Putin ‘most popular leader in the world’ – Tucker Carlson
The primary reason is that the Russian president puts his country’s interests first, according to the US journalist
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit on September 1, 2025 in Tianjin, China. © Getty Images/Suo Takekuma
Russian President Vladimir Putin is the most popular leader in the world, American journalist Tucker Carlson has claimed, in an interview with RTVI US.
Outside of Western Europe, Canada, and the “Anglo-sphere,” it is almost impossible to meet someone who doesn’t like Putin, Carlson told the network.
”He is the most popular leader in the world, by far,” Carlson said, noting that the primary reason for Putin’s global popularity is the fact that he has “put his own country’s interests above his own in a lot of ways.
In ways that Western leaders don’t.”
Asked if his perspective on Putin’s worldview had changed after an interview with him in February 2024, Carlson said that he was surprised to realize that the Russian president “actually likes the West.”
And that he probably likes it “way more than anyone who would potentially replace Putin.”
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In his interview with RTVI US, Carlson also suggested that the US, Western Europe, and most of the industrialized world, are “in a decline phase” while Russia is experiencing a “spiritual revival” and is proving to be a prosperous country with “a sense of self-worth and a sense of purpose.”
He further proposed that this was one of the reasons the West “hates it so much” and wants to destroy it.
Carlson told Germany’s Bild, in July, that while Putin had been doing a “great job for Russia,” Western leaders were failing their people.
“Your country is going down, Russia is going up. You should be mad at your own leaders. You are mad at Putin instead,” he told the outlet.
Carlson went on to suggest that German officials were attacking Putin and Russia to distract the public from domestic economic and migration issues.
https://www.rt.com/news/627032-putin-best-world-leader-carlson/
Madonna begs Pope Leo to visit Gaza 'before it’s too late'
Madonna has called on Pope Leo XIV to visit Gaza in order to "bring your light to the children before it's too late".
The US pop star, considered one of the most successful female solo acts of all time and who was born and raised as a Catholic, shared her plea on Instagram.
"Most Holy Father, please go to Gaza and bring your light to the children before it's too late. As a mother, I cannot bear to watch their suffering. The children of the world belong to everyone."
She added: "You are the only one of us who cannot be denied entry. We need the humanitarian gates to be fully opened to save these innocent children.
"There is no more time. Please say you will go. Love, Madonna."
Her comments come after an Italian Catholic priest who has been harshly critical of Israel’s war in Gaza was denied entry to Israel and placed on a flight from Tel Aviv to Greece, reports The Times of Israel.
Father Nandino Capovilla, 63, a priest in Marghera, near Venice, landed at Ben Gurion Airport on 11 August to take part in a “Pilgrimage of Justice” organised by the Catholic peace movement Pax Christi.
Capovilla was reportedly stopped at border control and eventually given a form to sign, which stated that he could not enter Israel for reasons related to security or public order.
Israel has faced mounting pressure over the humanitarian situation in Gaza, with experts last month warning that "the worst-case scenario of famine" was playing out in the conflict zone, the BBC reports.
It notes that Madonna's plea comes as the UK, EU, Australia, Canada and Japan issued a statement saying "famine is unfolding in front of our eyes", while the nations urged action to "reverse starvation".
Last week, the BBC notes, the UN's humanitarian agency said the amount of aid entering Gaza continued to be "far below the minimum required". The agency said it continued to experience impediments and delays as it tries to collect aid from Israeli-controlled border zones.
Israel has continued to deny that starvation is occurring in Gaza and has accused UN agencies of not collecting aid at the border crossing points and delivering it.
In July, Pope Leo said that he is following the humanitarian crisis in Gaza with “great concern” while also renewing his “heartfelt appeal for a ceasefire”.
The Pope described how the civilian population in Gaza is being “crushed by hunger and continues to be exposed to violence and death”.
In a subsequent comment to her original Instagram post calling on the Pope, Madonna said: "Politics Cannot affect Change. Only consciousness can. Therefore I am Reaching out to a Man of God."
She went on to say: "I am not pointing fingers, placing blame or taking sides. Everyone is suffering. Including the mothers of the hostages. I pray that they are released as well."
https://thecatholicherald.com/article/madonna-begs-pope-leo-to-visit-gaza-before-its-too-late
Pope Leo XIV gives British Crown perpetual honor and special chair at papal basilica
By Timothy Nerozzi October 17, 2025 12:29 pm
King Charles III and his wife, Queen Camilla, are preparing for a state visit to the Vatican next week that will bring the British Crown and Holy See closer than they have been since the 16th century.
