I think I covered all of this in earlier posts, wherein I said, that the Ruskies would convert Chernobyl in to a Disneyworld type attraction and someone corrected me to point out that Chernobyl was actually in Ukraine not Russia. Whereby I acknowledged that correction but added in "that that was subject to change." Subject to change indeed.
I don't know, you'd have to ask Tucker what he supports. All I'm doing is pointing out that you conveniently did not post both pieces because it served your narrative. Just like you accuse others of doing.
"Just a joke bro" has become the defacto defense of neo-fascists when called out. If Cucker walked back his comments it was on Management's orders. "It's just a joke" I'm carrying water for Orban by flying out there and singing his praises . "It's just a joke", I'm minimizing the coup attempt of Jan 6. Trump was "just joking" when he mentioned he wanted to stay in power indefinitely during his presidency. And on and on
I think you could count his spy honcho amongst those who have lost their love for Putin. Quite a few veteran Putin watchers were taken aback by Putin's ragging out in public with the spy chief and thought that Putin was displaying some new lows and an even more than his usual paranoia.