Biden vows Russia's Putin will 'pay a price' for election meddling

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U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the implementation of the American Rescue Plan in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 15, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/Files

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden said Russian President Vladimir Putin will face consequences for directing efforts to swing the November 2020 U.S. presidential election to Donald Trump, and that they would come soon.

"He will pay a price," Biden told ABC News in an interview broadcast on Wednesday. Asked what the consequences would be, he said, "You'll see shortly."

A U.S. intelligence report on Tuesday bolstered longstanding allegations that Putin was behind Moscow's election interference, an accusation Russia called baseless.

U.S. President Joe Biden said Russian President Vladimir Putin will face consequences for directing efforts to swing the November 2020 U.S. presidential election to Donald Trump, and that they would come soon. Lisa Bernhard produced this report.

At the same time, Biden noted that "there's places where it's in our mutual interest to work together" such as renewing the START nuclear agreement, adding that the two leaders have a known history.

"I know him relatively well," Biden said, adding that "the most important thing dealing with foreign leaders in my experience ... is just know the other guy."

Of Putin, Biden said he does not think the Russian leader has a soul. Asked if he thought Putin was a killer, he told ABC: "I do."

Biden defeated Trump in the election and took office two months ago.

(Reporting by Doina Chiacu and Susan Heavey; Editing by Andrew Heavens)

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[Rimmer]

An off topic post has been removed, topic is about:
 

Biden vows Russia's Putin will 'pay a price' for election meddling

[tomazbodner]

Vladimir must be a superman. He seems to control the entire planet... according to US.

[rcuthbert]

Threatening the head of a super power, using an accusation as proof, is nothing more than chicanery.

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38 minutes ago, rcuthbert said:

Threatening the head of a super power, using an accusation as proof, is nothing more than chicanery.

"Using an accusation as a proof? Huh? Biden is accusing Putin. But he's not using it as a proof. You may not believe there's evidence behind his accusation but that doesn't mean there isn't. Anyway, do you expect Biden to have Putin extradited and put on trial, and only if Putin is found guilty, can Biden go ahead and characterize Putin as a killer?

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[Sujo]

24 minutes ago, rcuthbert said:

Threatening the head of a super power, using an accusation as proof, is nothing more than chicanery.

Putin admitted it at the conference with trump. Think it was in helsinki.

He was asked, did you meddle in the US election. He responded, yes.

[Jeffr2]

1 hour ago, tomazbodner said:

Vladimir must be a superman. He seems to control the entire planet... according to US.

Strange comment.  That's definitely not the case.

[Jeffr2]

1 hour ago, rcuthbert said:

Threatening the head of a super power, using an accusation as proof, is nothing more than chicanery.

NO accusation.  They've got proof.  They've had it for years.  Sadly, Trump did nothing about it as he was trying to make millions off his condo towers in Moscow.  Where he was going to give one to Putin as a thank you.  Go figure....

[tomazbodner]

1 minute ago, Jeffr2 said:

NO accusation.  They've got proof.  They've had it for years.  Sadly, Trump did nothing about it as he was trying to make millions off his condo towers in Moscow.  Where he was going to give one to Putin as a thank you.  Go figure....

How many years exactly did they have proof that Putin meddled with elections that just happened 4 months back?

[twix38]

Putin is a thug and criminal.

With all the actions and bare faced lies of denials it's hard to come to any other conclusion than guilty in all reasonable doubt.

 

Biden better check his Tea and Pants for pallonium or novichok!

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[Chomper Higgot]

Elections have consequences.

 

This last election has had the consequence of removing a man who stands with America’s enemies and has replaced with a true patriot.

[Isaan sailor]

Please Mr. President, turn your attention to the border crisis and China.  Russia’s small potatoes, by comparison.

[rcuthbert]

1 hour ago, placeholder said:

"Using an accusation as a proof? Huh? Biden is accusing Putin. But he's not using it as a proof. You may not believe there's evidence behind his accusation but that doesn't mean there isn't. Anyway, do you expect Biden to have Putin extradited and put on trial, and only if Putin is found guilty, can Biden go ahead and characterize Putin as a killer?