Charles and Camilla will meet with Pope Leo XIV on Thursday as part of a state visit to Vatican City. The two world leaders will dialogue on two levels — as heads of sovereign states and supreme authorities within their respective religious institutions.
They will pray together in the Sistine Chapel alongside Catholic and Anglican clergy — the first such ecumenical service of its kind in over 500 years and a breakthrough that a Buckingham Palace spokesperson described as “historic.”
“It will mark a significant moment in relations between the Catholic Church and Church of England, of which His Majesty is Supreme Governor, recognising the ecumenical work they have undertaken and reflecting the Jubilee year’s theme of walking together as ‘Pilgrims of Hope,'” the spokesperson said of the trip.
“It marks a historic moment in the journey of reconciliation between our Churches,” said Archbishop Flavio Pace, the secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity at the Vatican. “It celebrates how far we’ve come-and offers hope for the future.”
Pope Leo XIV will also be dusting off a long-dormant place of honor for the British royal within the diocese of Rome, though modified and qualified to reflect his status as supreme governor of the schismatic Church of England.
Following his visit to the Sistine Chapel and meeting with Pope Leo XIV, Charles will be escorted to the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls — one of four major papal basilicas in Rome. It is the burial place of St. Paul, one of the founders of the Catholic Church alongside St. Peter.
The basilica is named for its extraterritorial status. It belongs to the Holy See but sits outside the ancient Aurelian Walls of Rome.
Papal basilicas have traditionally been associated with a royal patron. King Felipe VI of Spain is the protocanon of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, as were his predecessors. French President Emmanuel Macron is the honorary canon of the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, a role the presidency inherited from the French monarchy.
The Benedictine monastery attached to the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls once enjoyed patronage from the British Crown, dating back to seventh-century Saxon kings who provided funds to Rome for the upkeep of St. Peter’s and St. Paul’s tombs.
This relationship was ultimately shattered by the English Reformation.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/world/3854704/pope-leo-xiv-british-crown-perpetual-honor-special-chair-papal-basilica/
Fate of thousands of Ukrainian children kidnapped by Russia hangs in the balance of talks
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has repeatedly raised the abducted children as a top priority.
KYIV, Ukraine — Armed with machine guns, balaclava-clad Russian soldiers burst into 16-year-old Vladislav Rudenko’s home in the city of Kherson in southern Ukraine and gave him half an hour to gather some things.
“I was home alone. I packed my things in a panic,” the teenager told NBC News, describing the morning in October 2022, eight months after Russian forces captured the city, when he said the soldiers forced him to get into a car and drove away “in an unknown direction.”
It was the start of an eight-month nightmare as the teenager became part of a systematic effort by Russia to relocate and re-educate thousands of children from Ukraine, in some cases forcibly adopting them while sending others to military training camps.
At a meeting with President Donald Trump and several European leaders at the White House last month, Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy raised the issue of Ukraine’s "abducted children.” His comments came three days after Trump met with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in Alaska for talks on ending the war.
While little progress has been made toward a ceasefire since then, Mykola Kuleba, the founder of Save Ukraine, a leading nongovernmental organization supporting people trying to secure the return of their children from Russia, insisted world leaders’ “focus must remain on children, not just land.”
Kuleba, whose organization says it has rescued more than 750 children from Russia and Ukrainian territories occupied by its forces, says the push for their removal and re-education came from the highest levels of the Kremlin.
The International Criminal Court has accused Putin of the war crime of overseeing the unlawful abduction and deportation of children from Ukraine to Russia, and in March 2023 it issued a warrant for his arrest. The ICC has also accused Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova, Putin’s presidential commissioner for children’s rights, of committing similar crimes.
“They force these kids to be Russian, to be Russian soldiers,” Kuleba said in a telephone interview last month, adding: “The Russian regime has a clear intention to annihilate Ukrainian identity.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/ukraine/fate-thousands-ukrainian-children-kidnapped-russia-hangs-balance-talks-rcna225074
Melania Trump says she's working with Putin on reuniting abducted Ukrainian children
Oct. 10, 2025
Ukraine's leader has estimated that more than200,000 Ukrainian children have been deported to Russiaor territories it controls since the war began more than three years ago.
WASHINGTON — First lady Melania Trump said Friday that she has been working with Russian President Vladimir Putin on reuniting Ukrainian children who were believed to be kidnapped into Russia during the war.
Speaking from the White House, she referred to a letter sent to Putin in August regarding children affected by the war, and said that he wrote back "signaling a willingness to engage with me directly."
“President Putin and I have had an open channel of communication regarding the welfare of these children," the first lady said. "For the past three months, both sides have participated in several back-channel meetings and calls, all in good faith. My representative has been working directly with President Putin’s team to ensure the safe reunification of children with their families between Russia and Ukraine."
Trump said that in the last 24 hours, eight children were reunified with their families.
“Three were separated from their parents and displaced to the Russian Federation because of front-line fighting," she said. "The other five were separated from family members across borders because of the conflict, including one young girl who has now been reunited from Ukraine to Russia.”
She said that she has also raised concerns about Ukrainians who were minors at the time they were displaced during the conflict, but have since become adults while living in Russia. "Given the dangers of traversing this war-torn region, their safe return requires coordinated assistance," she said. "Accordingly, Russia has agreed to rejoin the individuals who have turned 18 within a short period of time. Again, this remains an ongoing effort. Plans are already underway to reunify more children in the immediate future."
NBC News reached out to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's office for comment.
Russia has taken thousands of Ukrainian children since it invaded Ukraine and started the war in February 2022. Zelenskyy has brought the issue to the attention of Trump administration officials and President Donald Trump himself.
Zelenskyy estimated in June that more than 200,000 Ukrainian children have been deported to Russia or territories it controls since the war began more than three years ago. Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s children’s rights commissioner, has estimated that around700,000 children have been displaced since Russia's 2014 invasion of Crimea.
Research recently published by the Yale School of Public Health Humanitarian Research Lab said that Ukrainian children have been taken to more than 200 facilities across Russia, where they are given "re-education" courses focused on Russian patriotism or forced to participate in military training.
The first lady hasn't had as much of a public-facing role as in her husband's first term, and it's unusual for first ladies to get involved in foreign affairs. But when it comes to foreign policy, her spokesman Nicholas Clemens told NBC News: “The First Lady’s impact on her husband’s decision-making process is unparalleled. She possesses an unmatched level of influence compared to any adviser or cabinet member. Mrs. Trump can discreetly influence policy in a manner that is rarely observed by the public due to her singular position.”
Last month, she met with Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly after Trump had hand-delivered his wife's letter about children to Putin. A few days later, Zelenskyy brought a letter from his wife for Trump to deliver to Melania Trump, thanking her for writing to Putin.
Melania Trump and Zelenska discussed the plight of children affected by the war in Ukraine, after the American first lady launched an initiative focused on working with spouses of heads of state on the well-being of young people around the world, Zelenskyy said.
Melania Trump was “pleased” to meet with Zelenska, according to a spokesman for the first lady, and appreciates that “they have a shared vision — advancing the development of children.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/melania-trump-says-working-putin-reuniting-abducted-ukrainian-children-rcna236896
Jan 14, 2018 2:49:27 PM EST#537
Q !UW.yye1fxo ID: 000000 No. 22
TRUST SESSIONS.
TG departure [HEC].
NOT to testify.
NOT needed to testify.
Think logically.
NO NEED to step down if needed to TESTIFY.
DO NOT chase MISINFO.
What ROLE might TG be walking into?
Who can WE TRUST?
RATS everywhere.
EVIL everywhere.
TRAITORS everywhere.
NO SUCH AGENCY - VITAL.
RAW INTEL - VITAL.
US MIL - VITAL.
SAFE COMMS - VITAL.
YOU, THE PEOPLE - VITAL.
Boards changed due to statements re: private comms - FALSE.
Boards changed due to failure to IDEN accurately.
Boards changed due to MISINFO.
Targeted approach to direct flow of info created.
MESSAGE - VITAL.
CONTROL of MESSAGE - VITAL.
DELIVERY / RECEIPT of MESSAGE - VITAL.
MAJOR players here to distract, create doubt, and alter the direction.
SC: MISINFO everywhere.
SC: MISINFO from past reliable sources.
SC: AXIS OF EVIL can & will return FIRE [is].
SC: Seek immediate [F9-Sx_VB8239].
SC: CONF_y
Q
Jan 19, 2018 12:04:38 AM EST#553
Q !UW.yye1fxo ID: 000000 No. 37
TheTELL.
How can we listen in, track, and monitor American citizens [bad actors]?
[We hear you].
[We see you].
What must we LEGALLY demonstrate in order to gain such warrants?
FISA?
Do we TRUST theFISAjudges?
MIL INTEL?
State Secrets?
Why is this relevant?
Who can we TRUST?
Expand your thinking.
