Putin hopes Biden will be less impulsive than Trump
For the Russian president, Joe Biden is a “career man” having spent his life in politics, while Donald Trump is according to him a “talented” and “colorful” man.
Vladimir Putin said on Friday June 11 that he hoped that his American counterpart Joe Biden would be less impulsive than his predecessor Donald Trump, a few days before the highly anticipated first summit between the two heads of state.
In an interview with the American channel NBC News, the Russian president described Joe Biden as a "career man" having spent his life in politics, while Donald Trump is according to him a "talented" and "colorful man. ". “Even now, I believe former President Trump is an amazing individual, otherwise he wouldn't have become president,” he said. "And he did not come from the American establishment."
"I am very hopeful that, yes, there are some advantages, some disadvantages, but that there is no more impulsive maneuvering by the sitting US president."
As for Joe Biden, “he is radically different from Trump because President Biden is a career man. He has spent most of his adult life in politics ”. "I have great hope that, yes, there are certain advantages, certain disadvantages, but that there are no more impulsive maneuvers on the part of the American president in office," he said, according to a report. translation provided by NBC News.
Joe Biden is expected to raise several US complaints against Vladimir Putin, including suspicions of Russian interference in the US elections and cyberattacks, at the June 16 summit in Geneva at the end of his first international trip. Vladimir Putin has openly admitted that he supported Donald Trump in 2016. The Republican billionaire has repeatedly expressed his admiration for the Russian leader and notoriously appeared to accept his denials of possible electoral interference.
As for the epithet of "killer" chosen by Joe Biden to qualify him in the light of a series of assassinations including that of the Russian opponent Boris Nemtsov, the master of the Kremlin saw it as the result of "macho behavior" specific to Hollywood. Such speech “is part of American political culture where it is considered normal. But not here, by the way. It's not considered normal here, ”he said.
