{"id":56682,"date":"2021-03-19T17:45:03","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T21:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=56682"},"modified":"2021-03-19T17:45:03","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T21:45:03","slug":"biden-profoundly-insults-putin-to-prepare-the-american-people-for-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=56682","title":{"rendered":"Biden Profoundly Insults Putin to Prepare the American People for War"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>&#8220;Soul-less&#8221; Putin Challenges &#8220;Killer&#8221; Biden To A Live Debate<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>Update (1730ET)<\/strong><\/u>: In addition to the tit-for-tat slur-trading, Russian President Putin\u00a0told a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/putin-challenges-biden-debate-president-calls-killer\/story?id=76539031\">Russian state television reporter<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI\u2019ve just thought of this now&#8230;\u00a0<strong>I want to propose to President Biden to continue our discussion,<\/strong>\u00a0but\u00a0<strong>on the condition that we do it basically live, as it\u2019s called. Without any delays and directly in an open, direct discussion<\/strong>. It seems to me that would be interesting for the people of Russia and for the people of the United States.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A live TV debate?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to put this off for long. I want to go the taiga this weekend to relax a little,\u201d Putin said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cSo we could do it tomorrow or Monday. We are ready at any time convenient for the American side.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Russian leader also said he wished Biden &#8220;good health.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>\u201cI would say to him: &#8216;Be well.&#8217; I wish him good health. I say that without any irony, without jokes,\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Putin said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Given that it has been over 60 days since President Biden has taken questions in a formal press conference, we suspect The White House will not be jumping at the chance;\u00a0<strong>though we are sure Biden will suggest &#8220;taking him behind the gym and beat the hell out of him.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1372650008844103681&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fgeopolitical%2Fputin-responds-biden-killer-slur-it-takes-one-know-one&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=e1ffbdb%3A1614796141937&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1372650008844103681\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>*\u00a0 *\u00a0 *<\/p>\n<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin has responded to Biden&#8217;s explosive Wednesday\u00a0interview wherein he agreed with ABC&#8217;s\u00a0George Stephanopoulos that Putin is a &#8220;killer&#8221;. In his characteristic way of\u00a0using his wry\u00a0humor and wit to perhaps\u00a0lighten the intensity of the situation and expose it as somewhat asinine, the Russian leader simply said\u00a0that evaluating other countries\u00a0<strong>&#8220;is like looking in a mirror&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;I wish him good health&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0Putin quipped\u00a0while noting the US president is probably engaged in a bit of\u00a0psychological projection,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/russia\/518469-putin-biden-wish-health\/\">according<\/a>\u00a0to Russian state sources. &#8220;I say that without irony or joking.&#8221; Here&#8217;s what Putin said in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/putin-replies-biden-killer-takes-113838876.html\">context<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;It takes one to know one,&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0Putin said in televised remarks, using a saying from his childhood.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s not just a children&#8217;s saying and a joke.\u00a0<strong>There&#8217;s a deep psychological meaning in this.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We always see in another person our own qualities and think that he is the same as us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Putin added that he wished Biden, 78, good health. &#8220;I&#8217;m saying this without irony, not as a joke.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/putintoast.jpg?itok=LQgbgsJl\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/putintoast.jpg?itok=LQgbgsJl\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/putintoast.jpg?itok=LQgbgsJl\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"412\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"8746af0b-727f-4a64-909b-9719ddcf26ac\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When I was a kid, when we were arguing with each other in the playground, we used to say,<strong>\u00a0&#8216;Whatever you say [about others] is what you are yourself,'&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0Putin explained.<\/p>\n<p>The comments were\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-russia-usa-reaction-putin-idUSKBN2BA1E9?taid=60534580ca415e000128c537&amp;utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&amp;utm_medium=trueAnthem&amp;utm_source=twitter\">made on Russian television<\/a>\u00a0Thursday, the day after Biden&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/biden-believes-putin-killer-doesnt-have-soul-after-us-intel-assesses-interference\">ABC News interview<\/a>\u00a0aired wherein Biden also asserted that Putin\u00a0<strong>&#8220;doesn\u2019t have a soul&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1372528713712214016&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fgeopolitical%2Fputin-responds-biden-killer-slur-it-takes-one-know-one&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=e1ffbdb%3A1614796141937&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1372528713712214016\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the key controversial part of that interview that Putin is responding to:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Asked whether he believes Mr Putin is a &#8220;killer&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong>in a pre-taped interview that aired on Wednesday, the president responded:\u00a0<em><strong>&#8220;I do.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;The price he\u2019s going to pay, you\u2019ll see shortly,&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0he said. Mr Biden recalled meeting Mr Putin, during which he reportedly told him that he\u00a0<strong>&#8220;doesn\u2019t have a soul&#8221;<\/strong>: &#8220;I wasn\u2019t being a wise guy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He looked back at me and said, &#8216;We understand each other&#8217;,&#8221;\u00a0Mr Biden said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1372150249951797254&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fgeopolitical%2Fputin-responds-biden-killer-slur-it-takes-one-know-one&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=e1ffbdb%3A1614796141937&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1372150249951797254\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I know him relatively well,&#8221; Biden had introduced the comments with, and added\u00a0that &#8220;the most important thing dealing with foreign leaders in my experience&#8230; is just know the other guy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile amid the rapidly spiraling relations the Kremlin had\u00a0recalled its ambassador to the United States late in the day Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>When pressed about Biden&#8217;s &#8220;killer&#8221; comments about Putin, Psaki tried to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/usa\/russia-recalls-ambassador-following-biden-comments\">play it down<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>At Wednesday\u2019s press briefing, White House press secretary Jen Psaki declined to specify whether the president believes the Russian president, literally or metaphorically, is a killer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>He\u2019s not going to hold back<\/strong>\u00a0in his direction communications [with Russia]. He\u2019s not going to hold back publicly,&#8221;\u00a0Psaki said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And further on the recalling back home to Moscow of Russian ambassador to the US\u00a0Anatoly Antonov, Psaki said the administration &#8220;is going to take a different approach in our relationship to Russia than the prior administration. \u2026We are going to be straightforward and we are going to be direct in areas where we have concerns.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/putin-responds-biden-killer-slur-it-takes-one-know-one\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/putin-responds-biden-killer-slur-it-takes-one-know-one<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Soul-less&#8221; Putin Challenges &#8220;Killer&#8221; Biden To A Live Debate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56682\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}