- Vladimir Putin says he’d favor if Joe Biden received the 2024 presidential race as an alternative of Donald Trump.
- The Russian chief stated he thinks Biden is “extra skilled,” and “extra predictable.”
- Putin’s remarks are stunning, contemplating Trump’s effusive reward of the Russian chief.
Vladimir Putin is probably not voting within the US elections this November, however the Russian chief has weighed in on who he prefers to be within the White Home.
Putin supplied his evaluation of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump throughout an interview with the state-owned tv channel Russia-1.
“Biden, he is extra skilled, extra predictable, he is a politician of the outdated formation,” Putin advised Russia-1 host Pavel Zarubin, per a translation shared by the Related Press.
“However we’ll work with any US chief whom the American folks belief,” Putin added.
The Russian president’s remarks could come as stunning to some, provided that Biden has stridently opposed the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Beneath the Biden administration, the US has offered Ukraine with greater than $44 billion in army help because the struggle started in February 2022. Biden has additionally galvanized US allies to lend their assist to Ukraine.
Compared, Trump has heaped reward on Putin, although his personal administration was dogged by claims of Russian election interference.
When Russia first invaded Ukraine in 2022, the previous president stated Putin’s transfer was “genius” and “great.” And in July, Trump touted his relationship with Putin throughout a rally in South Carolina.
“As Putin stated, ‘You are essentially the most vicious president ever. There’s by no means been a president that did this to me.’ And but, I obtained together with him. Is not that good,” Trump advised rally attendees.
Whereas Biden and Trump nonetheless must marketing campaign for the presidency in 2024, Putin is all however sure to safe his reelection.
Putin, who has held energy since 2000, will search his fifth time period in workplace when Russia heads to the polls in March.
Representatives for Biden and Trump didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark from Enterprise Insider despatched outdoors common enterprise hours.
