The Result of Biden’s Zoom Call With Putin Is In and It’s Not Good – Opinion

We saw some truly dismal numbers for Joe Biden — particularly when it comes to inflation — in the new ABC/Ipsos poll. Biden only had 28 percent approval and 69 percent disapproval in terms of how he was dealing with it — just killer numbers when the economy is generally the most important thing in the minds of Americans.

However, there was a poor turnout across all categories. This includes on the question of whether Americans trust Biden to handle Vladimir Putin. Is the Zoom phone call Biden made with Putin in which he claimed he warned him to be careful?

Not at all, and it’s not hard to understand why when he says things about making an “accommodation” with Putin. 55 percent are disapproval of the manner Biden has handled relations with Russia. That’s another big disapproval number. This is down from the 49% who trusted Biden to deal with Putin in June.

So if the Zoom call didn’t impress the American people, did it ward off or impress Putin with the big consequences he would face from Biden if he continued to threaten Ukraine? Was he cowed by Joe’s words? Not if Putin’s actions are any indication. Putin added more troops on the border with Ukraine to the 175,000 he already had there, according to ABC’s Martha Raddatz.

ABC’s Martha Raddatz claims that Putin has “added at most 10,000 additional troops” to Ukraine’s borders after his conversation with Joe Biden. pic.twitter.com/adhinnD632

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“Russia’s ability at this point — and 175,000 troops, think of that,” Raddatz said. “When we went into Iraq, we were nowhere near 175,000 troops. Also, remember 2014 and this article about Russian troops. There were reports that Putin set up mobile crematoriums because he was burning the bodies of those who were killed, so the Russians would not see caskets coming back.”

“He has to be thinking about that. However, they might move swiftly. The officials and administration tell me it’s not faked. Putin may not be faking the situation, but he might have a knack for not making it look fake. I mean, he is moving in those troops,” Raddatz continued. “After that call with President Biden, they added more troops. The troops increased by at least 10,000. So, if he’s bluffing, it’s a very, very good bluff.”

I guess that Putin wasn’t frightened by Biden’s wave and inability to get his microphone to work at the start of their Zoom call. What he should have said instead of talking about “accommodations” is: “You need to back off now.” Period, end of sentence. But it’s clear whatever he said to Putin didn’t do much. That’s the problem when a leader is weak. This is the problem with a weak leader in the chair. It makes this dangerous time for America and its allies.