Putin cracks joke in response to Biden’s ‘crazy SOB’ comment

Russian President Vladimir Putin responded with a joke when asked by reporters about his reaction to President Biden’s latest jab.

This week, the US president made national headlines when he called Putin a “crazy SOB” during a speech on climate change at a fundraising dinner in California.

“This is the last existential threat. It’s the climate. We have crazy SOBs, we have this guy, we have President Putin, and we always have to worry about nuclear conflict,” Biden said. “But it is the climate that threatens the survival of humanity.”

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Asked to comment on Biden’s “SOB” remarks on Thursday, Putin noted that he had previously supported Biden over his rival, former President Donald Trump.

“Of course he can’t say to me, ‘Volodya, well done, thank you.’ [for the endorsement]Putin said sarcastically, according to a translation by Agence France-Presse.

“Volodya” is a beloved and familiar version of the Russian President’s name “Vladimir,” similar to “Bobby,” which is the American English word for “Robert.”

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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov also responded Thursday, saying Biden’s comments were “probably some kind of attempt to look like a Hollywood cowboy,” according to Reuters.

President Putin recently said in an interview on state television that he hoped for a “more predictable” victory for Biden in the next US presidential election than for Trump.

President Putin made this comment when asked by an interviewer whether Biden or the front-runner for the Republican nomination was a better choice from Russia’s perspective.

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Putin responded: “Biden, he is more experienced, more predictable, a politician from the old camp.” “But we will work with American leaders that the American people trust.”

Putin also commented on Biden’s mental state after the release of Special Counsel Robert Hur’s report last week, calling him a “sympathetic and well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory.” .

“When I met with Biden in Switzerland – which was, admittedly, a few years ago, three years ago – people were already saying he didn’t want to do that. I couldn’t see anything,” Putin was quoted as saying. Reuters.

Fox News Digital’s Greg Norman contributed to this report.