Q
Apr 15, 2018 8:56:54 PM EDT#1153
Q !xowAT4Z3VQ ID: 531a51 No. 1057159
Apr 15, 2018 8:38:40 PM EDT
Anonymous ID: eded94 No. 1056766
>>1056554
>SS/LL deal drop(s) w/ orig timestamp(s).
Q is "SS" correct or a typo? please clarify
>>1056766
Typo.
SC = Supreme Court.
Q
Melania ‘likes’ Putin – Trump30 Jul, 2025
The US president has recently threatened Russia with sanctions over the Ukraine conflict
US First Lady Melania Trump “likes” Russian President Vladimir Putin, but is disappointed over the continuation of the Ukraine conflict, President Donald Trump has said. Moscow is willing to negotiate but has maintained that any talks must address the root causes of the conflict.
Since assuming office this year, Trump has said he respects both Russia and Putin and wants to find a diplomatic solution to the conflict. In recent weeks, however, he has increasingly expressed frustration over a lack of progress in the peace process and has threatened Moscow with more sanctions.
In Tuesday’s episode of Pod Force One, the US president said: “We know Putin and she [Melania] likes him,” adding that he “got along with him very well.”
However, Trump noted that shortly after his recent conversation with the Russian president, Melania had commented it was “too bad they just bombed Kiev.”
On Tuesday, Trump cut his 50-day deadline for Moscow and Kiev to reach a peace deal to just 10 days, warning of sweeping sanctions targeting Russia's trading partners if no agreement is reached. Russian officials have rejected the US president's ultimatums.
Kremlin responds to Trump’s Ukraine deadline change READ MORE: Kremlin responds to Trump’s Ukraine deadline change
Earlier this month, The Times published a report suggesting that Melania Trump’s role in shaping her husband’s decisions could be underestimated. While Trump has insisted that his wife simply wants to see an end to the bloodshed, the outlet pointed to her influence as a possible factor behind his shifting stance on the Ukraine conflict.
Melania, 55, was born in Soviet-era Slovenia – now a staunch supporter of Kiev, the outlet pointed out, adding that her deep interest in the conflict reflects that background.
US lawmaker Don Bacon echoed that view in an interview this month, saying the first lady could deserve credit for Trump’s apparent turn against Russia.
“His position on Ukraine has clearly evolved,” Bacon said, noting that he wouldn’t be surprised if Melania played a “quiet but important part in that.”
https://www.rt.com/news/622247-melania-trump-likes-putin-trump/
Oct 31, 2017 11:00:47 PM EDT Q DROP #15
Anonymous ID: grTMpzrL No. 147434025
There are more good people than bad.
The wizards and warlocks (inside term) will not allow another Satanic Evil POS control our country.
Realize Soros, Clintons, Obama, PUTIN, etc.are all controlled by 3 families (the 4th was removed post Trump's victory).
11.3 - Podesta indicted
11.6 - Huma indicted
Manafort was placed into Trump's camp (as well as others). The corruption that will come out is so serious that deals must be cut for people to walk away otherwise 70% of elected politicians would be in jail (you are seeing it already begin).
A deep cleaning is occurring and the prevention and defense of pure evil is occurring on a daily basis. They never thought they were going to lose control of the Presidency (not just D's) and thought they had control since making past mistakes (JFK, Reagan).
Good speed, Patriots.
PS, Soros is targeted.
THEORIES ABOUND
Is it a Coincidence to Anon's that Melania' attire on Inauguration day when POTUS DID NOT have his hand on the Bible matches Q drop #28?
Why the Optics?
Is Melania trying to send a signal?
Is Melania a Russian Spy?
Is Melania trapped?
Is Melania trying to show PUTIN, XI and the Vatican that Patriots "know"?
Is Melania trying to warn PUTIN, XI and the Vatican that Patriots "know" so as to Frighten [them]?
Who chose Melania' attire the day of the Inauguration?
Why the Optics?
What else happened that day?
Trump did not have his hand on the Bible?
Trump did not have his hand on the Bible on Inauguration day?
Trump did not have his hand on the Bible on Inauguration day in front of the whole world?
Why the Optics?
Is Trump trying to send a signal and if so, to whom?
What Signal is Trump trying to send by not putting his hand on the Bible for all the world to see and to whom is Trump sending this signal to if not to the whole world who saw it that day?
Could this Message and these Signals in fact be for everyone?
Were these most obvious OPTICS discussed in depth on QRESEARCH or was it deleted and ignored repeatedly and still to this very day Ignored and Deleted on sight?
Notes? Digs? Memes?
Reconcile