>> Tucker: GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT." FOR FIVE FULL YEARS, THE CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT INTO HIS TERM IN THE WHITE HOUSE, DONALD TRUMP SAID OFTEN THAT HE WANTED AMERICAN TROOPS TO LEAVE AFGHANISTAN. FINALLY COMING IN HIS LAST MONTHS IN OFFICE, TRUMP SEEMED TO ACT ON THIS PURITY TOLD AIDES HE WOULD PULL THE TROOPS OUT. THEN ON JUNE 26TH OF LAST YEAR "THE NEW YORK TIMES" STOPPED HIM FROM DOING THAT. THE TIMES WROTE A STORY SAYING THE INTEL COMMUNITY HAD "CONCLUDED THAT THE RUSSIAN MILITARY INTELLIGENCE UNIT SECRETLY OFFERED BOUNTIES TO TALIBAN LINKED MILITANTS FOR KILLING COALITION FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN." VLADIMIR PUTIN WAS MURDERING AMERICAN SOLDIERS. OBVIOUSLY, THERE WAS NO LEAVING AFGHANISTAN NOW. AND ANYONE SUGGESTING LEAVING AFGHANISTAN WOULD BOW TO VLADIMIR PUTIN. AS A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE, AMERICAN TROOPS HAD TO STAY IN AFGHANISTAN. AND THEY DID STAY PEER THEY ARE STILL THERE TODAY. OFFICIAL WASHINGTON WENT BERSERK OVER "THE NEW YORK TIMES" STORY. THOUGH THE PIECE CONTAINS NO ACTUAL FACTS, CNN SENIOR INTELLIGENCE CORRESPONDENT DECLARED IT RICHLY REPORTED. A RICH TAPESTRY OF REPORTING. AND THE REST ARE THERE AGREED WITH THIS. THE TIMES STORY WAS INDEPENDENTLY CONFIRMED BY MANY OTHER OUTLETS NO ONE EXPLAIN HOW INDEPENDENTLY CONFIRMED. BUT THEY DIDN'T NEED TO BECAUSE IT WAS DEFINITELY TRUE. WE KNEW THAT. THE STORY WAS REAL. THE ONLY QUESTION WAS, WHY HADN'T DONALD TRUMP ATTACKED RUSSIA IN RETALIATION FOR THE KILLING OF U.S. SOLDIERS? THE WHITE HOUSE YET TO AUTHORIZE ANY STEPS IN RESPONSE TO THIS GRAVELY NOTED APPEARED SUDDENLY IT WAS CLEAR WHO DONALD TRUMP WAS REALLY WORKING FOR. >> WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE REAL THREAT TO U.S. TROOPS AND THE RISK THAT RUSSIA IS PUTTING A BOUNTY ON THEIR HEADS, NO MATTER WHAT MEMOS MAY HAVE BEEN IGNORED. WHAT IS THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER HERE? WHERE DO WE HAVE TO FOCUS? >> TO SAY NOTHING ABOUT PUTTING BOUNTIES ON AMERICAN TROOPS. >> IT IS UNBELIEVABLE, JOANNE. HE IS YET TO SAY ANYTHING AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ABOUT BOUNTIES ON AMERICAN TROOPS. >> WE HAVE A PRESIDENT THE FOURTH YEAR AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT INTEL IS? IT IS ALL LEADS UNTIL THE EXPLOSION UNTIL THE BOMBS GO OFF IN THE ATTACKS HAPPEN. THIS IS SOMETHING REALLY, REALLY SCARY ABOUT HIS FUNDAMENTAL LACK OF UNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHAT THE INTELLIGENCE PRODUCT IS AND DOES. >> Tucker: HOW BAD IS IT? DONALD TRUMP DOESN'T EVEN BELIEVE HIS OWN INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES. THAT IS THE LADY WHO USED TO FLECK JIM BUSH AND HIGHLY UPSET. THAT IS REALLY SCARY, SHE SAID. "THE WASHINGTON POST" THOUGHT SO. THE POST FACT-CHECKED OR GAVE THE PRESIDENT FOUR PINOCCHIO'S AND THAT IS BAD FOR THE TIME OF NOT BELIEVING BLIND QUOTES IN "THE NEW YORK TIMES." THE PREDICTABLE RAGE AVALANCHE FOLLOWED "THE DAILY BEAST" AND DECLARED IT A SCANDAL. AND THEN ADAM SCHIFF, THE RANKING MEMBER THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE REMINDED THIS COUNTRY THAT UNNAMED SOURCES AND LEFT-WING NEWSPAPERS ARE THE "GOLD STANDARD" FOR WHAT IS TRUE. >> HE IS INVITING VLADIMIR PUTIN TO WASHINGTON ALL THE WHILE THES THIS CREDIBLE ALLOCATION OF RUSSIANS PUTTING A BOUNTY ON AMERICAN HEADS. THAT TO ME IS DESPICABLE. >> THIS IS NOT A HOAX. THE FACT THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY