Ah, yes. We have another example of why President Joe Biden does not have news conferences.
CNN’s Jeff Zeleny asked Biden if he still considers Russian President Vladimir Putin a killer.
Biden responded: “(chuckles) May I answer the first question? I’m laughing, too. They actually — well, look, I mean, he has made clear that — the answer is, I believe he has in the past essentially acknowledged that he was — there were certain things that he would do or did do. But look, when I was asked that question on air, I answered it honestly, but it’s not much of a — I don’t think it matters a whole lot in terms of this next meeting we’re about to have.”
Awkward silence!
What. The. Heck. Did his earpiece give out and he couldn’t hear his handler’s answer?
Biden and Putin will meet on Wednesday.
Biden made the “killer” remark in March:
In an interview with ABC that aired Wednesday, Biden said Putin “will pay a price” for his efforts to undermine the 2020 US election following a landmark American intelligence assessment that found the Russian government meddled in the 2020 election with the aim of “denigrating” Biden’s candidacy.When interviewer George Stephanopoulos asked Biden if he thought Putin was “a killer,” the President said, “Mhmm. I do.”
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