Russian President Vladimir Putin says sources have revealed to him that American President Joe Biden is “not running the country.” In an interview with Tucker Carlson, Putin was critical of Biden, saying since he took office, America has been portrayed as weak.
Addressing the current relationship between Russia and the United States, Putin stated “Joe Biden may not even be aware of what’s going on. He may not understand the level of sanctions thrown at Russia. Who put those sanctions together? Those are our … adversaries.”
As for Biden “not running the country,” Putin said: “Let’s say we have good sources that confirm that but it’s plain for anyone to see for themselves. The U.S. has now entered into a dark period. It has unaccountable leadership.”
Putin also suggested Biden is not significant anyway. “The same forces which have always run it. You may change presidents but you do not change those in real power. That is who we have to deal with. Joe Biden is just a facade for this power structure.”
On the 2020 election? He said, “I would rather not get into domestic American politics but will say my embassy reported your southern border was better run than that 2020 election.”
Putin also lamented “no one from the White House” has reached out to him since he congratulated Biden on his election. “It’s puzzling to us that communications are colder now than during the Cold War.” He also noted he’s close to Chinese President Xi, as China is one of Russia’s biggest energy partners.
But he said it’s not in Russia’s interests “to clash” with the U.S. He also mentioned his curiosity at watching how the Biden administration is handling the border crisis: “We Russians find it ironically amusing your Congress will spend billions protecting foreign borders but neglect its own. It’s quite laughable but deadly.”
He said, “People are dying daily crossing your border in an uncontrolled way. It is a free-for-all. The world hasn’t seen anything like it in the modern era – reckless for a country to throw itself wide open like that.”