4 minutes agoBeden doesn't stop, calls Putin a killer and clean bandit dictator
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)US President Joe Biden called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin a <x0-minor clean band” while speaking at a St Patrick Day event on Thursday. At Ireland's annual guest dinner at Capitol Hill, Biden said Putin is a killer “dictator, a clean bandit making a [...]
At Ireland's annual guest dinner at Capitol Hill, Biden said Putin is a killer “dictator, a clean bandit who is waging an immoral fight against the people of Ukraine”.
“Putin is paying a huge price for its aggression and they are part of the reason the cost is going so high”, Biden said.
In their support for sanctions against Russia and Ukraine, Biden said Ireland was also paying a large price” for a contribution he called the small “”.
The president also referred to his next call with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday, joking that Xi “recalls everything I said”.
“He does not believe democracy can be maintained in the 21st century”, Biden said.
Irish Prime Minister Michel Martin was scheduled to attend the event, but was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Wednesday.
Biden, who had just attended a virtual meeting with Martin before leaving for Capitol Hill, said Taoiseach was sorry that he couldn't be here” and that he “ran well” despite the diagnosis.