IS STILL LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE DOESN'T MAKE IT A HOAX. >> AMERICANS ARE OUTRAGED ABOUT WHAT RUSSIA MAY BE DOING. THE ONE PERSON WHO ISN'T OUTRAGED IS DONALD TRUMP. IT DOESN'T END UP IN THE PRESIDENTIAL DAILY BRIEF IF IT IS A HOAX. THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY DOES NOT ONLY PUT FOLKS IN THE DAILY BRIEF BUT RATHER IT IS THE GOLD STANDARD. >> Tucker: SO IT DOESN'T WIND UP IN THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF, IT IS A HOAX, OBVIOUSLY. IT'S NOT LIKE WE INVADED IRAQ OR ANYTHING. WE WISH WE COULD TELL YOU IT WAS JUST DEMOCRATS GETTING HYSTERICAL BUT LYING IN THE CONSERVATIVES ARE UNFORTUNATELY BIPARTISAN. THEN STAFF COME AT THE TOUGH GUY REPUBLICAN REPRESENTS A STATE OF NEBRASKA AND SAID HE WANTS TO SEE THOSE DASTARDLY INTELLIGENT AGENTS "IN BODY BAGS" KILL THEM, KILL THEM ALL! LIZ CHENEY OF WYOMING BY ANY MEASURE TWICE THE MAN BEN SASSE DEMANDED TO KNOW WHAT THE PRESIDENT KNEW AND WHEN HE KNEW IT. WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN RESPONSE TO PROTECT OUR FORCES AND HOLD VLADIMIR PUTIN ACCOUNTABLE, LIZ CHENEY ASKED. THE CABLE NEWS CHANNEL TURNED IT UP TO 11. THE HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE HELD HEARINGS ON IT. "THE NEW YORK TIMES" STORY DIDN'T SIMPLY BECAUSE POLITICAL PROBLEMS FOR DONALD TRUMP, THOUGH IT DID COMMIT CHANGE THE FOREIGN POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. THERE IS PROFESSIONAL WINDBAG SETH WHO GOT ELECTED TO THE CONGRESSMAN OF MASSACHUSETTS TELLING YOU HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS. >> NOW WE LEARNED THAT HE WAS MAKING THIS DEAL AT THE SAME TIME THERE WERE BOUNTIES ON THE HEADS OF AMERICAN TROOPS. AMERICANS SONS AND DAUGHTERS. WE CLEARLY NEED MORE OVERSIGHT OVER WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS DOING IN AFGHANISTAN. >> Tucker: SETH MOULTON SPEAK SLOWLY BECAUSE HE THINKS SLOWLY. BUT HE'S CLEAR ON ONE THING, WE NEED MORE OVERSIGHT OVER AFGHANISTAN. AND THE CONGRESSMAN GOT IT. JUST DAYS AFTER "THE NEW YORK TIMES" STORY BOTH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ON THE HEALTH SERVICES COMMITTEE VOTED OVERWHELMINGLY TO AMEND THE ANNUAL DEFENSE BUDGET. THEY DID THIS TO PREVENT THE PRESIDENT, ANY PRESIDENT FROM PULLING TROOPS OUT OF AFGHANISTAN. THAT IS THE ONE THING THE PRESIDENTS ARE ALLOWED TO DO. THAT AMENDMENT SPONSORED BY JASON WHO IS A DEMOCRAT AND BY LIZ CHENEY WHO IS A REPUBLICAN. AND IT PASSED THE COMMITTEE BY A VOTE OF 45-11. IT BECAME LAW LATER IN THE YEAR. AFTER THE SENATE OVERRODE DONALD TRUMP'S VETO. IT SEEMS TO RECALL THE ONLY VETO THEY OVERRODE. SO A NEW STORY WITH A SWIFTER OR MORE PROFOUND EFFECT ON THIS ONE DID. BY NOW, YOU HAVE GUESSED THE PUNCH LINE. IT WAS FAKE. "THE NEW YORK TIMES" WAS A LIE. IT WAS PLACED IN THE PAPER BY NEOCONS TO SUBVERT THE DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM AND IT DID APPEAR TO ONCE AGAIN IMPOSE THEIR WILL ON THE COUNTRY. THE REPUBLICANS DON'T WANT TO STAY IN AFGHANISTAN FOR 20 YEARS, THEY DID AND GOT THEIR WAY BECAUSE THEY LIED. THE SO-CALLED INTEL COMMUNITY IS ADMITTING THIS, THEY ADMIT THE STORY WAS NOT TRUE AND DOING IT FOR A SPECIFIC REASON. JOE BIDEN DECIDED HE WANTS OUT OF AFGHANISTAN, BUT BEFORE WE CAN WITHDRAW THE TROOPS, WE NEED NEW FACTS. YOU HAVE TO FIX THE STORY OR YOU CAN'T PULL THE TROOPS OUT AND THE CIA IS HAPPY TO OBLIGE. NONE OF IT IS REAL. THEY CAN SAY THAT NOW. BUT WHAT WE CAN'T DO WITH STOP ATTACKING RUSSIA. SO MAYBE RUSSIA DIDN'T ACTUALLY PUT BOUNTIES ON OUR