RUSSIA !!! Election Meddling

[Axtremus]

Compare and contrast:

Joe: Biden raises election meddling with Putin in first phone call
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55819769

Donald: Like old pals, Trump, Putin make light of election meddling https://apnews.com/article/60b877521eec4667b64190b77bbf9136

[Renauda]

The Kremlin described the phone call between Putin and Biden as "businesslike and frank". Translated from Russian that descriptor means they didn't agree on anything.

[Kincaid]

I am more interested in how Joe kisses up to Xi.

[xenon]

@kincaid said in RUSSIA !!! Election Meddling:

I am more interested in how Joe kisses up to Xi.

To get kickbacks on his business deals with China?

[Kincaid]

@xenon said in RUSSIA !!! Election Meddling:

@kincaid said in RUSSIA !!! Election Meddling:

I am more interested in how Joe kisses up to Xi.

To get kickbacks on his business deals with China?

I don't know. Trump was almost fetishistic towards Putin. Biden just seems like a normal crooked politician toward the Chinese.

[Loki]

May be a ton easier to pick a fight with Russia but incredibly smarter to deal with China.

[Axtremus]

@kincaid said in RUSSIA !!! Election Meddling:

I am more interested in how Joe kisses up to Xi.

I got this from some Taiwanese news show: the report so far is that it irks Xi that Biden is still not taking Xi’s phone call even though Xi publicly congratulated Biden early on for his electoral victory not long after the election (certainly a lot earlier that Putin). Xi got a pretty quick call with Trump soon after Trump was elected in 2016, but Biden completely ignoring or avoiding Xi so far is causing significant angst and has led to the CCP putting out tougher “anti-American” rhetoric recently.