President Biden Only Answers Questions From Pre-Approved Reporters

 

Daily Mail: Biden calls Putin a 'bright, worthy adversary' instead of a 'killer' and warns US will 'respond in kind' to aggression while taking questions from ANOTHER list of pre-approved reporters 

* Putin took questions about his upcoming Putin summit meeting 

* He said they should 'decide where it's in our mutual interest and the interest of the world to cooperate' 

* He called Putin a 'worthy adversary' 

* He said leaders 'thanked me for being willing to talk with them about the meeting' 

* Said U.S. would 'respond in kind' if Putin doesn't cooperate 

* Took questions from printed card after making reporters wait two hours for press conference 

* Earlier, Putin denied allegations of election interference and hacking 

* 'We have been accused of all kinds of things,' Putin told NBC in an interview 

* 'Not one time, did they bother to produce any kind of evidence or proof, just unfounded accusations' 

* Putin pointed to charges against Capitol rioters to deflect questions about protecting political opposition figures 

* Putin Biden at a summit Wednesday in Geneva 

* Putin quipped he was 'surprised that we have not yet been accused of – provoking the Black Lives Matter movement' 

President Joe Biden on Monday called Russian President Vladimir Putin a 'worthy adversary' ahead of their summit in Geneva – and declined to label him a 'killer' when asked to repeat a label he accepted in the past. 

Biden said in Brussels that allied leaders do not consider his summit meeting with Putin any kind of reward – and that fellow heads of state have thanked him for sitting down with the strongman. 

Speaking to reporters after a day of meetings with NATO alliance members, Biden said leaders were on board with his decision to sit down with the head of a nation he variously called an adversary or a potential one. 

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WNU Editor: The only thing that I learned from President Biden's NATO news conference is that he admits that he only calls out friendly reporters that have been selected by his staff. My gut tells me that this arrangement only works if these reporters give questions to Biden's staff for approval.