Biden Puts PR First

If you read the transcript of the press conference in Helsinki on July 16, 2018 between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump you will see one responsible national leader and another who was outclassed.

President Trump’s statements indicate that he came unprepared to the Helsinki Summit and no preparatory meetings of any depth were conducted by sub-Cabinet executives at State, Defense, CIA, DNA or the U,S. Treasury.

That endangered American national interests vis a vis Putin’s Russia.

Another meeting with an American President and Vladimir Putin will be held in Geneva on June 16, 2021.  

Biden hasn’t had time to develop a team that meets with their Russian counterparts before the June 16 “Summit,” so this promises to be more PR than a serious discussion.