Shortly after taking office in 1999, Russian President Vladimir Putin told Tucker Carlson that he had suggested to then-US President Bill Clinton that Russia join NATO. Putin said that although Clinton expressed interest at first, she eventually rejected the proposal after discussing it with his government.
“At a meeting here in the Kremlin with the outgoing President Bill Clinton, right here in the next room, I said to him, I asked him, ‘Bill, do you think if Russia asked to join NATO, do you think it would happen?’” Putin stated at a speech at the presidential residence in Russia. “Suddenly he said, you know, ‘I’ve talked to my team. No, no, it’s not possible now.’ You can ask him. I think he will watch our interview. He’ll confirm it. I wouldn’t have said anything like that if it hadn’t happened.”
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When questioned about the sincerity of his request to join the alliance, Putin responded, “if he had said yes, the process of rapprochement would have commenced.”
Putin hinted in the interview that the September 2022 attack of the Nord Stream pipeline was carried out by the US. In the midst of Europe’s energy problems brought on by sanctions against Russia, the pipeline—which is essential for the transfer of natural gas between Germany and Russia—was inexplicably destroyed.
“Did you have evidence that NATO or CIA did it?” Carlson asked. “You know, I won’t get into details, but people always say in such cases, look for someone who is interested. But in this case, we should not only look for someone who is interested, but also for someone who has capabilities, because there may be many people interested but not all of them are capable of sinking to the bottom of the Baltic Sea and carrying out this explosion. These two components should be connected,” Putin answered.
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