The Hill: Biden prepares to confront Putin
President Biden’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva this week marks the latest chapter in a highly adversarial relationship.
Biden has always been blunt in his assessments of Putin, telling the Russian leader to his face a decade ago that he believes he has “no soul” and calling Putin a "killer" in a televised news interview earlier this year.
White House allies say that Biden will go into the meeting with open eyes and well-prepared to confront Putin over Russia’s aggressive conduct and to lay out consequences for further provocations.
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Update #1: U.S. leader Biden will take "tough messages" to Russia, says UK PM (Reuters)
Update #2: Biden, unlike predecessors, has maintained Putin skepticism (AP)
WNU Editor: I think the Kremlin is too optimistic on what to expect from this brief Wednesday summit .... Putin expects Biden summit to restore contacts and establish dialogue (TASS). Others are worried that this could happen .... As Biden prepares to meet Putin, he should learn from Kennedy’s disastrous 1961 summit with Khrushchev (Frederick Kempe, CNBC).
I still have not changed my mind on what will come out of this meeting. I expect this will be a quiet and uneventful meeting where both leaders will express their positions, and where nothing of substance will be forwarded.
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This will go down in history as
THE 15 MINUTE SUMMIT
Joe will read the prepared statement given to him by his puppet masters.
Then Putin will give his remarks off the top of his head for about the same time as Joe sits in a daze.
The Doctor Jill lead Joe away by the hand.
There will be no filming for obvious reasons.
New York Times et al will claim Biden was statesmanlike. After which I will view Zombie movies in a whole new light.
If Putin outs on a wig with pony tails, there will be no question on how Biden will handle Putin.
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