re: More people have watched the Tucker/Putin interview than the Super Bowl

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He likely bombed and killed hundreds of his own citizens and blamed it on chechnya in order to ascend to power. Forgive me for not being overwhelmed by his dizzying intellect (that interview was boring as frick, also)

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He's a product of Eastern Europe, and more importantly, the former KGB: astute, calculating, cold, brutal. You cannot ascribe your set of values to him. He is a killer, yes. Anyone who rises to his level in that part of the world is necessarily so. (See Xi Jinping, another political animal, for additional context on mindsets forged in the harsh reality of privation.)

His contextualization of current events in sweeping historical narratives is very Russian (as in Eastern European, not the former U.S.S.R.). Smart people are hearing what is unspoken in the subtext of his historical accounts without buying into the obvious propaganda value for him.

While your decidedly American sensibilities may not appreciate his lack of desire to entertain, this entire interview is fascinating, with a reach that would not have been possible had Elon Musk not purchased Twitter.

Perhaps Stephen Colbert is more your speed.