Aaron Rodgers has praised Valdimir Putin in his latest media appearance, describing the Russian president as “thoughtful and smart” while wishing US President Joe Biden was more like him.
On Tuesday, Rodgers, 39, sat down with Tucker Carlson to discuss a wide range of political issues, including the COVID-19 vaccine, conspiracy theories and Robert F. Kennedy’s offer to make the New York Jets quarterback his deputy – presidential running mate. .
At the beginning of the interview, the 2011 Super Bowl (XLV) champion told the former Fox News political commentator: “You have one of the most controversial, somehow, not for me, most controversial interviews in done recently. You know how long, when you went to Russia and did Putin.
‘How did it feel to come back? Because everyone who watched the interview thought, number one, it was fucking amazing. Second, Putin came across as an interesting, thoughtful and smart individual.
“And if you’ve read 1984, the basic plan of government control, you must have an enemy, and you must vilify that enemy regardless of whether you know anything about it.”
Jets QB Aaron Rodgers wasn’t afraid to share his thoughts on Russian President Vladimir Putin in a one-on-one interview with Tucker Carlson
Rodgers, 39, described Putin ‘as an interesting, thoughtful, smart individual’
The NFL player also grilled Joe Biden’s mental abilities, calling the US president “this guy who can’t even walk here?” Who fucks their pants every now and then?’
Carlson’s interview with Putin was widely criticized, with many American media pointing out factual inaccuracies and outright propaganda from the Russian president.
“I think a lot of people say, ‘Oh, Putin’s apologists say, they’re condoning all the things he’s done to different people,’” Rodgers continued.
“I was like, no, I’d like to see Joe Biden do an interview where he can talk about the history of the United States in the same way that Putin talked about the history of his country.”
Rodgers, who showed virtues of patriotism through the lens of the US military and its participation in war, also expressed anger over Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s display before the US Congress in green military fatigues in December 2022.
”[You’re] is being canceled by the people who just bowed down and gave interviews from their knees to the Zelenskys of the world,” Rodgers told Carlson.
“Gargling during a job interview, yes,” Carlson replied.
“It’s wild,” Rodgers responded, adding, “When this guy comes along in an outfit you would wear to the store on a Sunday morning to ask Congress for another $100 billion, that’s wild.”
Rodgers also lambasted America’s left for criticizing his political views, which are often associated with the far right
The professional footballer also made no secret of his disgust for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
The four-time NFL MVP has also tested Joe Biden’s mental faculties as he and Carlson question the sense of direction American politics is taking when they suggest the American people may be deliberately being pushed around by the political elite with its far-left ideologies .
“It makes you wonder if they even kind of see how far they can push the population until someone starts laughing, are you kidding me?” Carlson joked.
“It feels that way sometimes,” Rodgers agreed. ‘Like ‘What if we did this? Is anyone going to give a**? No? Let’s try this one here. We’re going to hang Joe Biden.” Wait what? This man who can’t even walk here? Who fucks their pants every now and then?’ he joked further.
Rodgers also denounced the new direction of the American left.
“To even question the government, you’re a right-wing, conspiracy-minded, crazy tinfoil hat wearer, which is wild because it seems like the left has gone so far to the left, and everyone to the right of that… there’s no center anymore.” , he said. said. ‘That’s according to the left. You’re just a right winger unless you’re that far left.
‘The left used to be the party of Occupy Wall Street, and freedom of speech and rights for everyone. Now they are the ones beating the drums of the war machine, and censorship and obedience.”