Russian President Vladimir Putin had kind words for President Biden on Thursday after the two leaders met in Geneva Wednesday.
The summit appeared to go relatively well considering the low-state of US-Russia relations. Biden and Putin agreed to return ambassadors to each other’s capital and to hold talks in the future on arms control and cyberattacks.
Back in Moscow on Thursday, Putin heaped praise on Biden. “Biden is a professional, and you have to be very careful in working with him to make sure you don’t miss anything. He doesn’t miss anything, I can assure you,” he said.
Putin defended Biden from media reports that portray the US president as struggling to do his job due to his age and apparent mental decline. “I want to say that the image of President Biden that our press and even the American press paints has nothing in common with reality,” Putin said.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov also had good things to say about the summit, which he described as “productive.” He singled out a joint statement from Biden and Putin that reaffirmed that the two countries are committed to never fighting a nuclear war.
“It may be a short statement but … it reflects the special responsibility of our two countries not only before our own peoples but, as pretentious as it may sound, before the whole world,” Peskov said.
Clever strategy by the Russians.
Flattery Will Get You Far
Yes, I think so too. Especially the master stroke emphasizing the mutual commitment (doubtless perfunctory from the US) never to fight a nuclear war. It shows Russia’s profound investment in “human rights” compared to US hypocritical caviling over Alexy Novalny.
And that after Biden called Putin a “killer”. Shows you the differences between statesmen.
Putin should be careful. Too much flattery will raise the intensity of “Biden is Putin’s puppet” rhetoric from the Neocons, who would be asking for more aggression.
Wait… What am I thinking? Warmongers will warmonger… Never mind. Same as usual. I don’t know what I’m saying…
Putin is blowing smoke up everyone’s butt. He praised Trump too. He realizes that no matter what he says it won’t change the perception that American’s have towards him. If he would have said that Trump was a narcissistic moron and Biden was a senile old fool he would have been treated the same way by our media. Might as well sit back and watch American’s fall all over each other calling Biden his puppet like they did after Trump met him. I know I got a lot of laughs out of this: “I want to say that the image of President Biden that our press and even the American press paints has nothing in common with reality,” Putin said. That’s like the My Pillow guy saying Trump didn’t have an ego. Hilarious.
True, trump, Biden, Putin, even Stalin don’t matter, the west has been pushing against Russia since muskets, maybe before.
Today, that narrative is about bases and huge weapon contracts.
“Biden and Putin agreed to return ambassadors to each other’s capital and to hold talks in the future on arms control and cyberattacks.”. What is Chairman Biden’s current goals now that Obama/Biden precipitated the 2014 war?
Maybe his handlers have perceived that the situation between Russia and the US is a self-inflicted mess from which it is best to try to disentangle? Naw…..
Turkeys declaration to NATO might have something to do with. Mysterious at the moment.
I was wondering about it. Not much coming out at present in Biden-Erdogan. Just that Turkey has no intentions of giving up S-400. Turkey has perfect excuse. US refused to sell them Patriots.