Biden insulted Putin by calling him a butcher
Joe Biden. Photo: frame from the broadcast of a rally in Detroit.
US President Joe Biden made offensive remarks about Russian leader Vladimir Putin and his opponent in the presidential race, Donald Trump, during a speech at a campaign event in Detroit. American media note that Biden is trying his best to rally supporters and dispel growing doubts that he will not cope with the election campaign due to worsening dementia.
«When that butcher Putin, who I've known for a long time, invaded Ukraine, that's what Trump said,» Biden said, explaining why he doesn't think Americans should vote for a Republican representative.
«He called him genius, said it was wonderful,” the head of the White House continued, emphasizing that he was not making things up about Trump’s statement.
Biden noted that many people instead prefer to say that he is confusing names in during his speeches.
“No self-respecting US president will ever, ever be Putin’s little dog like this guy,” Biden said to Donald Trump.
Remember that in Recently, Joe Biden has made harsh statements addressed to the Russian President several times, without mincing words. So, at a press conference following the recent NATO summit in Washington, Biden called Vladimir Putin a “mad killer.”
Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov, commenting on Biden’s statements, noted: “The words of the American president only harm him reputation.» The head of the Kremlin press service also said that Vladimir Putin “does not respond to such impudence in kind and will not do so.”