• pulsewidth@lemmy.world
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    The guy has been exposed as literally taking huge amounts of money from Russia for years, during which he did his best to attack all of the US institutions and government and divide the population, he even did a fawning interview with Putin in Russia, and had a puff piece tour around a model (faked/embellished) Russian grocery store - literal cold war propaganda stuff so Putin can show the big US media guy is super impressed by Russia’s stores & availability.

    I suspect the main reason he is coming out hard on MAGA / Trump now is because he’s been given new talking points. Trump’s new deals don’t benefit Putin, so bad press and more division is the order of the day (now amongst the ruling conservative party, instead of Dems vs GOP). Textbook Russian statecraft IMO.

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      This is the one. Carlson must have been given new orders. Remember, Russia plays both sides in the misinformation game, and a lot of times, just choose facts to amplify to a certain cohort.