LOS ANGELES.–Calling 81-year-old President Joe Biden’S remarks at the Washington, D.C. NATO summit “unacceptable,” the Kremlin blasted Biden for his abrasive comments about 71-year-old Russian President Vladmir Putin, calling him a “murderous madman,” all because of the Ukraine War. Biden doesn’t want to admit his role in pushing Putin Feb. 24, 2022 to invade Ukraine because he refused to talk to Putin about new security arrangements in Ukraine. Putin found U.S. arming Ukraine with lethal weapons a direct threat to the Kremlin. Putin told Biden in December 2021, January and February 2022 he needed to discuss new security arrangement for Ukraine or he would be forced to take a “special military operation” in Ukraine to disarm a threat to the Russian Federation. Biden didn’t take Putin seriously, continuing to arm Ukraine without considering the consequences.
When Putin invaded Ukraine Feb. 24, 2022, he said the war was “unprovoked and unjustified,” refusing to acknowledge that Putin asked him for months to discuss new security arrangements for Ukraine. Biden has been ripping Putin since taking office Jan. 20, 2021, calling him a “soulless killer” March 18, 2021, the same day as a Chinese get-to-know-you summit with China in Anchorage, Alaska. Biden accused Beijing at the summit to a genocidal crackdown on Muslim Uyghurs in Western China, slamming Communist China for its pro-Democracy crackdown in Hong Kong. Biden has had nothing good to say about Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping since taking office, creating the worst diplomatic relations in post WW II history. Calling Putin and Xi names does nothing to improve diplomatic relations, only put the U.S., Russia and China on a war footing.
Kremlin officials understand Biden’s warmongering, considering him no friend to the Russian state. Putin and Xi never had those problems with 78-year-old President Donald Trump when he served four years, when diplomatic relations between the two countries were consistent with past administrations. Biden was the first and only U.S. president post WW II to go to war with the Kremlin, all because Putin moved the Russian army into Ukraine. Biden called Putin a “bully” and said that if he’s not stopped in Ukraine he the war would continue to other parts of Europe. “”We continue to consider it absolutely unacceptable and impermissible behavior or a head of state to make such disrespectful remarks about other heads of state,” said Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov. Peskov wants Biden to stop making incendiary comments about Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Members of Congress and voters need to hear for themselves how Biden acts on the world stage. It doesn’t promote the U.S. State Department or U.S. foreign policy to disparage the Russian head of state. “This is unacceptable to us, and we don’t think it in any way makes an American head of state look good. This is something that we pay direct attention to and something that is absolutely unacceptable to us,” Peskov said. When it comes to diplomacy, Biden shows that he can’t engage with U.S. adversaries, pushing the European Continent to the brink of WW III. Putin has said that he might be forced to use nuclear weapons if America continues to feed Ukraine arms for the purpose of attacking inside the Russian Federation. Ukraine’s 46-year-old President Volodymyr Zelensky violates U.S. restrictions on engagement, hitting targets inside Russia.
White House officials like saying Russia interferes with U.S. elections because they want to see Trump back in the White House. As Biden flounders in the race, look to the White House to blame Biden’s poor showing on Kremlin disinformation, not on his abysmal performance in the June 27 CNN debate. Whether admitted to or not by the White House, the NATO summit was overshadowed by the prospects of Biden dropping out the race because of his age-related cognitive decline. How can NATO members trust Biden to make the right decisions on Ukraine when he’s battling to stay in the race? Most NATO officials know they may be dealing with Trump next November or in Jan. 2025. NATO members committed $43 billion to Ukraine over the next year but know how things could change if Trump takes office. NATO knows that Trump would end the war quickly.
Biden and Zelensky know that the time is short for making any headway in the Ukraine War. Putin has time on his side, already dug in to 20% of Ukraine’s sovereign territory, with little prospect of getting out. If Trump wins in November, it’s a whole new ballgame with Trump pushing for an immediate ceasefire and peace talks. “We are doing everything to make Russian terror lose. And not only our country needs it, but everyone needs it, every partner, all nations. And I thank everyone who supports Ukraine. Thank you for the important decisions that help defend lives,” Zelensky said, knowing things could change quickly if Biden loses in November. Listening to Biden call Putin names shows he’s not fit as commander-in-chief, unable to conduct the necessary diplomacy to advance U.S. foreign policy and national security, promoting world peace and prosperity.
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John M. Curtis writes politically neutral commentary analyzing spin in national and global news. He’d editor of OnlineColumnist.com and author of Dodging The Bullet and Operation Charisma.
