The Lavrov interview is Carlson’s second with a top Russian official this year. In February, Carlson went to Moscow for what was widely panned as a softball Kremlin-friendly sit-down with President Vladimir Putin.
Carlson said he spoke to Lavrov to shed light on the “Russian perspective” on the ongoing war with Ukraine. Russia has waged a full-scale invasion of Ukraine since February 2022.
Carlson blasted the Biden administration’s handling of the war, claiming it “has driven the U.S. ever-closer to a nuclear conflict with Russia,” repeating a Kremlin talking-point.
“We are, unbeknownst to most Americans, in a hot war with Russia,” Carlson said. He criticized outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden over his recent decision to allow Ukraine to use American-made weapons to strike Russian territory, arguing it put the U.S. “closer to nuclear war than any time in history.”
Carlson also teased topics from the upcoming interview, including what the U.S. election of Donald Trump could mean for the future of the war, without elaborating on what Lavrov said on the matter. Trump has previously claimed he would end the war “in 24 hours.”
