Current Events > Putin regrets not attacking Ukraine sooner; prefers Biden over Trump as POTUS

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https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/02/15/7441937/

Russian President Vladimir Putin regrets not attacking Ukraine openly earlier, but he doesn't regret starting the war.
Source: Vladimir Putin, in an interview for Russia 1 TV channel, Radio Liberty reports
Quote from Putin: "The only thing we can regret is that we did not take intense action earlier."
Details: This is how Putin commented on the course of the war in Ukraine in an interview with Pavel Zarubin, Russia 1 TV channel host, which was published late on Wednesday. He was apparently referring to the full-scale invasion of 2022, not the hybrid war of 2014.
The conversation itself mainly concerned Putin's conversation with American media personality Tucker Carlson on 6 February.
Commenting on the outcome of the conversation and the viewers' reaction to it, the Russian President called Carlson a "dangerous person" who had specifically chosen this tactic to avoid hearing "sharp answers" during the conversation.
Putin said he was preparing for completely different questions and was going to answer "sharply", which would have given the interview the necessary "specificity", but as a result, he "did not get full satisfaction" from it.
Responding to Zarubin's remark about Carlson's alleged arrest in the United States, Putin said that "it would be good" because then "the liberal democratic dictatorship, which is clearly represented in today's ruling class in America, would show its true face".
When asked which of the US presidents was better for him, current President Biden or his predecessor Donald Trump, Putin replied: "Biden. He is a more predictable person."
Putin also said that once Carlson's crew had turned off the cameras, they started talking about the "demonisation" of Russia in connection with the massive Jewish pogroms in the Russian Empire in the early 20th century, and the Russian president said that these pogroms took place mostly on the territory of modern Ukraine. In fact, Jewish pogroms took place throughout the Russian Empire.
Radio Liberty notes that Putin's two-hour interview with Carlson did not gain much interest among Russians. The Moscow Times, citing the research company Mediascope, reported that it only ranked 19th in the all-Russian rating of the most popular TV programmes for the week of 4-11 February. The rating of Putin's interview (2.9%) was only slightly ahead of the shows Psychics.Revenge (2.8%) and Polye Chudes (Field of Miracles) (2.7%).

I'd regret not attacking sooner too if I were him, considering how absolutely poorly it's gone for him.

Putin lies #288328946846045

Trump is the useful idiot for him

He knows what he doing. And so does the GOP.

Putin: "please guys! Please don't vote Trump! I am so scared of him! ahhh uhhh"

Powerful russian dictator who only speaks in propaganda claims he has a preferred president lmao

gee i wonder why he would say that

ssb_yunglink2 posted...

Powerful russian dictator who only speaks in propaganda claims he has a preferred president lmao

gee i wonder why he would say that

Because he realizes that Ukraine is about to get another 60 billion USD and wants to make himself look like this was his plan all along? To make it look like Biden is the weaker candidate vis-a-vis Ukraine come election time?

Ricemills posted...

Putin lies #288328946846045

Trump is the useful idiot for him

But still a unpredictable idiot.

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The invasion was 2022, Biden elected in 2020.
Maybe he think the invasion would went smooth because US was still recovering from Trump and covid, so less money goes to Ukraine.

Can't wait to see right-wingers backpedal and suddenly act like they don't like Putin

he's not even trying with the reverse psychology lol. his age is really starting to show, i thought kgb were supposed to be sneaky manipulators.

BucketCat posted...

he's not even trying with the reverse psychology lol. his age is really starting to show, i thought kgb were supposed to be sneaky manipulators.

don't need to try when it comes to maga cultists

Ricemills posted...

Putin lies #288328946846045

Trump is the useful idiot for him

Yeah, Putin aint dumb. He knows if he says he would prefer Biden the right will eat that up and run with it.

BucketCat posted...

he's not even trying with the reverse psychology lol. his age is really starting to show, i thought kgb were supposed to be sneaky manipulators.

He doesnt need to try. Dumbass right wingers are gonna eat this up

WingsOfGood posted...

Putin: "please guys! Please don't vote Trump! I am so scared of him! ahhh uhhh"

he probably legitimately is and we all should be scared, trump is nuts

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didn't Russia invaded and took Crimea in like 2014? which way before Trump or Biden

The former claim I believe, because I'm pretty sure that if Putin had attacked Ukraine in 2020, Trump would have let him do it and Ukraine would have been conquered quickly without any American aid.

The latter, I absolutely call bullshit on. Trump and Putin are clearly still in cahoots.

Y'all are literally making comments "He's lying! He likes Trump!"

It's a JAB! He just used the question to take a potshot at Biden just to do it "le biden stupid" meme. It's not that deep "He's lying, he likes Trump more!" Obviously....

he likes his lap dog more trump is a useful idiot like the entire republican party is

"I want the US President determined to give Ukraine the resources to fight me over the President that would be OK with me invading even more NATO countries!!"

LOL...This is just world-class trolling but MAGA will eat it up.