u.s. embracing autocrats and in an unprecedented way. the fox propaganda network even defendlinging putin this week. listen. it s crazy. so at this point, nato exists primarily to torment vladimir putin who whatever his many faults, has no intention of invading western europe. vladimir putin does not want belgium. he just wants to keep his western borders secure. i mean, this would have been unimaginable ten or i mean even five years ago. how troubling is this sympathy on the american right with authoritarians like putin and hungary s viktor orban? it s stunning and startling. so let s remember, unpack what what what was just said. um, putin is not planning to invade western europe. in other words, what tucker carlson seems to be saying is that it s okay if he has designs on eastern europe. now, for the last 25 years,