When US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin gather for their highly anticipated summit in Geneva on Wednesday, it will come at a time that both leaders say is a low point for relations between their two countries. So, perhaps unsurprisingly, a joint press conference following the summit is likely not in the cards.
The summit comes some six months after the start of Biden's tenure in office, offering him the chance to set the tone for relations with the Russian leader in person following a contentious start to their relationship.Wednesday's private meetings grant the President, who has sometimes stumbled in his messaging while in front of the press, the opportunity to confront Putin directly and without cameras.
Now he faces questions about whether his past hardline rhetoric will match his administration's actions at the summit. Biden has recently had to defend his administration's decision to waive sanctions for Russia's Nord Stream 2 pipeline. And while Biden has agreed to meet with Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky later this summer in Washington, the White House appeared to essentially turn down Zelensky's initial request for an in-person meeting ahead of the Putin summit.
Biden rarely has nice things to say about Putin 03:48"I have great confidence in my intelligence people, but I will tell you that President Putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today," Trump said during the press conference.Biden has long been skeptical about America's relations with with Putin. After former President George W. Bush met with Putin in Slovenia in June 2001, Bush said he looked him in the eye and got"a sense of his soul.
We know the reason, they attack Ukraine , hacked into our system, put our troops at risk and ...
This is a nice way for CNN to day Biden has dementia
'confront' - my a**
Oh, look who likes President Biden’s messaging…THE WHOLE FREAKING WORLD. Stop making chaos, CNN.
He will probably forget what he was talking about
Jeffrey Toobin has a competitor 😩😩😩😩
Awe isn’t that sweet, he gets to have it all set up for him🙄
Because Biden won’t give Putin an international platform to spew propaganda, unlike our broadcast and cable news “journalists” in the US.
What happen to a live debate?Handlers shut that down quick. Would have been brutal for little Joe.
CNN looks like the one whose messaging is muddled. This is sheer journalistic incompetence. Fire this person.
Lol I read that to fast, I thought it said that Biden and putin won't hold a Joint. Didn't see the rest but my bet would have been because they will take hits from the Bong instead. Lol
He did a good job reminding the world , including to the Russian people ,that Putin is an autocrat ,not an elected official responding to parliament or electorate. Keep pounding that message in ppl's head
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1 more time President Biden has a stutter It affects speech production Searching for the right word Changes to another word easier to pronounce It is not stumbling We who know Joe know this
Putin should demand they be alone with out all of Biden's handlers.
And we think a seasoned politician is nervous in front of cameras and that causes his gaffes. Really? We dont know all the other gaffes for obvious reasons, they dont occur in front of cameras.
Dude is a vegetable
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