{"id":75175,"date":"2021-12-09T13:00:04","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T19:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=75175"},"modified":"2021-12-09T12:44:19","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T18:44:19","slug":"75175","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=75175","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/bonchie\/2021\/12\/08\/joe-biden-discusses-his-meeting-with-putin-and-he-really-shouldnt-have-n488447\">Joe Biden Discusses His Meeting With Putin \u2014 and He Really Shouldn\u2019t Have<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, Joe Biden held a meeting with Vladamir Putin in which the former tried to convince the latter not to invade Ukraine. For months, the Russians have been building up forces on the border, threatening to move into the Eastern European country as they did with Crimea back in 2014.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-4\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-300x250_4\" class=\"gpt-ad ad-250 text-center\" data-google-query-id=\"CJfWlbCt1_QCFemBpgQdH7oJxA\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6177\/redstate\/articles\/300x250_4_0__container__\">How did that meeting go? Well, the White House <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/sister-toldjah\/2021\/12\/07\/putin-one-ups-joe-biden-right-out-of-the-gate-in-the-most-embarrassing-way-possible-n487713\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wouldn\u2019t allow the press to observe it<\/a> and refused to provide a transcript* (remember when that was a scandal under Donald Trump?), but because Russia did allow some media in on their end, we know that Biden started things by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/sister-toldjah\/2021\/12\/07\/putin-one-ups-joe-biden-right-out-of-the-gate-in-the-most-embarrassing-way-possible-n487713\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">forgetting<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/nick-arama\/2021\/12\/07\/biden-putin-call-gets-off-to-rocky-start-because-joe-is-classic-joe-n487859\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0to turn his mic on<\/a>. From there, indications are that sanctions and other consequences were discussed.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Today, we got a little more detail from the President of the United States as he spoke to the press for about two minutes. Biden began his comments by laughing for some reason, after which he launched into his typical tough guy act that absolutely no one buys.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BIDEN: \u201cIf in fact he invades Ukraine, there will be\u2026economic consequences like none he\u2019s ever seen\u2026His immediate response was he understood that\u2026The idea the United States is going to unilaterally use force to confront Russia invading Ukraine is not in the cards right now.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W9pXoMy2t1\">pic.twitter.com\/W9pXoMy2t1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RiegerReport\/status\/1468620977160396804?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>For the love of all that is holy, keep this man in the basement. I mean that seriously and not at all as a compliment to Putin. Biden is uniquely unequipped for this moment. A president needs to be sharp and project strength. Biden projects senility, and when he attempts to sound tough, it just comes off as cringey and forced. The Russians have to be laughing at this performance.<\/p>\n<p>In that sense, letting Biden rant about \u201cserious consequences,\u201d while at the same time giving up the leverage of possibly using force, is dangerous. It would be better to have some mystery afoot about what the US president is going to do. Instead, Biden rushes to rattle his saber about\u2026economic sanctions?<\/p>\n<p>I can assure you if there\u2019s one thing Putin doesn\u2019t care about, it\u2019s economic sanctions. Not only have those been tried in the past to little or no effect, but Putin\u2019s financial hand has only gotten stronger now that the Nordstream 2 pipeline has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/nick-arama\/2021\/05\/18\/whos-a-putin-puppet-joe-biden-just-makes-a-terrible-move-helping-russia-n382503\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">been greenlit<\/a>\u00a0by the Biden administration. If we wanted to put the brakes on Russia\u2019s ambitions, the time to do that was almost a year ago. Now, there is no real chance Germany will go along with holding up the pipeline since they have placed so much of their future energy prospects in its completion.<\/p>\n<p>In summary, there\u2019s a difference between sounding tough and having the credibility to be tough. Biden is a legend in his own mind, but that\u2019s where the tale ends. No one on the world stage actually sees him as an authoritative figure not to be messed with. And when he goes in front of cameras and fumbles around as he did today, it only emboldens our enemies to keep lashing out. Biden actually projects more strength when he\u2019s in hiding than when he speaks. That\u2019s not great, Bob.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-4\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-300x250_6\" class=\"gpt-ad ad-250 text-center\" data-google-query-id=\"CO6ilrCt1_QCFUk9AQodyl8KrQ\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6177\/redstate\/articles\/300x250_6_0__container__\">\n<p>But elections have consequences, regardless of how you feel the last one was conducted. Biden is the president, and he\u2019s obviously not fit for the job. Putin sees that and he\u2019s going to take advantage of the situation. The same is true for China\u2019s Xi Jinping as he eyes Taiwan. <strong><strong>There\u2019s a reason these tyrants are making their moves now and not when Donald Trump was president. There\u2019s a lesson there that a lot of Biden voters would do well to learn. That\u2019s probably too much to ask, though.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>*Editor\u2019s note: this article was edited for content after publication. While there wasn\u2019t a transcript of the call, a read-out was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/12\/07\/readout-of-president-bidens-video-call-with-president-vladimir-putin-of-russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published<\/a>\u00a0to the White House website.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Biden Discusses His Meeting With Putin \u2014 and He Really Shouldn\u2019t Have Yesterday, Joe Biden held a meeting with Vladamir Putin in which the former tried to convince the latter not to invade Ukraine. 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