In other words, he is firing up his base by reigniting the Russia Collusion hoax. His party lied to the world for over 3 years. That was chicanery - on steroids. Why would he be fueling the embers? What issues does he need to divert attention from?

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[rcuthbert]

1 hour ago, Sujo said:

Putin admitted it at the conference with trump. Think it was in helsinki.

He was asked, did you meddle in the US election. He responded, yes.

Here is an excerpt from the Helsinki press conference report:

"Both Trump and Putin repeatedly denied accusations that the Trump campaign had colluded with Russian intelligence officials to swing the election. “You can trust no one,” Putin said, calling claims of collusion “utter nonsense.”

“President Trump mentioned the issue of the so-called interference of Russia in the American elections, and I had to reiterate things I said several times — including during our personal contacts — that the Russian state has never interfered and is not going to interfere into internal American affairs, including election processes,” Putin said.

https://time.com/5339830/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-summit-helsinki-meddling/

[Phoenix Rising]

1 hour ago, Jeffr2 said:

NO accusation.  They've got proof.  They've had it for years.  Sadly, Trump did nothing about it as he was trying to make millions off his condo towers in Moscow.  

IMO the reasons he treated putin as his BFF are MUCH more sinister than mere money.

[Phoenix Rising]

3 minutes ago, rcuthbert said:

Here is an excerpt from the Helsinki press conference report:

"Both Trump and Putin repeatedly denied accusations that the Trump campaign had colluded with Russian intelligence officials to swing the election. “You can trust no one,” Putin said, calling claims of collusion “utter nonsense.”

“President Trump mentioned the issue of the so-called interference of Russia in the American elections, and I had to reiterate things I said several times — including during our personal contacts — that the Russian state has never interfered and is not going to interfere into internal American affairs, including election processes,” Putin said.

https://time.com/5339830/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-summit-helsinki-meddling/

"putin said" is all I needed to read in that article. Unfortunately those two words came at the very end so you just wasted 12 seconds of my life.

[Phoenix Rising]

12 minutes ago, rcuthbert said:

In other words, he is firing up his base by reigniting the Russia Collusion hoax. His party lied to the world for over 3 years. That was chicanery - on steroids. Why would he fueling the embers? What issues does he need to divert attention from?

None. President Biden has done more for the US in his first 60 days in office than trump did in 4 years....x 10.

On second thought just scratch the comparison. Comparing President Biden to his predecessor is like comparing a doctor to a disease spreader - it's pointless.

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17 minutes ago, rcuthbert said:

In other words, he is firing up his base by reigniting the Russia Collusion hoax. His party lied to the world for over 3 years. That was chicanery - on steroids. Why would he be fueling the embers? What issues does he need to divert attention from?

Anyone who has read the redacted version of the Mueller report knows that what you allege is not true. The Mueller report specifically said that Trump could be charged with obstructing justice vis a vis Paul Manafort and his connections to various Russian agents.

The Senate report, which was not subject to Barr's redactions and misrepresentations, cited much stronger evidence in the case of manafort conspiring with various agents of Russia.

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14 minutes ago, rcuthbert said:

Here is an excerpt from the Helsinki press conference report:

"Both Trump and Putin repeatedly denied accusations that the Trump campaign had colluded with Russian intelligence officials to swing the election. “You can trust no one,” Putin said, calling claims of collusion “utter nonsense.”

“President Trump mentioned the issue of the so-called interference of Russia in the American elections, and I had to reiterate things I said several times — including during our personal contacts — that the Russian state has never interfered and is not going to interfere into internal American affairs, including election processes,” Putin said.

https://time.com/5339830/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-summit-helsinki-meddling/

Wow! Putin shocked the world by denying everything. I am nearly convinced. Just tell me that he swore on the same cross that he wore when he met George W. Bush and I will be entirely convinced.

[rcuthbert]

51 minutes ago, Phoenix Rising said:

None. President Biden has done more for the US in his first 60 days in office than trump did in 4 years....x 10.

On second thought just scratch the comparison. Comparing President Biden to his predecessor is like comparing a doctor to a disease spreader - it's pointless.

What has Biden done?

