The White House shut down a request by Russia’s Vladimir Putin to hold a public conversation – perhaps on Zoom – with President Biden, saying the commander-in-chief is “quite busy.”
Putin went on state-TV after Biden referred to him as a “killer” in an interview Wednesday and said he was ready to hold talks with Biden on the relationship between the two countries and other regional conflicts.
He said said he would have his foreign ministry set something up for Friday or Monday.
But White House press secretary Jen Psaki quickly rebuffed the invitation and the tiff over the “killer” comments, saying Putin and Biden have “different perspectives on their respective countries.”
“We are confident that we can continue to look for ways where there’s a mutual interest – mutual national interest,” Psaki said. ”But the president is not going to hold back, clearly, when he has concerns, whether it is with words or actions.”
She also said that Biden and Putin talked in January “even as there are more world leaders that he has not yet engaged with.”
In the interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, Biden was asked if he thought Putin was a “killer.”
“I do,” the president said.
Biden also claimed he and the Russian leader had a conversation about the fact that he doesn’t believe Putin has a soul.
Biden too busy playing his afternoon checkers.
Too busy napping!
He’s too busy trying to find his basement in the new domicile.
He and the White House are scared.
Because they know Biden is Quit Dementia !!!!!!!
The old adage keepin your friends close and enemies closer hasn’t changed one bit.
Rhetoric with the youngins in the white house is awful.
Too busy Signing America Away , Ruining America for Leftist Democrats !!!!!
Biden would screw up & look stupid at a video chat with Putin !!!! Harris would do it for him !!!