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PRESIDENT Biden got in a last jab at Putin after their meeting when he gifted the Russian president a pair of aviator sunglasses from a brand that produces the shades for US military pilots and NATO allies.
The gift marked the end of a tense one-day summit in Geneva in which Biden confronted Putin over Russian cyberattacks.
The glasses, produced by Randolph USA, are also in a style favored by Biden, who is often seen sporting them on the tarmac, .
Biden also gifted the Russian President with a crystal sculpture of a American bison, the official US mammal, atop a cherry wood base, a reference to George Washington's cherry tree.
Although gift giving is common among world leaders after negotiations, Putin has yet to give one back to Biden.
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BIDEN 'WELL PREPARED', SAYS HILLARY
Former First Lady Hillary Clinton said Biden has a ‘strong team’ and will arrive at the summit ‘very well prepared’.
She told MSNBC’s Morning Joe that the US “lost four years” under the Trump presidency.
Clinton recalled the moment when Putin arrived around 45 minutes late to a summit with President Obama at the G20 in Mexico.
The 2016 Democratic nominee praised the protocols as the leaders had a quick handshake before “getting down to business”.
A WORTHY ADVERSARY’
Joe Biden laughed when he was asked if he still thinks Vladimir Putin is a “killer” and said the Russian leader is a “worthy adversary.”
The president was speaking during a press conference on Monday afternoon that he turned up to two hours late.
Joe Biden previously said that he believes Putin is a “killer,” something that the Russian president denied ever speaking to the American about.
When asked back in March if Biden believes Putin is a killer in an interview with ABC, the president replied:
PUT-IN THE KNIFE IN
Joe Biden is meeting with Vladimir Putin today after two decades of criticizing the Russian leader and branding him a “killer” he “doesn’t trust.”
The presidents' will discuss several issues, ranging from Covid-19, to Syria and Ukraine, and cyberattacks.
Biden has been highly for more than 20 years and previously slammed President George W. Bush for claiming Putin is “trustworthy.”
Some of Biden’s first criticism of Putin came in February 2000 when he was still Russia’s acting president.
At the time, Putin was pursuing a heavy-handed war in the Chechnya region.
Biden said that the “jury is still out on Mr. Putin and his commitment to democratic rule or to nonproliferation.”