson has been publicly warned that his days may be numbered by a Russian talk show presenter notorious for promoting state-sponsored propaganda.
Vladimir Solovyov, whom the Daily Beast describes as “Russia’s most prominent propagandist,” stated on Thursday that Carlson was in peril — not from the Russians, but from the American establishment — for predicting that the United States would be at war with Russia by the end of 2024.
Solovyov referred to a recent interview Tucker Carlson had with former “Man Show” anchor Adam Corolla on the latter’s eponymous program, in which he asserted that the United States was unlikely to prevail in the “hot war between the U.S. and Russia in the next year” that he anticipated.
According to a translation of Thursday’s “The Evening With Vladimir Solovyov” from the Daily Beast, Solovyov responded to that with: “Who says that? A dead man walking!”
“He sincerely believes that the next step after the accusations and the declaration of impeachment will be an assassination of Trump,” the talk show host explained. “But this man, who is currently the most popular English-speaking journalist, signed his own death warrant!”
“I can’t rule out that in the near future, as he is leaving Europe, there will either be an air crash or something will happen to the car in which he will be traveling, or he might eat something that he shouldn’t, maybe his heart will suddenly stop!” Solovyov predicted. “If I were in his place, I would tell no one of my travel routes.”
In addition, he argued that Carlson’s alleged desire to conduct an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin and broadcast the interview on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has existed for quite some time.
“They will not forgive him for the fact that he strives to interview our president and post the footage on a platform that has no censorship,” Solovyov said.
Who precisely “they” are was not specified, as Carlson has a history of targeting individuals of all political factions and Solovyov was vague. Recently, he concurred on camera with David Portnoy that both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are too old to hold the office of president, a position that is unlikely to be popular with… well, anyone.
Tucker Carlson agrees with Dave Portnoy that Trump should have done the debate, and also (!!) that Biden AND Trump are too old to be president: 👇
Portnoy: "Both Trump and Biden are too old."
Tucker: "I agree 100%."
Portnoy: "How are these people running our country?" pic.twitter.com/mACQPh56Nt
— Scott Morefield (@SKMorefield) September 1, 2023
Earlier that day, Solovyon had interviewed Dimitri Simes, the former president and CEO of The Center for the National Interest, a Washington-based foreign policy think tank, who claimed he had attempted to assist Tucker Carlson secure an interview with Vladimir Putin.
Recently, Solovyon has also asserted that actor Steven Seagal advocated for the interview to occur.
Friday, Newsweek contacted Carlson about the story, but he did not respond immediately.
Solovyon’s allegation was supported by another Russian propagandist, RT’s editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan, who also wanted the interview to take place.
“Tucker is doing a great job. By the way, he’s really asking for an interview with Vladimir Putin,” she said in April, according to Newsweek. “It would be great if someone hears this and gets this message to the president.”
Solovyon, for his part, believes or professes to believe that Carlson’s prediction is accurate.
“We are on the verge of a global hot war! It’s unavoidable because it benefits everyone!” he said, according to the Daily Beast’s translation.
“These are the end times!” the talk-show host added in an apparent reference to biblical eschatology. “We should realize this.”
According to Newsweek, Carlson has never publicly corroborated his reported desire to interview the Russian president, and as previously mentioned, the former Fox News host did not respond to the publication’s request for comment on Friday.