TROOPS, BUT RUSSIA IS STILL VERY BAD. RUSSIA, NOT CHINA, IS OUR CHIEF ENEMY. ADAM SCHIFF HOPEFULLY REMINDED US OF THAT YESTERDAY. >> THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY SAYS THEY ONLY HAVE LOW TO MODERATE CONFIDENCE THAT IT IS AN ACCURATE STORY. SO IT LOOKS AS THOUGH IN THIS CASE, TRUMP MIGHT HAVE HAD THE RIGHT RESPONSE, DON'T YOU SAY? >> WELL, I DON'T THINK TRUMP HAD THE RIGHT RESPONSE AND HE DIDN'T CONFRONT THE RUSSIANS ON THIS. HE DIDN'T APPEAR TO TAKE THE ISSUE VERY SERIOUSLY. YOU KNOW, IT IS MY SINCE THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY BELIEVES THAT THE RUSSIANS DID ENGAGE IN THIS CONDUCT BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE REQUISITE LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE AND THAT CONCLUSION TO GO FORWARD WITH SANCTIONS DO MUCH SANCTIONS ON THAT BASIS. >> Tucker: SO DONALD TRUMP DIDN'T TAKE THE HOAX SERIOUSLY ENOUGH AND THAT IS A SIGN OF BAD CHARACTER. WE DON'T KNOW THE RUSSIANS DID ANYTHING WRONG, BUT WE MUST COME FROM RUSSIA OVER WHAT WE DON'T KNOW THEY DID ANYWAY. SO ATTACK RUSSIA EVERY DAY. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHY WE ARE DOING IT, THEY WILL KNOW PEER THAT IS OUR NEW POSITION. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION YESTERDAY DECLARED A NATIONAL EMERGENCY FOR NO OBVIOUS REASON. JOE BIDEN ANNOUNCED THAT RUSSIA HAD SOMEHOW TAKEN MALIGNED ACTIONS AGAINST U.S. INTERESTS. WATCH. >> TODAY, IN STEPS INCLUDING SEVERAL RUSSIAN OFFICIALS AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THEIR ACTIONS. I HAVE ALSO SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER AUTHORIZING NEW MEASURES WITH SANCTIONS TO ADDRESS HARMFUL ACTIVITIES FOR THE RUSSIANS TAKEN AGAINST INTERESTS. I WAS CLEAR THAT WE COULD NOT HAVE GONE FURTHER. BUT I CHOSE NOT TO DO SO. I CHOSE TO BE PROPORTIONATE. IF RUSSIA CONTINUES TO INTERFERE WITH DEMOCRACY I AM PREPARED TO TAKE FURTHER ACTIONS TO RESPOND. >> Tucker: SAY THAT TAPE FOR THE FUTURE WHEN YOU WANT A REMINDER OF JUST HOW INSANE THINGS GOT IN THE YEAR 2021. THAT WASN'T POSTURING. THAT WASN'T THEY WERE BAD. THOSE ARE ACTIONS AGAINST A SOVEREIGN NATION FOR EMPOWER WITH EXPELLING DIPLOMATS, DESTROYING THEIR ECONOMY AND THREATENING TO BACK THEIR ENEMIES IN A WAR, A REAL WORK TOO COME NOT A WAR OF WORDS BUT WHERE PEOPLE GET KILLED. WE ARE DOING ALL OF THOSE THINGS. BUT THE QUESTION IS WHY ARE WE DOING THAT? THAT IS THE PART NOBODY EXPLAINS. THEY DON'T NEED TO BECAUSE VLADIMIR PUTIN IS SO UNBELIEVABLY HISTORICALLY MONSTROUSLY EVIL, YOU DON'T NEED A JUSTIFICATION TO GO A WAR AGAINST HIM. A MAN THAT BAD SHOULD BE PUNISHED JUST FOR EXISTING WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS, IF NECESSARY. HERE IS JOE BIDEN EXPLAIN TO VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS NO SOUL. >> HE SAID YOU KNOW HE DOESN'T HAVE A SOUL. >> I DID SAY THAT TO HIM, I SAID AND HIS RESPONSES WE UNDERSTAND ONE ANOTHER. THAT IS HOW IT CAME ABOUT. WHEN PRESIDENT BUSH SAID I LOOKED IN HIS EYES AND SAW HIS SOUL. I SAID, I LOOKED IN HIS EYES AND I DON'T THINK HE HAD A SOUL. AND HE LOOKED BACK AND SAID WE UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER. >> SO VLADIMIR PUTIN, YOU THINK HE IS A KILLER? >> I DO. >> THAT IS TAKING FORM, CORN POP TO A NEW LEVEL. YOU DON'T HAVE A SOUL, DAEMON, HUMAN GARGOYLE. THIS IS A HEAD OF STATE. WHO HAS OVER A THOUSAND NUCLEAR WEAPONS AIMED AT US. WHY DOES OUR PRESIDENT TALK ABOUT RUSH OF THIS WAY? WELL, IT IS OBVIOUS. CLEARLY WE
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