Is there a threat to Lithuanians as well?
One Lithuanian on the website 77.lt shared by controversial political commentator T. Carlson’s post from the social network “X” (formerly Twitter).
“US journalist Tucker Carlson claims that he has confirmations about US Defense Secretary L. Austin’s open threats to members of Congress.
L. Austin threatens to send the children and relatives of members of Congress to the war with Russia if Congress does not approve support for Ukraine. Give, so to speak babkes oligarchs or we will kill your children.
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PS It is very possible that the citizens of the Republic of Lithuania will also receive such threats, who do not want to pay the additional defense taxes requested by G. Landsbergis. Or those who will not know who owns Crimea,” she wrote.
In the same text shared and one Facebook user.
Taken out of context
Former Fox TV reporter Tucker Carlson shared on his X account this postin which he actually said that L. Austin threatened to send Americans to fight in Ukraine during the speech.
“Joe Biden’s administration openly threatens Americans about Ukraine. In a secret meeting in the House yesterday, Defense Secretary L. Austin informed members that if they did not give more money to Zelensky, “we will send your uncles, cousins and sons to fight Russia.”
Pay the oligarchs or we will kill your children,” he wrote.
The owner of X himself, Elon Musk, was interested in these statements, who asked under the post: “He really said that?”
T.Carlson answered the question by quoting what was published on the portal “The Messenger”. article.
Defense Secretary L. Austin warned Congress on Tuesday that if lawmakers fail to approve more aid to Ukraine, it is “very likely” that it will lead to US troops being deployed in Europe and defending NATO allies in other countries that Russia may target later. written in the text.
Other thoughts are cited below in the article, but with more context. T.Carlson did not share these statements.
“If (Vladimir) Putin takes Ukraine, he’ll get Moldova, Sakartvel, then maybe the Baltic states,” warned House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul.
“And then the idea that we would have to deploy troops, in the words of Secretary L. Austin, was very likely,” said McCaul, a Texas Republican. “This is exactly what we are trying to avoid,” the article reads.
The administration of US President J. Biden has repeatedly expressed the need to continue supporting Ukraine in defense against Russia.
Reuters/Scanpix photo/Volodymyr Zelenskyi and Joe Biden
The president himself has said that he will not send troops to fight in Ukraine, because it is not a member of NATO. But he used to assuredthat, “if V. Putin attacks a NATO ally, we will defend every centimeter of NATO, as the treaty requires.”
Knowing this context, it becomes clearer what L. Austin was talking about when he mentioned the intervention of US troops in the conflict with Russia.
A former colleague answered
His former colleague from Fox, Jennifer Griffin, was quick to react to T.Carlson’s post on the “X” platform. She rejected the journalist’s baseless accusations, citing two unnamed sources.
“According to two sources who participated in the briefings, this description of L. Austin’s remarks is 100% correct. Does not match reality.
L. Austin warned that the statement that V. Putin will not stop at Ukraine is not hyperbole. If it enters NATO territory, US troops may be called into the fray; it’s cheaper to finance Ukraine now,” she wrote.
This journalist not the first time in public criticized the statements of his colleagues, including T.Carlson’s.
The former Fox News host and conservative political commentator has repeatedly published various lies about the war in Ukraine, vaccinations against COVID-19 and other topics.
15min verdict: missing context. US Defense Secretary L. Austin did indeed talk about possible intervention in the war with Russia, but he talked about the case if Russia attacks one of the NATO allies.
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2024-08-08 00:40:58