Putin is a Communist with an image team and a makeover. Bearing that in mind, I wouldn’t want to give that thug any concessions. But Slow Moe Joe showed his cards, and they aren’t very good. And Joe has his price so Hunter can make more money and give daddy his 10%. Russian oligarchs have plenty of $$$$ to give Hunter.
“...Russian oligarchs have plenty of $$$$ to give Hunter...”
as do oligarchs of the Ukraine, China and half dozen more countries.
I see Putin as more of a Tsarist imperialist than a communist. He is trying to revive Russia as Europe’s central power.
Putin is using the old commie playbook.
“You probe with bayonets: if you find mush, you push. If you find steel, you withdraw”
― Vladimir Ilich Lenin