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Really?! That’s stone cold.


Apparently it’s true.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia-biden-idUSKBN0...

> "I said, 'Mr. Prime Minister, I'm looking into your eyes, and I don’t think you have a soul,'" Biden told the magazine. "He looked back at me, and he smiled, and he said, 'We understand one another.'"


That reminds me of a one-line summary of the Cold War: "The Americans play Poker. The Russians play Chess."


Smart reply; this is in the context of international negotiations - Putin's response is the correct response for Biden's little attack: it takes his statement of defect and turns it into a statement a power. That is astute.


That just gave me chills.


And then everyone on line behind him applauded.

The source is Joe Biden. There is absolutely no way that actually went down as he described it.




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