President Joe Biden on Friday snapped at a British reporter who asked him a question about Vladimir Putin before Biden had a chance to make his opening statement in his meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
JOE BIDEN RETORTED
‘I say you be quiet until I speak, OK? That’s what I say. Good idea?’ Biden told the reporter with Sky News.
When the reporter pressed him, Biden told him: ‘You’ve got to be quiet, and I’m going to make a statement, OK.’
The president and Starmer, who were meeting in the Blue Room of the White House, then made their opening statements about their sitdown.
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED?
Traditionally, the leaders make their statements and then journalists can ask their questions. That is the usual protocol in foreign leader meetings.
Biden told Starmer: ‘I’ve often said there’s no issue of global consequence where the United States and UK can’t work together and haven’t worked yet.’
Starmer thanked Biden for the invitation to come back to the White House just two months after their previous meeting.
The reporter then asked Biden again about the Russian President.
‘I don’t think that much about Vladimir Putin,’ Biden responded.
Ahead of Friday’s meeting, the president signaled a new openness to allowing Ukraine to send long-range missiles into Russia amid a warning from Putin that such a move would lead to ‘war.’
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Biden and Starmer were discussing the issue in their meeting although the White House has cautioned no final decision on the matter yet
‘We’re going to discuss that now,’ Biden, yesterday, said to a question about Ukraine’s desire to use long-range missiles deep into Russia.
WHAT UKRAINE WANTS
Ukrainan President Volodymyr Zelensky wants to use US-provided Army Tactical Missile Systems — known as ATACMS — to be launched on targets inside Russia. Biden has not agreed as of yet.
But the United Kingdom has sent its own long-range Storm Shadow missiles to Kyiv. Their use, along with use of similar weapons from France, is currently limited to within Ukraine.
