Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is once again clearly, unmistakably and unequivocally said He said his preferred candidate in the US presidential election is Joe Biden.
On February 21, at a fundraising event in San Francisco, Mr. Said: “We have crazy SOBs like President Putin and others…” The White House posted a comment on its website.
The next day, Putin endorsed Biden as his presidential candidate in response to a question from Pavel Zarubin, one of the Kremlin’s favorite journalists. President Putin said he understood why Biden made harsh remarks about him. There is a special reason why Putin supports Biden’s re-election without getting angry. “Crazy SOB” sounds harsh, but it’s used in so many situations that Russian leaders may not personally find it offensive.
President Putin showed no displeasure. “You asked what is best for us,” Putin told Zarbin. “I said it then, and I say it now. I repeat, it’s Biden!”
Below is a translation of the exact conversation. Russian video:
Pavel Zarubin: Can I ask you one more question? You’re on a plane or driving a car, so you don’t know if you’ve been briefed today.
Vladimir Putin: about what?
Zarubin: President Biden, President Biden of the United States has also made rude remarks about you.
President Putin: Brute?
Zarubin: yes. I don’t want to quote you, but I’ll say it anyway because this is the President of the United States. He called you a “shithole.” Not only have you never said such a thing to any leader, you have not even allowed yourself to make the wrong statement. Would you react the same way now?
President Putin: Listen, we just talked recently. And you asked me: Who do we want as the future president of the United States? I said I would work with any president. But I believe Biden is better for us and for Russia. And he said, judging by what he just said, I was absolutely right. Because this is an appropriate response to what I said. why? Because he cannot say to me: “Volodya, well done, thank you!” It was very helpful! ” We understand what is happening there from the point of view of domestic politics. And this reaction is entirely appropriate. And that means I was right.
What I said was said primarily for the audience, not for the American people. Since you are a Russian journalist, you asked what is best for us. That’s what I said then, and I still think so. Again, Biden!
This may not make sense to an American audience. But as we’ll see, for a guy in the Kremlin, it makes perfect sense.
Name-calling is theater, not national strategy. Mr. Biden has been badmouthing Mr. Putin for years, as he has done with his own inner circle. In November 2019, he called Kremlin leaders were “bullies”. Biden in March 2021 called President Putin is a “murderer”. These are not real insults to bullies who kill people. Despite his harsh words, Biden’s policies were very favorable to Putin, both before and after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
Biden’s behavior
Biden often makes harsh, even offensive, comments about Putin. However, in his actions as president, Biden first pursued a policy of appeasement. That, in turn, prompted Putin to become the aggressor.
Days after his 2021 inauguration, just over a year before Russia invaded Ukraine, Biden extended the New START Treaty, which limits the number of nuclear weapons that both countries can deploy. Biden also lifted sanctions against Russia. As a result, he had no deterrence strategy to warn Putin of the harsh consequences of invading Ukraine or to assist in Ukraine’s defense.
While President Putin mobilized an invasion force in late 2021 and early 2022, Biden withdrew U.S. naval vessels from the Black Sea and U.S. military advisers from Ukraine.
Biden ran a “strategic communications campaign” that appeared to outsiders to be a deterrent, but in reality was essentially a invited President Putin to attack Ukraine. He reinforced his message to the public by sending CIA Director Bill Burns to Moscow to secretly negotiate with President Putin the “rules of the game” for the war against Ukraine. The administration declared that “a small-scale incursion into Ukraine is not an invasion.”
At the same time, the Biden administration refused to send additional aid to Ukraine in advance, even though it had warned Kiev of an impending invasion.
As Putin’s invasion forces mobilized, the White House effectively urged President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to turn Kiev into a free-fire zone. Mr. Biden tried to force Mr. Zelensky and his government to abandon the capital. He announced the closure of the US embassy and its relocation to Lviv. He called on NATO allies to do the same.
The Biden administration confirmed Putin’s own inaccurate information that Russian forces could conquer Kiev within days. These actions conveyed to President Putin that Russia’s conquest of the Ukrainian capital would not cause collateral damage to NATO embassies and therefore not put them at risk of a NATO response.
When the invasion began in February 2022, it was NATO allies, primarily Britain, Poland, and the Baltic states, who led by example and pressured the hapless Biden administration to do something.
Since then, Biden has delayed and limited aid to Ukraine. He did not provide the most important types of weapons, such as aircraft, tanks, and long-range missiles. Biden has barred the Ukrainian military from conducting defensive or retaliatory strikes against Russian territory. He halted operations in Ukraine at a critical moment for Putin’s government (during the presidential campaign) Prigogine’s Rebellionfor example).
Congressional Republicans approved more aid to Ukraine than the Biden administration requested. Biden has not taken advantage of the Ukraine Lend-Lease Act passed by Congress. He significantly delayed and cut military aid to Ukraine.
In just the past two months, Biden has completely blocked military aid to Kyiv, holding the country hostage to his real priority: open borders policy. He also criticized the Republican-led House of Representatives for not supporting Ukraine and the influx of illegal immigrants into the United States.
Therefore, Biden’s tough words against Putin also reinforce his debunking of the Russian collusion theory against Donald Trump.
President Trump’s behavior
As he has done with his adversaries in business and diplomacy, Trump’s words indicate a more rhetorically friendly record toward Putin, calling him a “strong leader.” He said that he had always been “on good terms” with President Putin. The former president has not made any offensive remarks about President Putin. Trump often says he can make a deal with the Kremlin dictator. These comments fall far short of the “admiration” of Putin that President Trump’s critics falsely claim.
Trump’s actions speak louder than words. As president, he said:
- lifted the Obama-Biden embargo on deadly military aid to Ukraine;
- imposed sanctions to prevent completion of the Nord Stream gas pipeline;
- Included Ukraine in NATO exercises.
- Refuses to recognize President Putin’s annexation of Crimea.
- He destroyed a Wagner Group unit of up to 200 Russian mercenaries in Syria.
- He showed an unpredictable determination to shake off the Kremlin’s calculations.During President Trump’s term, the number of Ukrainian military casualties on the Donbas line of contact has decreased. 16 times compared to last year under President Obama.
- The first time I was stationed was US Division Headquarters (now V Corps) and American Advanced Forces in Polish territory.
- Expanding U.S. involvement in NATO after devastating cuts during the Obama era; persuaded or pressured NATO members to increase military spending; — $139 billion increase ($61 billion for the US and $56 billion for European NATO members).
- President Putin made this promise.attack moscow” If a new attack occurs.
- Biden has repeatedly said he will not forgive Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, something he never did before the invasion.
- Warns not to forgive President Putin to threaten use nuclear weapons.
Trump’s record shows Putin plans to end the war “within 24 hours” if re-elected, and plans to arm Ukraine in 2024 if Putin “rejects the deal.” I have no choice but to take the statement seriously.A lot — we’re going to do that. [give] more than they ever got”
Under the Biden administration, Kremlin bosses have unprecedented freedom to play the aggressor.
Under President Trump, Putin has turned into a wolf sheep poutine In four years. President Putin faces the possibility of becoming a sheep again.
President Vladimir Putin is well aware of who these candidates actually are. That’s why he sincerely, consciously, unequivocally, consistently, and unmistakably supported Biden. So he may continue his bloody invasions and watch the United States weaken its power at home and abroad.
