Wednesday, June 16, 2021

U.S. President Biden's Summit News Conference Wrap-Up

Joe Biden threatened retaliation against Vladimir Putin for cyber attacks  

Daily Mail: Biden threatens cyber response against Putin and gives him a 'red-line list' of 16 no-hack infrastructure locations - then snaps at press and says is NOT confident the Russian president will change 

* Joe Biden threatened retaliation against Vladimir Putin for cyber attacks 

* Biden said he had 'told President Putin we need some basic rules of the road that we can all abide by', adding that 'I did what I came to do' 

* Putin described Biden as 'very different' from Donald Trump 

* He held a press conference after his nearly-three hour meeting with Biden; Biden speaks next 

* He started off complimentary of Biden but then grew snipping as he was questioned on Russian activities 

* Putin was critical of gun violence in America and deflected questions on dissident Alexi Navalny 

* 'You don't have time to open your mouth and you're shot dead,' he said 

President Joe Biden says he warned Vladimir Putin Wednesday that Russian cyber attacks on 'critical' U.S. infrastructure would draw a serious American response – and told his counterpart just how harmful a cyber attack might be on an oil pipeline that is the lifeline of the Russian economy. 

Biden threatened retaliation and made his comment publicly even he denied making any kind of a 'threat' in his meetings with the Russian President as they discussed ransomware attacks that shut down Colonial pipeline and has other U.S. and multinational businesses on edge.  

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WNU Editor: This press conference will be remembered for this .... Biden GOES OFF on CNN’s Kaitlan Collins in Combative End to Presser, Suggests She May Be ‘In the Wrong Business’ (Mediaite).  

Update: This is what I call damage control .... The Latest: Biden says regrets being ‘wise guy’ to reporter (AP).

Update #2: No details released on the President's remarks that the US will respond to a cyber attack with their own cyber attack.  I am sure that will be leaked to the press in due time.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...


Biden and pressure can be a bad combo, it appears.