In a shocking statement American journalist Tucker Carlson has claimed that the US administration under former US President Joe Biden tried to assassinate Russian President Vladimir Putin during the Ukraine conflict.
“The Biden administration did, they tried to kill Putin,” the former Fox News anchor said in the latest episode of his podcast, The Tucker Carlson Show. “Which is insane, that’s demented, that you would even think of something like that. So why were they? Because chaos is a screen that protects them.” Carlson added. However, Carlson did not provide any evidence for his accusation against the Biden administration.
Carlson is an extremely popular US journalist, who formerly worked with Fox news. Breaking away from the channel Carlson came out with his own podcast talk show that is broadcast on multiple platforms. In his show, Carlson has also earlier criticised the US military aid for Kyiv and has called Ukraine “not a democracy”.
Over the years Carlson has been especially critical of many decisions of the Democrat led US government under Joe Biden, he has criticized the Ukraine war as a blatant funding of the arms lobby. In 2024 Carlson visited Moscow, for a widely watched sit-down interview with Russian President Putin, he again went to Russia in December to interview Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
In an interview with journalist Matt Taibbi on Monday, Carlson suggested that many former and current US officials have been rattled by President Donald Trump’s campaign to declassify numerous government papers, as they see the potential fallout as extremely dangerous.
“I think this was one of the reasons [ex-Secretary of State] Tony Blinken was pushing so hard for a real war, trying to kill Putin, for example. The Biden administration did [it], they tried to kill Putin,” Carlson said. Carlson, who broadcast a bombshell interview with Putin last February, described the alleged move as “insane,” pointing to the potentially cataclysmic fallout for global security.
“Who takes over Russia? What happens to the nuclear arsenal in a country so complex that outsiders can’t even understand. That’s demented that you would even think about something like that,” he added.
US officials have never publicly acknowledged plans to assassinate Putin, or any other Russian or Soviet leaders. However, Newsweek reported in September 2022 that US defense officials had discussed a “decapitation strike” if Russia used nuclear weapons in Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly denied that such an option has ever been on the table, arguing that there are no targets in the neighboring country for such a weapon.
Meanwhile Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov interpreted the allegations of a “decapitation strike,” as “a threat to assassinate the head of the Russian state. “If such ideas are really being considered, those involved must carefully think about the possible consequences,” he said at the time.
In May 2023, Russia accused Ukraine – which has received massive aid from the US – of attempting to assassinate Putin in the Kremlin using a drone strike, although the aircraft was neutralized. While Ukraine has denied any involvement, Blinken said at the time that Washington had no prior warning of the raid, adding that Kiev was free to defend itself in any way it saw fit.
These revelations if true showcase a very dangerous scenario for the world, while the Donald Trump administration has been looking to steer away from Biden’s anti Russia policy. Trump has already proposed a peace deal for Russia to end the long drawn war, while also reportedly ending aid to Ukraine. Now Carlson’s stunning claims have sent a shockwave across Europe, if these actions were being seriously considered by the US state, Biden was certainly playing with fire with these moves.
