Biden Calls Putin “Crazy SOB” and Criticizes Trump’s Remarks

TFD – President Biden’s fiery comments on Putin and Trump stir controversy, as tensions escalate on the global stage.

President Joe Biden made a pointed jab at Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, calling him a “crazy SOB,” which infuriated the Kremlin.

In comments at a fundraiser in San Francisco, Biden also took aim at former President Donald Trump, ridiculing his likely opponent in the November presidential election for comparing himself to Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died last week.

Discussing climate change, Biden also made a brief diversion to note that the world should be worried about Putin’s repeated nuclear threats against the West.

“We constantly have to worry about a nuclear conflict and we have this crazy SOB, that guy Putin, and others,” he remarked. “But climate change poses an existential threat to humanity.”

The Kremlin responded by denouncing Biden for what it called an ill-advised attempt to seem like a “Hollywood cowboy.”

According to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, “the use of such language against the head of another state by the president of the United States is unlikely to infringe on our president, President Putin.” However, it denigrates people who employ such language.

Later, Peskov said, “This is a disgrace for the country itself, I mean the United States,” in remarks made to a state television reporter.

During political fundraisers, Biden often veers off course. In recent months, he has used these less formal gatherings to criticize China, the Republican Party, and Israel, an ally of the United States.

However, he has also been more critical of Trump in recent days, especially with reference to how he has handled Putin.

During the event on Wednesday night, Biden took aim at Trump for drawing comparisons between his circumstances and those of Navalny, whose demise in an Arctic prison colony has led Biden and other Western leaders to blame the Kremlin.

“He’s comparing himself to Navalny and saying that because our country has become a communist country” he has been “persecuted just like Navaly was persecuted — where the hell does this come from,” he said. It’s amazing that if I had said this 10, 15, or even 20 years ago, everyone would have assumed that I was a committed person.

The United States and others have been attacked by the Kremlin for what it called a hasty judgment before all the facts are known. The Kremlin has denied any participation in Navalny’s murder. Putin is allegedly concealing Navalny’s body as part of a plot, according to his relatives.

To hold Russia responsible, the Biden administration is scheduled to unveil a significant set of sanctions on Friday.

Additionally, Biden stated at the San Francisco fundraiser that he had received urgings from nine foreign heads of state to defeat Trump in the interest of democracy.

“A head of state will find a way to approach me as I leave meetings and tell me, ‘You have to win.'” Not because I’m that unique,” he remarked. He recalled the talks and said, “You’ve got to win because my democracy is at stake if the other guy wins.”

Additionally, Biden made the claim that the Republican congressmen and women of today were “worse” than the racist, segregationist legislators he had previously worked with.

The president made reference to the former South Carolina senator who supported segregation, saying, “I’ve served with real racists; I’ve served with Strom Thurmond.” “I worked with a lot of men who broke horrible racial records. But hey, what do you know? These people are worse,” he continued. referring to current Republicans. “These guys do not believe in basic democratic principles.”

The eighty-one-year-old Biden, whose memory and age are being questioned, has a track record of speaking bluntly about other international leaders.

In 2021, he agreed with an interviewer that Putin was a “killer” and last year labeled Chinese President Xi Jinping a “dictator” — comments that caused a considerable degree of diplomatic fallout.

Putin stated last week that his nation would rather have Biden, who is “more experienced,” serve a second term as president instead of Trump.