For Decades Biden Promised He Could Handle Putin

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For Decades Biden Promised He Could Handle Putin
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By Philip Wegmann - RCP Staff

There is always a tweet, so says the online aphorism, developed during the chaotic Trump years, that now seems to hold true across administrations and perhaps even with increased significance after a Russian strongman decided to invade an eastern European neighbor over the holiday weekend.

The Russian in question is Vladimir Putin. The country invaded, Ukraine, or more specifically the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics that Russia recently recognized diplomatically. And the tweet, well, that came from Joe Biden.

It was sent February 21, 2020, and Biden, or someone on the Biden campaign, wrote: “Vladimir Putin doesn’t want me to be President. He doesn’t want me to be our nominee. If you’re wondering why — it’s because I’m the only person in this field who’s ever gone toe-to-toe with him.”

Conservatives were all-too-happy to dig up that old tough guy talk in light of recent Russian bad behavior. But now, for better or worse, the president does find himself toe-to-toe with Putin. It is a moment he promised again and again that he was made for. He was so confident, he even used it to  solicit campaign donations in 2020.

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[DefiantMassRINO]

It was under the Obama-Biden administration that Russia took pieces of Georgia, Ukraine, and Moldova for itself.

Biden's natural, initial responses to Putin were weak and equivocal.  Biden still thinks he's in the US Senate where old windbags believe hollow promises and impotent threats have gravitas.

Russia is building its navy to use to expand its influence globally.  Re-establishing Russian hegemony over the Black Sea and Baltic Sea is necessary for Russia to re-assert naval power equal or greater than America's in some spheres of influence.

[Kamaji]

It was under the Obama-Biden administration that Russia took pieces of Georgia, Ukraine, and Moldova for itself.

Biden's natural, initial responses to Putin were weak and equivocal.  Biden still thinks he's in the US Senate where old windbags believe hollow promises and impotent threats have gravitas.

Russia is building its navy to use to expand its influence globally.  Re-establishing Russian hegemony over the Black Sea and Baltic Seas is necessary for Russia to re-assert naval power equal or greater than America's in some spheres of influence.