Roger Waters Defends Maduro and Putin While Attacking England as Fascist and Trump as Demented on Piers Morgan Interview
Pink Floyd's Roger Waters has defended Venezuela's ousted President Nicolas Maduro and insisted that Vladimir Putin had 'really tried not to hurt people' in a recent interview with Piers Morgan, which saw the pair clash in a heated exchange. Waters's remarks set the tone for a conversation that spanned geopolitics, sovereignty, and the line between critique and support. The rocker defended Maduro, suggesting that Maduro's leadership embodies a different set of life principles than those in the United States or England. 'I support him because he's the duly democratically elected leader of a country that represents all the principles of Bolivarian and Chávez revolutionary process. So he represents the people of Venezuela, [who] live a completely different way of life than in the United States, where I live, or in England, where you live,' the rockstar said. 'But it is one that I admire because it's based upon socialist principles of the idea of equal human rights.' Waters' comments on Morgan's programme, in which he made a series of strident remarks on global politics, come two weeks after US forces seized Maduro and his wife at a heavily guarded compound in Caracas and brought them to New York to stand trial on drug trafficking charges. The Pink Floyd bassist went on to condemn Donald Trump's intervention in the Latin American nation, saying the US had 'invaded the sovereign country of Venezuela.' Waters also accused the US of kidnapping Maduro and making up claims that he is a drug dealer. 'They made up the dark story about him being a drug dealer, which is absolute, arrant nonsense, as everybody knows, and then they invaded the country and whisked him off. What's going to happen next? Nobody knows.'
In This Article:
- Waters Defends Maduro as Democratically Elected Leader Representing Bolivarian Principles
- Waters Condemns US Intervention in Venezuela and Accuses It of Kidnapping Maduro
- Waters Defends Putin and Warns About Post-Putin Power
- Waters Calls England a Fascist State Amid UK Terrorism Bill
- Trump is Demented and a Scumbag, Waters Says, Laments About Wealth Stateside
Waters Defends Maduro as Democratically Elected Leader Representing Bolivarian Principles
Waters defended Maduro, saying: 'I support him because he's the duly democratically elected leader of a country that represents all the principles of Bolivarian and Chávez revolutionary process. So he represents the people of Venezuela, [who] live a completely different way of life than in the United States, where I live, or in England, where you live,' the rockstar said. 'But it is one that I admire because it's based upon socialist principles of the idea of equal human rights.' This defense comes as part of a broader stance Waters articulated during the interview, framing Maduro's leadership in terms of a socialist project and contrasting life in Venezuela with life in the US and UK.
Waters Condemns US Intervention in Venezuela and Accuses It of Kidnapping Maduro
Waters' comments on Morgan's programme, in which he made a series of strident remarks on global politics, come two weeks after US forces seized Maduro and his wife at a heavily guarded compound in Caracas and brought them to New York to stand trial on drug trafficking charges. Waters also condemned Donald Trump's intervention in the Latin American nation, saying the US had 'invaded the sovereign country of Venezuela.' Waters also accused the US of kidnapping Maduro and making up claims that he is a drug dealer. 'They made up the dark story about him being a drug dealer, which is absolute, arrant nonsense, as everybody knows, and then they invaded the country and whisked him off. What's going to happen next? Nobody knows.'
Waters Defends Putin and Warns About Post-Putin Power
Waters also seemingly defended some of Putin's actions in Ukraine, stating: 'If the West manages to get rid of Putin, they should be careful what they wish for, because it's very likely that the much harder line faction in the Russian political society, one of them, might take over. And then you will see something completely different, because Putin has conducted the special military operation with his gloves off. He really has tried not to hurt civilians and so on and so forth.' A baffled Morgan responded: 'Vladimir Putin is trying really hard not to hurt civilians?... Vladimir Putin illegally invaded a sovereign democratic country and started bombing the sh*t out of it. Why? Why would you, on any level, try to excuse or defend it?'
Waters Calls England a Fascist State Amid UK Terrorism Bill
A baffled Morgan's questions aside, Waters also touched on the current political climate in Britain, calling England a 'fascist state', as he referred to a recent bill that designated the activist group as a terrorist organisation in the UK.
Trump is Demented and a Scumbag, Waters Says, Laments About Wealth Stateside
The musician also blasted Trump as 'demented', 'obviously very evil', and a 'scumbag', telling Morgan that all the president believes in is 'lining the pockets' of his family, friends, and billionaires.
