Tucker Carlson mocked for fawning video praising Russia's 'cheap and fresh' groceries without mentioning...
.... how average salary is a SIXTH of US income
Tucker Carlson has been mocked over a fawning video praising Moscow's 'cheap and fresh' groceries - while overlooking the much lower wages in Russia.
The former Fox News firebrand wheeled a grocery cart around a Russian superstore while marveling at the stock as he continued his Putin PR tour.
At one point Tucker, 54, exclaims, 'Look at that!' while sniffing a loaf of bread as jovial music plays. But the soundtrack turns somber as Tucker reaches the checkout and notices the equivalent $400 price-tag for a weeks-worth of groceries for him and his team.
He says the revelation moved him from feeling 'amused to legitimately angry' that his home country apparently charges much more for basics like food.
The video drew widespread ridicule from people online, as many pointed out the disparity between the average wage in Russia - which is the equivalent of $9072 - or 6.5 times less than the average US salary of $59,428.
Many joked he was working for free as a one-man 'tourism marketing team' for Vladimir Putin's country.
'Tucker says groceries in Russia cost about 1/4th of what they cost in America,' one person wrote on X.
'What he doesn't mention is the average Russian salary is 1/5th the average US salary.'
Even his fans were disparaging. 'I love Tucker but this $104 charge for groceries is misleading if you look at the average salary for a Russian citizen is about $14,771 according to Google,' one supporter said.
'Tucker should also have to live for a month on an average Russian salary, in an average Russian apartment, and see how his grocery budget looks then,' scoffed one X user.
'I love Tucker but he did not disclose the fact that the average annual income of a Russian family of four is equivalent to $15K USD.
'To Americans, $103 for a weeks worth of groceries is a steal!
'To the Russians, it's 35 percent of their annual salary!'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13089315/tucker-carlson-russia-praise-price-groceries.html
They have been too generous with that $9000 a year. ordinary russians do not earn 750 dollars per moth. It's a lot less. To earn $500 is a good job. That's why prices are always cheaper in countries that have lesser salaries. And bigger in countries with bigger salaries. So when Americans or British come to Eastern Europe, Africa, Latin America, russia they are always shocked at small prices.
This idiot very carefully "forgets' to mention that salaries in USA are $5-10k per month. And in russia its $500 per month. Pensions in russia is around $150-200. So for russians those prices are big.
But he thinks that trumpists are so stupid that they will not notice and care to check themselves and will swallow anything. And it's very dangerous when many empty headed westerners looks how russian propagandists tell them how cool it is in russia, then pack their things and move. Only to see how its not as such. But it's too late. They already sold their houses back home and spend money on moving. share