Biden says he’s known Putin for more than 40 years
President Biden on Thursday claimed to have known Russian leader Vladimir Putin for “more than 40 years,” despite the fact that Putin served as a KGB agent in the 1980s. The gaffe came during an interview with ABC News host David Muir as the president visited the Normandy American Cemetery in France to mark the […]
Biden claims he’s ‘known’ Russia’s Vladimir Putin ‘for over 40 years’ — even when he was undercover KGB agent
President Biden claimed Thursday that he has known Vladimir Putin for “more than 40 years,” despite the Russian president’s having served as a covert KGB agent throughout the 1980s. “I’ve known him for over 40 years. For 40 years, he’s worried me. He’s not a good human being,” Biden, 81, told ABC News host David […]
Biden Uses D-Day 80th Anniversary Speech to Attack Putin, Defend Democracy
In a speech at a ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Normandy Landings in Normandy, France, President Joe Biden condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “tyrant” and called on the world to “protect democracy in our time.” The latter remark was reminiscent of comments made by Biden during his campaign in which he […]
Biden commemorates D-Day at Normandy, calling on allies to repel ‘tyrant’ Putin in Ukraine
In Normandy, France, President Biden commemorated the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings and used the occasion to call on allies to defeat Russian President Putin, a “tyrant” in Ukraine. Speaking at a ceremony near the beaches of Normandy, Biden joined French President Emmanuel Macron and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in describing the […]
Putin says Trump conviction ‘burns’ idea of US as leading democracy | Vladimir Putin
President Vladimir Putin has claimed that the recent conviction of Donald Trump was politically motivated and has “burned away” the idea that the United States is a progressive democracy. Trump became the first former U.S. head of state to be convicted of a felony last week when a New York jury found him guilty of […]
Bumbling Biden forgets facts, mixes up Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin in disastrous Time interview
President Biden has forgotten important facts about the economy, foreign policy and his presidency. Interview with Time Magazine Last month he confused Chinese President Xi Jinping with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Biden, 81, has repeatedly falsely claimed wage growth was outpacing inflation during his presidency, underestimated the amount of U.S. aid to Ukraine since Russia’s […]
Trump’s attacks on US justice system after guilty verdict encourage Putin, other autocrats: experts
Following his historic conviction in the hush money case, Donald Trump has attacked the US criminal justice system with unfounded claims of a “rigged” trial, echoing the Kremlin. “If they can do this to me, they can do this to anybody,” Trump said Friday from his eponymous tower in New York. Thousands of miles away, […]
Trump threatens to out-crazy Putin
Donald Trump made big news last week, but it wasn’t his conviction on 34 charges in Manhattan on Thursday. This is what Trump said a few days ago, according to the Kyiv Independent. Retelling May 28th Story According to The Washington Post, the former president and future president “suggested at a fundraiser that he would […]
Biden missing Ukraine talks would be ‘applauded’ by Putin, Zelenskyy says
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed the importance of President Biden attending the upcoming peace summit. The summit is aimed at garnering support to stop the war and put pressure on Russia, which currently occupies large parts of Ukraine. Although the United States has indicated its support, it is unclear whether Biden will attend. Ukrainian President […]
Biohazards, Putin, extremism… we’ll need more than a few tins of beans | Martha Gill
a2pm: People told to stock up on batteries and bottled water. 5pm: A general election called. Who drew up this timeline? What a contrast: 14 years of Conservative government and a country filling its food shelves with emergency baked beans. But listen to Oliver Dowden’s “resilience” speech at the London Defence Conference on Wednesday, which […]