Posted on 03/17/2021 8:27:12 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
After a much anticipated and hyped federal investigation and intelligence report into 'Russia-linked cyber attacks' found (gasp... or rather entirely as expected in yet the latest repackaged iteration of long deflated Russiagate) the Kremlin mounted an online 'interference' campaign related to the 2020 election, President Biden said in a bombshell ABC News interview that he agrees Vladimir Putin is a "killer" and that he's going to pay a price. CNN reports sanctions are likely coming, specifically targeting "people close to Russia President Vladimir Putin as soon as next week."
Here's the key part of the pre-recorded interview with George Stephanopoulos which aired early Wednesday:
Asked whether he believes Mr Putin is a "killer" in a pre-taped interview that aired on Wednesday, the president responded: "I do."
"The price he’s going to pay, you’ll see shortly," he said.
Mr Biden recalled meeting Mr Putin, during which he reportedly told him that he "doesn’t have a soul": "I wasn’t being a wise guy."
"He looked back at me and said, 'We understand each other'," Mr Biden said.
EXCLUSIVE: Pres. Biden told @GStephanopoulos that he agreed Russian President Vladimir Putin is a "killer" and will "pay a price" for interfering in U.S. elections. https://t.co/rIe2ms8sSv pic.twitter.com/VtAGCvF9hp — Good Morning America (@GMA) March 17, 2021
"I know him relatively well," Biden had introduced the comments with, and added that "the most important thing dealing with foreign leaders in my experience... is just know the other guy."
This past conversation wherein Biden says he told the Russian president he doesn't think he has a soul has echoes with the 2001 face-to-face meeting between George W. Bush and Putin.
Bush came to the opposite conclusion at the time: "I looked the man in the eye...I was able to get a sense of his soul," according to that famous and widely mocked moment of Bush's soul-gazing...
Biden recounted to Stephanopoulos that during the "long talk" with the Russian leader, he informed his Russian president, "I know you and you know me. If I establish this occurred, then be prepared" — speaking of the cyberattack and election meddling allegations.
"He will pay a price," Biden said. "We had a long talk, he and I, when we -- I know him relatively well. And the conversation started off, I said, 'I know you and you know me. If I establish thisoccurred, then be prepared."
Stephanopoulos asked: "So you know Vladimir Putin. You think he's a killer?"
"Mmm hmm, I do," Biden replied.
While the president said "you'll see" that Putin is "going to pay," he did not elaborate.
He did say, though, that it was possible to "walk and chew gum at the same time for places where it's in our mutual interest to to work together." —ABC News
The 15-page Office of the Director of National Intelligence assessment is being widely reported as concluding that central to the Russian 'interference' was an effort to promote "Donald Trump and right-wing conspiracy theories in an attempt to discredit Mr Biden."
...So that's what it's all about, apparently - resurrecting the Russiagate farce and repackaging it in different form after it failed to "stick" despite the years-long obsession of the media and political pundit class.
Meanwhile the Kremlin indicated Wednesday it's taking "necessary measures" to prepare for any looming new US sanctions expected in the wake of the intelligence report, the conclusions of which it's vehemently denied. Russian government spokesperson Dmitry Peskov slammed the allegations and "baseless" and ultimately "not backed by any evidence".
The Russian ruble tumbled on the headline Wednesday...
...sinking down more than 1.5% against the dollar after Biden's remarks aired, the most significant intraday drop since Feb. 25.
Now will Joe say this about China.....
Hey, Joe, maybe it’s better to have no soul than to have sold your soul to Satan. Just sayin’...
Very diplomatic. Genius.
But President Xi is just fine
I don’t think he’ll say that about Xi JinPing. He doesn’t want to risk Hunter’s cash flow being cut off.
Now Joe has shot his mouth off.
Wow.
He gave away the game.
Now its either him or Putin. Stupid. Ineffective.
Joe has no idea about the nuances of showdown. Unlike President Trump who would draw his enemies closer than his friends. Joe knows nothing about this apparently.
It is as if Joe’s handlers want to off him.
Joe now will have to watch what he eats or drinks.No more ice cream on road trips Joe.
I don’t think Putin is the kind of guy to start groveling when he’s insulted. In fact, it’s probably quite the opposite.
More stupidity on Biden’s part. Unless you’re a Deep Stater who wouldn’t mind a Cold War II. Then it’s good work, Joe!
Doesn’t Russia know only America is allowed to interfere with elections
It is a sad thing to lose ones soul, or to not have one at all. How true that is
Did the Russians make Twitter suppress the Hunter Biden laptop story and cause a media wide blackout on the story?
What the hell does that mean?
Now we’re fighting proxy cold wars against Russia as China’s designated bullyboy. Pitiful.
This is total BS. In what way did Russia interfere? Touting conspiracy theories on Facebook? You mean the same way Democrats pushed conspiracy theories about Trump? Biden waving red meat to show what a tough guy he is. All the while we repeat the mistakes that led us into unnecessary wars, raising public fear while failing to preserve public liberty. I’ve had enough. I’ll not lift a finger to support any bogus initiation of hostility against any nation.
And yet, Biden doesn’t have even a cross word to offer for the regime that has more people in slave labor since the end of the Third Reich.
Good news for Heels Up Harris, she knows who will win.
It’s wartime. Push Russia, Support Iran. The establishment wants war.
Biden, like all of us, should be reflecting on the condition of his soul. I wouldn’t be casting stones at Putin.
Is Hunter going to return the $3.5 million then?
......it’s sad when you look at Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin and conclude that in a lot of ways Putin is a better man than Fake President Biden.
3 sample ways are:
Putin does not have a Hunter Biden for a son.
Putin, as far as we know, does not accept bribes from China, his country’s biggest rival and potential enemy in existential/mortal combat.
Putin is a Russian Patriot. Biden, millions of us believe, is not an American Patriot.
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