If the White House says it it probably is something that probably isn’t true or they have a motive for bringing this up now.
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Vegetable Head Joe has to demonize Russia and its Allies. You can see this with demonizing China, Iran, the Norkies, the Chechnyans, the African nations supporting Vlad, etc…..standard playbook.
That said, the entire collective West is supplying the Ukies with money and arms, and lots of each. All okay when the entire West does it, but when a few nations supply Vlad it’s a crime? ….I love the hypocrisy.
You don’t have to demonize these countries, their history of crimes against their own people right up to the present is damning enough.
Besides, Obama and Biden are the best friends any of them including Russia have ever had in the White House; Biden has bee n helping Russia since the 1980s at least, when he was busy hamstring the Contras in favor of the Sandinistas (allies of the Palestinians and Russia.) Obama set up Ukraine by blocking the air defense deal, then Biden just sent them blankets, acting like he was doing something to send them support until it was too late. Kind of like in Cuba when the US sent the anticommunist resistance the wrong ammunition. That way the Dems can enjoy the appearance of being anticommunist while actively aiding our enemies.