Just based off some clips a few things come to mind. Tucker, alt right conservatives and some tankies have spent much of the decade casting Putin as a Christian leader solely concerned about US expansionism near Russia. The reality is that his worldview is entirely shaped by the collapse of the Soviet Union and the utter victory of American hegemony, militarily as well as culturally.
Putin is not Orban. He’s not focused on telling American conservatives what they want to hear about abortion, family, culture wars etc. Putin wants to talk about conquest, reclaiming empire, and winning battles that ended decades or even centuries ago. He couldn’t care less about trannies or gay shyt. I’d imagine nothing disgusted him more than Top Gun: Maverick. Back to cultural hegemony. What he deems as American military propaganda, dominating global box offices while making us the good guys again. That shyt probably made him sick.
Tucker was actually doing well in some clips I saw in terms of pressing Putin. Seems clear he surprised and made Putin angry at times. But like I said the flaw on dlsplay is Tucker thinking the image he’s created for Putin is real. He gave him many chances to blame Ukraine on NATO and what happened. Putin claimed Ukraine has always been Russia. Just as the entire region belongs to Russia in his mind, including Poland.