Christian Whiton, 19FortyFive: U.S.-Russia Summit: Joe Biden Has a Weak Hand vs. Putin
Joe Biden has begun his first foreign trip as president, which will culminate in a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Despite America’s technological, financial, and military advantages, Biden actually enters the meeting with a weaker hand.
The trip nearly five months into Biden’s presidency comes much later than those of his predecessors. Presidents Obama and George W. Bush both traveled abroad during the first months of their presidencies, although President Trump waited until May. While the White House attributed the delay to the coronavirus pandemic, Biden was fully vaccinated before he took office in January. The delay has contributed to concerns about the 78-year-old president’s stamina, and Putin in particular will be looking for signs of mental or physical exhaustion by the American president by the end of the six-day trip.
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WNU Editor: I do not know if President Biden has a weak hand in his meeting with President Putin. There are many things that President Putin wants from President Biden. The end of sanctions being on the top of the list. But President Putin also lives in the real world, and he knows that President Biden is going to give him nothing. The expectations from the Kremlin are so low, that on Russian media I have been hearing pundits wondering why President Putin is going to summit int he first place.
And while some are predicting a train-wreck .... The Coming Biden/Putin Train-Wreck Summit (Ron Paul). My prediction is the opposite. I expect this will be a quiet and uneventful meeting where both leaders will express their positions, and where nothing of substance will be forwarded.
