‘That son of a bitch’: New Woodward book reveals candid behind-the-scenes conversations of Biden, Trump, Harris and Putin
‘That son of a bitch’: New Woodward book reveals candid behind-the-scenes conversations of Biden, Trump, Harris and Putin | CNN Politics
I actually really want to read this book.
Biden is so dumb he didn’t know BIBI is a super shitbag even tho Israelis have been trying to jail him and his retard wife for 10 years +.
Biden knew Bibi was a shitbag probably since the day he met him long ago. Obama called Bibi the biggest liar of all the world's leaders
This whole article just points to a man so frustrated with all that's going on around him, has the power to change it, but still does nothing. Biden is literally blaming everyone around him but himself. He blamed Obama for not taking a firmer stance on the Russian invasion of Crimea in 2014 and now he has to deal with Russia and he blamed Bibi for not having a strategy but still sent him money and arms unconditionally. This man is literally the dealer in an international poker game and is still somehow losing control of so many players.
First of all, both could arguably be true. Secondly, in the case of conditional sales of weapons to Isreal, you're asking Biden to do what Sen. Bernie Sanders couldn't get congress to do. Which amounts to be the expenditure of immense political capital during an election year. The big chair is not that easy to sit in.
No one said it was going to be an easy chair to sit in. This man ran for president on being a career politician who knew how to get stuff done and work with people on both sides of the political spectrum. Sure, he had some good wins domestically like the infrastructure bill and the chips act. But this man is losing all credibility on the world stage. Even the most hard line Zionist presidents in the past have been able to control Israel, Biden cannot. Putin has never been so brazen and openly defiant in the past. And now, organizations like BRICS are being formed in light of these kinds of weaknesses America is displaying. If you're the leader of the richest and most powerful nation on the world and you can't control any situation you're directly involved in except to bitch about it in private, then you're not a competent leader. Leaders really need to be help to a much higher standard, especially when the stakes are so high.
Regarding your comment on the weapons sale to Israel. Bernie isn't Biden. Biden holds a lot more executive authority and his words carry a lot more weight than a senator, even one as popular and well known as Bernie. This wouldn't even be that unpopular of a decision either. As of February, two thirds of Americans support the decision for Biden to call for a ceasefire. And these numbers have been more or less consistent for the past year.
This man is literally the dealer in an international poker game
No, actually, the US does not have the power to control all these world events. We have a lot of influence, but not that much. For instance, we would not be able to mind control Netanyahu and make him lift the restrictions of food aid entering into Gaza to relieve the famine.
Also, I'll remind you Biden withheld arms over Rafah, stemming a large scale Israeli attack into the region.
The US has a lot of power and sway with regards to their proxies like Israel, or should at least, but lately it feels like it's the other way around. The US also has a lot of soft power for other countries they can use when they feel like they need/want to and a lot of countries have respected that up until recently. For example, Iran's first attack on Israel a few months back was largely for show and they actually warned the US via back-channels before attacking. The latest one that happened last week was not the case. It was a message to the US and it's allies that said "If you don't do something and control this, we will.".
Also, I’ll remind you Biden withheld arms over Rafah, stemming a large scale Israeli attack into the region.
I remember. But like the sanction Biden imposed on a few Israeli settlers these actions are more symbolic than trying to actual pivot the flow of events. It's Biden's way of saying "See I'm doing something" and meanwhile Israel continues doing what it does best. Also, Israel still ended up attacking Rafah, which further invalidates that point.
He's crooked and just doesnt want to be seen doing it. He's alwas been crooked. They didnt call him the senator from MBNA for nothing.
In 2020, Woodward writes, Trump had “secretly sent Putin a bunch of Abbott Point of Care Covid test machines for his personal use.”
“Please don’t tell anybody you sent these to me,” Putin said to Trump, according to Woodward.
Citing a Trump aide, Woodward reports that there have been “maybe as many as seven” calls between Trump and Putin since Trump left the White House in 2021.