#geneva summit

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"President Ronald Reagan's First Meeting with Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev at Fleur D'Eau During The Geneva Summit in Switzerland,” 11/19/1985

Series: Reagan White House Photographs, 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989. Collection: White House Photographic Collection, 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989.

[thelibertyloft]

In case you missed it: Biden’s Horrible Poker Face http://dlvr.it/S24SXF

[tomorrowusa]

Opinion: A big loss for Putin

Frida Ghitis writes that by meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and letting him showcase his signature evasive style, US President Joe Biden was able to use the Russian president as a prop -- a show-and-tell for his campaign to demonstrate that authoritarianism is a malign force.

Putin is probably longing for the pre-January 20th days when all he had to do was snap his fingers to get what he wanted from a US president.

Just look at the difference in body language in Putin’s meetings with Trump and Biden.

From the start of the Geneva summit, Biden looked confident and relaxed. In contrast, Putin, who has made an art of appearing smug and almost bored, looked tense and on his guard. Then Biden took the initiative, extending his hand first to Putin, who walked over to grasp it.

You would never know that Putin is about 6 inches (15 cm) shorter than Trump. Trump even looks like Putin’s servant.

Biden is not afraid to show his true height. He is far more businesslike than Trump who portrays himself as a great businessman.

[O]verall, the meeting was a loss for Putin, who sounded defensive and cryptic. He refused to utter opposition leader Alexei Navalny's name, blaming him for his own predicament amid a slew of falsehoods, and he denied any responsibility for recent cyberattacks in the US.

And yet, he went out of his way to say he respects Biden, calling him "an experienced statesman... very different from President Trump" — a comparison sure to hurt his predecessor.

Biden looked satisfied when it was all over, appearing convinced that he had drawn some clear red lines in the roughly 160 minutes of face-to-face meetings. 

So Putin essentially publicly admitted that he didn’t respect Trump. That, of course, is why his hackers worked so hard to elect him in 2016 and re-elect him in 2020. In Putin’s eyes, Trump represented a weak and pathetic America which could easily be manipulated.

The relationship between Putin and Trump reminded many of us of the relationship between Ramsay Bolton and Theon Greyjoy.

[globalgistng]

Trump considered the summit of Putin and Biden unsuccessful for the United States

Trump considered the summit of Putin and Biden unsuccessful for the United States

Moscow was left in an advantageous position following the summit of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Joe Biden on June 16 in Geneva, while the United States “got nothing.” This was announced on Wednesday, June 16, by former American President Donald Trump. June 16 was “a good day for Moscow,” Trump said. “I think it was a good day for Moscow. We (USA – Ed.) Yielded…

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[thescoopess]

Joe Biden Snaps At CNN Reporter 'Kaitlan Collins' "If you don’t understand that, you’re in the wrong business,”

Joe Biden Snaps At CNN Reporter ‘Kaitlan Collins’ “If you don’t understand that, you’re in the wrong business,”

Biden snapped at a CNN reporter ‘Kaitlan Collins’ on Wednesday as she grilled him about the Geneva summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. (more…)

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