Putin Says He Prefers 'More Predictable' Biden Over Trump

U.S. News ^ | 2/14/2024 | Reuters

[marcusmaximus]

Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview broadcast on Wednesday that he preferred Joe Biden to Donald Trump but was willing to work with any U.S. president.

Putin was asked by interviewer Pavel Zarubin who was "better for us" out of Biden, a Democrat, and Trump, a Republican.

Putin replied: "Biden. He is a more experienced, predictable person, a politician of the old school. But we will work with any U.S. president who the American people have confidence in.”

[marcusmaximus]

President Trump’s unpredictability helped keep the peace for 4 years.

[Republican Wildcat]

Oh, things materially changed alright:

Trump told Putin there would be "hell to pay" if he invaded Ukraine

[cowboyusa]

He didn’t invade Ukraine when Trump was President, that says it all.

[marcusmaximus]

Putin’s plan was to take Crimea under Obama and Ukraine under Hillary. President Trump messed up Putin’s timeline.

[hardspunned]

Just look at the tremendous increase in wealth, prestige and military might the Russians have accomplished since the Globohomo disaster on the Dnieper began. The idiotic sanctions have been a real bonanza for Russia. They are like America was in the 50s, self reliant and strong. Of course, Putin wants to keep the turnip in the White House. He’s counting on the globohomos and neocons to reselect Biden and let the good times continue to roll in Moscow.

[Salman]

Reverse psychology? /smirk

[bimboeruption]

>More from FT:

71-year-old Putin also said he didn’t believe Biden’s age, 81, would make him “incapable” of holding the job, adding “Who of us hasn’t banged their head on something?”<

Putin’s making fun of the Big Guy. He knows he’s a moron and a grifter who will sell out his country for a bribe.

Of course he prefers Brandon.

[daniel1212]

Liberals at least once thought he was too tough on Russia (while also claiming to be a puppet for Putin):

"When you actually look at the substance of what this administration has done, not the rhetoric but the substance, this administration has been much tougher on Russia than any in the post-Cold War era," said Daniel Vajdich, senior fellow at the Atlantic Council. Take military spending: Trump sought to add $1.4 billion for fiscal year 2018 to the European Deterrence Initiative — a military effort to deter Russian aggression that was initially known as the European Reassurance Initiative. That's a 41 percent increase from the last year of the Obama administration.
The president also agreed to send lethal weapons to Ukraine — a step that Obama resisted. And Trump gave U.S. forces in Syria more leeway to engage with Russian troops... "Those loosened rules of engagement have resulted in direct military clashes with Russian militants and mercenaries on the ground, actually resulting in one incident in hundreds of casualties on the Russian side," Vajdich said.
The administration has also imposed sanctions on dozens of Russian oligarchs and government officials... tough policies...have to be weighed against Trump's rhetoric, which is consistently friendly to Putin. ."There's a real disconnect between the president's words and the underlying policy," said Richard Fontaine, president of the Center for a New American Security. - https://www.npr.org/2018/07/20/630659379/is-trump-the-toughest-ever-on-russia

And from from 12/26/17 there is

Trump Sends Tank-Killing Missile To Fight Russia in Ukraine, But What Can It Do? By John Haltiwanger On 12/26/17 at 5:53 PM EST The decision to sell the Javelin missiles also comes not long after the Trump administration approved a limited weapons sale between American manufacturers and Ukraine of Model M107A1 sniper systems, ammunition and associated equipment...It's fired from the shoulder and tracks targets via infrared (heat signature). Instead of targeting the front or sides of tanks, which are thick with armor, the missile flies in an arc and hits the top of tank where the armor is weak..

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko defended the move in a Facebook post, thanking President Donald Trump for his support. Poroshenko further described the arms sale as "a transatlantic vaccination against the Russian virus of aggression." - https://www.newsweek.com/trump-tank-killing-missile-fight-russia-ukraine-759745

And as reported by abcnews.go.com om Dec. 23, 2020,

"Previously, as reported by ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News, Headlines & Videos om Dec. 23, 2020, "Trump admin approves new sale of anti-tank weapons to Ukraine.." The new package included Javelin anti-tank weapons, 150 missiles and two launchers, which came after a first sale, completed in March 2018, which included 210 Javelin missiles and 37 launch units.. "The Trump administration first approved the sale of Javelins to Ukraine in December 2017 -- a step that former President Barack Obama never took.... ..

