Returning to Washington to go back to the drawing board, 61-year-old Russian Amb. John Sullivan isn’t sure what will happen when he consults with 58-year-old Secretary of State Tony Blinken. Russia’s Foreign Service spokesman Maria Zakharova hoped that his meeting would be fruitful because 78-year-old President Joe Biden’s first hundred days of foreign policy have been abysmal. In just 100 days, Biden has managed to alienate two the world’s most powerful leaders, 68-year-old Russian President Vladimir Putin and 67-year-old Chinese President Xi Jinping, both aren’t happy with Biden’s insults. Whatever one says about 74-year-old former President Donald Trump, he got along with everyone, especially Americas most dangerous enemies. Trump was all about improving business ties between countries, not lecturing foreign leaders on human rights and other misgivings.
Trump was vilified by the U.S. press for his four years in office but especially for sucking up to dictators like Putin, Xi and 37-year-old North Korean leader Kim Jon-un. When it came to Russia, Democrats and the press persecuted Trump with allegations that he colluded with Russia to win the 2016 presidential election. Before Trump laid his right hand on the bible, the FBI was already well into a counterintelligence investigation led by former Director James Comey alleging Trump served as a Russian asset. Comey got all his probable cause from former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s paid opposition research AKA “The Steele Dossier,” a pile of rubbish assembled by 56-year-old former MI6 agent Christopher Steele. Once Trump fired Comey May 9, 2017, former Dep. Atty. Gen Rod Rosenstein appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller Special Counsel to investigate Trump.
Nearly two years and $40 million later, Mueller found Trump and his campaign had no ties with Russia. Three years of blaming Russia for meddling in the 2016 presidential election went up in smoke. Yet despite the wild accusations against Russia coming from Democrats and the press, Trump managed to preserve a good working relationship with Putin. Zakharova hoped that Sullivan’s return to Washington would turnover a new leaf yet wasn’t sure of the outcome. For some unknown reason, Biden and his foreign policy team led by Blinken can’t stop fawning about 44-year-old Russian dissident Alexi Navalny, now serving a two-year-eight-month sentence in a Russian penal colony 100 kilometers [62 miles] from Moscow. Biden and Blinken have let Navalny’s incareration destroy U.S.-Russia relations, knowing that Navlany seeks nothing less that overthrowing Putin’s government.
Can you imagine if Putin backed the Proud Boys, Boogaloo or some other extremist group that sought the overthrow of the U.S. government? U.S. officials would be apoplectic with the gall of meddling in U.S. internal affairs. But since Navalny was sent to a Russian penal colony March 2, the U.S. and foreign press has been obsessed with daily reports about his health and refusal of prison authorities to reportedly give him appropriate medical care. “We have communicated to the Russian government that what happens to Mr. Navalny in their custody is their responsibility and they will be held accountable by the international community,” said 44-year-old National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan. If Putin made those kind threats to the U.S. government about an American prisoner the State Department would scream Russian interference in U.S. democracy.
Returning Amb. John Sullivan to Washington for consultation, you’d think that the Russian ambassador would have some sort of input. When Biden called Putin a ‘soulless killer” on ABC News’s “This Week” with George Stepahnopoulos March 16, can you imagine the awkward position for Sullivan? His boss just insulted the Russian President on national TV. Stephaopoulos baited Biden who doesn’t have the common sense or good judgment to avoid harmful remarks. “Consultations with our ambassador are actively being held in Russia,” RIA quoted Zakharova. But the issue isn’t with remarks made by Putin or 65-year-old Russian Amb. Anatoly Anatov. Sullivan wants to know how to do his job, given what’s coming from the White House. Since taking office Jan. 20, only vitriol has come from Biden and Blinken toward Putin, plunging U.S.-Russian relations to 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis lows.
Biden’s got to figure out what he wants from Russian President Vladimir Putin. If he wants a cooperative relationship based on mutual respect, he started off on the wrong foot and should apologize, especially to Sullivan for making his job impossible. “We hope that the U.S. ambassador will spend his time usefully in Washington, and that he will focus on consultations with the bodies that oversee the issues in the bilateral relations with Russia to somewhat formulate a position that won’t lead ties to a dead end,” said Zarakova. If the U.S. doesn’t want to ignite WW III, it should heed Zarakhaoa and figure out common ground with the Russian Federation. Hurling insults at Putin does nothing but make things worse for U.S. foreign policy. Putin’s been on the world scene for over 20 years and promises to outlast Biden and other leaders in the European Union [EU] now insulting Putin.