[Eric Loh]

10 minutes ago, rcuthbert said:

What has Biden done?

Lots. Keep up. 

[KarenBravo]

6 minutes ago, rcuthbert said:

What has Biden done?

Taken Covid19 seriously.

Rejoined the Paris climate accord (yes, he believes in climate change. Shocking!).

Stopped drilling in environmentally sensitive Alaska.

Stopped the disaster that was the Keystone pipeline.

 

Given out 1.9 trillion dollars that 76% of the American people support.

I'm sure others can add things.

[Sujo]

31 minutes ago, rcuthbert said:

What has Biden done?

At a minimum he has not played golf whilst US was in crisis.

Anything more than that is a bonus.

[rcuthbert]

23 minutes ago, KarenBravo said:

Taken Covid19 seriously.

Rejoined the Paris climate accord (yes, he believes in climate change. Shocking!).

Stopped drilling in environmentally sensitive Alaska.

Stopped the disaster that was the Keystone pipeline.

 

Given out 1.9 trillion dollars that 76% of the American people support.

I'm sure others can add things.

Are you implying that Trump did not take Covid19 seriously?

Do you think that Trump would not have given Americans stimulus cash?

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12 minutes ago, rcuthbert said:

Are you implying that Trump did not take Covid19 seriously?

Do you think that Trump would not have given Americans stimulus cash?

All the President’s Lies About the Coronavirus
An unfinished compendium of Trump’s overwhelming dishonesty during a national emergency

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/11/trumps-lies-about-coronavirus/608647/

Actually, this article was published in early November when deaths were at about 200,000. There have been lots of lies from Trump since.

[Phoenix Rising]

59 minutes ago, rcuthbert said:

What has Biden done?

Biden inherited a mess, but his first 50 days as president have been a historic success

"A Pew Research Center poll released Tuesday found that 70% of US adults favor Biden's bill — including 41% of Republicans. A separate poll from Associated Press also found that 70% of Americans approve of the president's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Whether congressional Republicans like it or not, history has been made and Americans are seemingly all for it."

[Phoenix Rising]

26 minutes ago, rcuthbert said:

Are you implying that Trump did not take Covid19 seriously?

Do you think that Trump would not have given Americans stimulus cash?

Speaking for myself:

"Are you implying that Trump did not take Covid19 seriously?"
Uh...yes. Or, as they say; DUH!

"Do you think that Trump would not have given Americans stimulus cash?"
That would be pure speculation as trump lost the election in a landslide, or bigly in trump-speak.

 

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1 hour ago, rcuthbert said:

What has Biden done?

It's not just what Biden has done, but what he's undone and undoing: namely, lots of executive orders from Trump that favored the wealthy and powerful and hurt ordinary Americans.

[onthedarkside]

An off-topic post with Hitler trolling has been removed, along with a post that made unsubstantiated claims in the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation, and a name calling post.

https://www.factcheck.org/2020/10/partisan-claims-of-russia-hoax-revived-ahead-of-2020-election/

"There is no evidence that she [Clinton] was responsible for the federal counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign ties with Russia. The fact is, multiple federal reports, including the Mueller and Senate reports, trace the origins of the investigation to Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos.

As we have written, the Department of Justice’s inspector general said the FBI launched its investigation after Papadopoulos told a “Friendly Foreign Government” (an Australian diplomat in London, according to the New York Times) that the campaign had received information about Russia having dirt on Clinton.

So, claims like this one — “Hillary Clinton was behind the entire Russian collusion hoax all along” — made by Republican Rep. Doug Collins of Georgia, along with a call to “#LockHerUp,” are unfounded."

 

[Nojohndoe]

In light of what Biden and the Democrats opposed Trump and the  GOP the rhetoric is an expectation.

As if the US makes no clandestine attempts  to undermine the Putin administration  to an advantage when and where possible .

Putin is a historical figure featured in KGB legend.

Trump was a ....loser.

A strange competition  once it became ideologically same same but different as "President" !

Biden now  must re -establish  some credibility for the US beyond the  grasping  selfish dishonest egostistcal ...  characteristics Trump bestowed on the  average deluded  naive Merican !

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