These douchebags don't have any empathy nor principles. "Who benefits me most" is not a principle. Basically he is witnessing a rape of someone and he's saying "what's wrong with rooting for the rapist?".
Kremlin TV Worries Tucker Carlson’s Pro-Putin Bias Has Gone Too Far KEEP IT PLAUSIBLE Top Russian state propagandists are concerned that no one will take the Fox News host seriously any more. https://www.thedailybeast.com/tucker-carlsons-pro-putin-bias-has-gone-too-far-kremlin-tv-says