Vladimir Putin appeared to endorse Joe Biden over Donald Trump today.
Putin says he didn't like the Tucker Carlson interview because it was too soft.
"I honestly thought he would be aggressive and ask tough questions. I wanted that, because I would have given tough answers back […] to be frank, I didn't get much pleasure from this interview." pic.twitter.com/14UroAmjyh
— max seddon (@maxseddon) February 14, 2024
President Joe Biden recently urged Republicans in the House to pass the foreign aid bill that cleared the U.S. Senate on Monday night and to “stand with decency” and “democracy” over Vladimir Putin.
During his speech from the White House on Tuesday, Biden launched a scathing attack on former President Donald Trump. He accused Trump of elevating Putin’s status across the globe and supporting Putin’s agenda of weakening American power. In particular, Biden criticized Trump for his recent speech in which he appeared to welcome Putin’s invasion of NATO allies.
“The stakes are already high for American security before this bill was passed in the Senate last night,” Biden said of the $95 billion aid bill for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan.
“But in recent days, those stakes have risen. And that’s because the former president has set a dangerous and shockingly, frankly, un-American signal to the world,” he added, continuing:
Just a few days ago, Trump gave an invitation to Putin to invade some of our ally NATO allies. He said if an ally didn’t spend enough money on defense, he would encourage Russia to, quote, ‘Do whatever the hell they want,’ end of quote. Can you imagine a former president of United States saying that so the whole world heard it? The worst thing is he means it.
No other president in our history has ever bowed down to a Russian dictator. Let me say this as clearly as I can. I never will. For God’s sake, it’s dumb. It’s shameful. It’s dangerous. It’s un-American.
“NATO is a sacred commitment. Donald Trump looks at this as if it’s a burden. When he looks at NATO, he doesn’t see the alliance that protects America and the world. He sees a protection racket. He doesn’t understand that NATO is built on fundamental principles of freedom, security and national sovereignty. Because for Trump, principles never matter. Everything is transactional,” Biden continued, adding:
