Biden says he still has leverage against Putin in the form of the threat of sanctions:
“He’s never seen sanctions like the ones I’ve promised will be imposed if he moved.”
“He’s never seen sanctions like the ones I’ve promised will be imposed if he moved.”
Biden says the European countries will stand with a tough punishment for the Russian economy if Putin invades:
“The idea NATO is not going to be united, I don’t buy.”
“The idea NATO is not going to be united, I don’t buy.”
Biden says if Russia invades, they will be cut off from international financial transactions:
“Their banks are not going to be able to deal in dollars.”
Recent reports suggest Germany not on board with that threat.
reuters.com/article/ukrain…
“Their banks are not going to be able to deal in dollars.”
Recent reports suggest Germany not on board with that threat.
reuters.com/article/ukrain…
.@SangerNYT points out to Biden he said in June: “I think the last thing he (Putin) wants now is another Cold War.”
Does he still think that? Biden answers a different question Sanger didn't ask: "I think he still does not want any full blown war."
Got it.
Does he still think that? Biden answers a different question Sanger didn't ask: "I think he still does not want any full blown war."
Got it.
Biden says he'll negotiate on restrictions on weapons in Ukraine, but other Putin asks are non-starters, including closing NATO's open door policy and removing troops form former Soviet bloc. “We are actually going to increase troop presence in Poland, Romania, etc, if he moves.”
Biden admits there's no actual unity among NATO countries on Putin.
“There are differences in NATO as to what countries are willing to do, depending on what happens."
“It depends on what he does, to what extent we will be able to get total unity on the NATO front.”
Wow.
“There are differences in NATO as to what countries are willing to do, depending on what happens."
“It depends on what he does, to what extent we will be able to get total unity on the NATO front.”
Wow.
Biden on Putin's calculations about whether, when and how much to invade: "I don't think he's made up his mind yet."
Biden says he pressed Xi during their virtual summit on the origins of Covid-19:
“The fact is they are just not being transparent... I made it clear that I thought China had an obligation to be more forthcoming on exactly what the source of the virus was and where it came from.”
“The fact is they are just not being transparent... I made it clear that I thought China had an obligation to be more forthcoming on exactly what the source of the virus was and where it came from.”
If Biden is so concerned about China's transparency on Covid-19 origins, he might begin by implementing transparency inside the U.S. government, by directing NIH and NAIAD to comply with Congressional requests for all their records related to the Wuhan labs.
Biden says Latina and South America is "not America's backyard... It's America's front yard."
(So, does that mean Canada is America's backyard now? I'm confused.)
(So, does that mean Canada is America's backyard now? I'm confused.)
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