Russian President Vladimir Putin said President Clinton told him that he thought that Russia had a shot to be welcomed into NATO — but later told Putin that it wasn’t going to happen. In a sit-down interview with Tucker Carlson at the Kremlin, Putin said that after he became president in 2000, he asked Clinton during a visit to Moscow if he thought Russia had a shot in joining the defense alliance after tensions settled at the end of the Yugoslav War. “At a meeting here in the Kremlin with the outgoing President Bill Clinton, right here in the next room, I said to him, I asked him: ‘Bill, do you think if Russia asked to join NATO, do you think it would happen?’ Suddenly he said, ‘You know, it’s interesting. I think so,’” Putin told Carlson. “But in the evening, when we met for dinner, he said: ‘You know, I’ve talked to my team, no, it’s not possible now.’ You can ask him. I think he will watch our interview, he’ll confirm it,” the Russian president said. Read more at https://nypost.com/2024/02/08/news/putin-says-bill-clinton-told-him-russia-could-join-nato-before-pulling-back-hours-later/ #tuckercarlson #vladimirputin #billclinton #nato The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and more. Subscribe to New York Post Sports: https://www.youtube.com/c/nypostsports Catch the latest news here: https://nypost.com/ Follow The New York Post on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/nypost Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/NYPost