Posted on 06/14/2021 8:31:36 PM PDT by DoodleBob
President Joe Biden is using time away from summit meetings on his European tour this week for intense preparations ahead of his talks with Vladimir Putin, according to officials, as he works to avoid the pitfalls his predecessors faced in showdowns with the Russian leader.
Most of his formal meetings this week have started after noon, leaving his mornings free for consultations with advisers. He has held lengthy preparation sessions with senior officials, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken and national security adviser Jake Sullivan, to discuss the wide range of issues he plans to bring up with Putin, from cyberattacks to Syria to Ukraine.
The President has also asked foreign leaders at the G7, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, for their input as he prepares for the meeting in Geneva, according to people familiar with the conversations. Putin even came up as a point of conversation during his tea with Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle, Biden told reporters, saying she "wanted to know" about the Russian President.
Given some NATO allies had expressed concern about the optics of Biden's summit with Putin, Sullivan said Biden would speak privately with leaders "about what he intends to talk to Putin about" during a meeting of the defense alliance on Monday.
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As Biden becomes the fifth straight American president with whom Putin has met, officials want Biden to be prepared for Putin's tactics, including his well-known habit of turning discussions of Russia's bad practices back on the United States. Biden has told aides he believes Putin will respond to directness during their talks and wants to be ready to offer a frank message.
"He's overprepared!" Biden's wife, first lady Jill Biden, exclaimed last week when asked whether her husband was primed for his meeting with Putin.
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What sort of rubbish from CNN. Putin is going to eat Biden for lunch. And Biden is going to give Putin the farm, especially on nuclear disarmament and massive defense cuts.
And Biden isn’t doing a joint press conference with Putin (or anyone), or allowing foreign press availability. I wonder why. Also I doubt that Biden will meet with Xi anytime soon.
It will be interesting… but not pretty.
Ping!!!
A real Communist takes on a dementia patient. I wonder who is going to win that one.
He dealt with Corn Pop..Putin will be a breeze.
All of that “preparation” will be for naught, if Biden has a “senior moment.” He seems to be having a lot of those lately.
I can’t wait to see this. Putin is great at subtleties that cut through to the bone. I don’t think he will be overtly caustic so as not to be perceived as cruel to a demented old codger.
Joseph Stolen is an idiot.
Unforgiveable what the #ing Rats did.
Putin will toy with Joe Baizuo like a cat toys with a captive rodent.
You need lots of sous-chefs to toss salad...
This is not even funny in the real world. A walking, demented, senile cadaver meets a buffed human. HaHaHaHaHaHaHaHAHaHaHaHa...Not funny...we are so screwed...
They’re laughing at the little fart!
Will Pooty-Poot bring one of those fancy Rooskie brainwave machines to heat up and shake the metal clips holding back Biden’s brain aneurysms? I hope not!
Putin has already started throwing the Democrat smear against the USA back in our faces. Thanks Democrats. He’ll give Biden more but the media will brag how forceful and tough Biden was.
Guessing Putin will treat Joseph Stolen with ostentatious pity.
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