Posted on 06/17/2021 12:02:26 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday praised the outcome of his summit with U.S. President Joe Biden and called him an astute and shrewd negotiator.
The two leaders concluded three hours of talks Wednesday at an opulent villa facing Lake Geneva by exchanging expressions of mutual respect but firmly restating their starkly different views on cyberattacks, the conflict in Ukraine, political dissent and other issues. At the same time, they announced an agreement to return each other’s ambassadors and mapped more talks on arms control and cybersecurity.
Putin, who hailed Biden as a highly experienced and constructive interlocutor at a news conference in Geneva, offered more praise of the U.S. leader on Thursday in a video call with graduates of a government management school.
Biden kept him on his guard with his savvy negotiating skills, Putin said.
“He perfectly knows the matter,” Putin said. “He is fully concentrated and knows what he wants to achieve. And he does it very shrewdly.”
He dismissed what he described as media attempts to cast Biden as physically frail, noting that the 78-year-old U.S. president was in great shape even though the meeting wrapped up a European tour for him that included the G-7 and NATO summits.
“He was on a long trip, he flew in from across the ocean, involving jetlag,” the 68-year-old Putin said, adding that he knows how tiring travel can be.
“The atmosphere was quite friendly,” he added.
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Putin is smart. This is what you say after a card game with a bunch of chumps where you have taken most of their money. (ALWAYS leave something on the table!)
Putin is the master troll
What a sack.
He couldn’t praise Joe Biden without smirking inside.
And not from the BB.
Translation: Biden was a pushover during negotiations and gave up everything Putin asked for.
Putin is laughing his butt off
Brer Rabbit “Please don’t throw me in that briar patch”. Putin is crazy like a fox.
Yep, when you are getting the better of somebody, keep feeding their ego and letting them think they are getting over on YOU.
Ping
How many bridges did biden buy?
Boy, we better not get rid of Biden, he's the only thing preventing Putin from taking over the entire world.
Agree....Putin is a kiss ....
Yea, that’s what the salesman said the very first time I bought a car. I always felt a little bad that he actually lost money on that deal. Told me so himself. His sales manager said the same thing.
He went on to say “please don’t send Biden to negotiate with me again...”
“You can do anything jes’ don’t send Biden to negotiate with me again!”
Translation: Putin got everything he wanted and doesn't want to upset Biden into actually looking at everything we gave up.
It's amazing they can even stay in business.
Biden just handed Putin Nord Stream.”Great negotiatior”?
Putin OWNS Biden. He has a file drawer full of Biden grift.
Anyway, Putin doesn’t want to spoil the game. He’ll say great things about Buythem all day long. He loves this.
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