bedfellows between russian state media and its apparatus and trump s faction of the gop because for years fox news personalities have actually echoed kremlin talking points and russian media offered trump this glowing coverage. how has that dynamic evolved during putin s war in ukraine as russia escalates its barbaric tactics. thank you for having me, ayman. i don t want to watch fox news but i m forced to watch fox news because not a day goes by without clips of tucker carlson being showcased by the russian state television and the state prop began diss have actually remarked that it is unfortunate they are lost rt, which has been canceled by many of our cable network providers, but they are also adding at least we still have tucker. putin values unity for his society and for his nation, but
for us he wants the opposite. and those divisions are being amplified by tucker s coverage, who was actually choosing to side with putin and inviting guests that are claiming that russia is winning the war in ukraine, that russia is winning in terms of our sanctions that we re imposing and those comments go like hot takes on russian state television. they re constantly broadcasting them. and tucker is doing rt s work for them. julia, how strong is russia s internal disinformation campaign? we know they put strict requirements on what can be reported back to russia. this week two incredulously shared poll results from a russian polling firm that showed putin s approval has actually increased to 83%, up from 69% in january. is russian state media here behind this surge in popularity
if you followed american politics over the last few years, you have seen one of the greatest love stories of our time. the devotion that is between russian state media that it has for the trump wing of the gop. but this love fest has actually taken an even darker turn in recent weeks. russian state media has amplified talking points from the likes of tucker carlson who defended putin s brutal invasion of ukraine. this week a russian host called on americans to remove president biden and reinstall their quote, unquote partner, donald trump. joining me now is the founding partner and washington correspondent for puck. and julia davis, a columnist for the daily beast. great to have both of you with us. let s start by discussing this not so strange relationship of