Before that, "Russia's Putin praises Obama's missile defense decision" to "cancel a radar installation in the Czech Republic and ground-based interceptors planned for Poland," LA Times Sep 19, 2009

And those who protest NATO's overall spending of only about 3% of its GDP are opposing Trump. For contrary to being a Putin puppet as the Left prevaricates - and who were blaming him in Feb. 2020 for this invasion,

July 11, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump told NATO leaders on Wednesday they should increase their defense spending to 4 percent of their country’s economic output, double the group’s current goal of two percent/

4/3/19
..nearly all 29 NATO members have increased their defense spending since Trump came to office, and at least 16 of the 29 are on track to meet their 2024 defense spending goals. Defense spending among 27 NATO allies has increased consistently between 2016 and 2018, with Hungary, Norway, Romania and Turkey making some of the biggest increases.

October 21, 2020 NATO spending has increased for the sixth consecutive year thanks to new contributions from allies, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said in prepared remarks Wednesday...Canada and European countries' spending increased this year at a rate of 4.3 percent...Russia and China's aggressive behavior during Trump's term is one reason for the allies' increased spending.

Meanwhile, when procurement costs are taken into consideration (how much it cost for training and materials in respective countries relative to what they spend), then despite having far less to defend, the US military budget in 2019 was not larger than the next eleven countries. Rather it was smaller than the next three.

https://www.eurasiareview.com/11102021-debating-defense-budgets-why-military-purchasing-p

[Gaffer]

Distraction and diversion. The problem is that if one believes that the evil Putin is the world’s monster (ala Ukraine invasion), then how does it feel to know that he prefers an enormously incompetent and corrupt Biden over a potential President Trump. This, in the face of Biden’s seemingly unwavering support for Ukraine in money, arms and, potentially, warfighters.

[dforest]

Biden is very predictable. So are Zeepers. They have a lot in common.

[daniel1212]

Thousands fast after Putin signs law banning evangelism outside of churches

He did. More on that: https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4178809/posts?page=35#35

[BobL]

Getting dizzy yet?

[Allegra]

Biden took more in bribes from the Moscow mayor’s wife than from Burisma.

Whatever. Both countries are as corrupt as all get-out and we shouldn’t be sharing *any* of our Treasury with either one.

Of course Putin would prefer Biden. I’m sure Zelensky does too. Biden is easier to manipulate and make shady deals with. Trump will rein both of them in.

[grey_whiskers]

As part of The Resistance^TM, right?

[bimboeruption]

>I am no fan of Putin but Putin is helping Trump by saying this. Can you imagine the Democrat ads if he said he preferred Trump ?<

Exactly.

Let’s see if the UniParty/Media start screaming “Russia! Russia! Russia!” at the Big Guy and accusing him of COLLUSION.

I’m not holding my breath.

[Cowgirl of Justice]

Everyone can walk over President Sh!t My Pants so, yeah, I can believe it.

[ought-six]

Yup.

[Thunder90]

Of course. Putin likes us burning our money in the laundromat known as Ukraine. That’s why he didn’t “zerg rush” it (this would have actually woke up NATO and our Pacific allies). And yes Putin is a Communist. The next thing is the Deep State tying Trump to some Chinese conspiracy and China threatening Taiwan (they did start on this in 2020, talking about a Trump property in Shanghai, and finds in Chinese banks). Obviously, the Chinese also want Biden.

[vpintheak]

Pooty Poot likes Bidung? Collusion! Collusion! Collusion!!!!!

[Kazan]

That settles it then. We can expect Zeepers and neocons, even John Bolton and Bill Kristol to vote for Trump!

Ain't unity grand?