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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo the translator didn't have to eat their notes?
The White House @WhiteHouse (1:06 PM · Dec 7, 2021)@POTUS held a secure video call with President Putin of Russia today to discuss a range of topics in the U.S.-Russia relationship, including our concerns about Russian military activities on the border with Ukraine, cyber, and regional issues.
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...nice not having to rely on Russia for these shots.
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So the translator didn't have to eat their notes? (Original Post)
bigtree
Dec 2021
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gab13by13
(21,359 posts)1. Shh, it's a secret,
that's no translator, that's Hillary.
Resistance1
(103 posts)2. It Can't Be!
She was hanged at Gitmo. Remember?
Klaralven
(7,510 posts)3. With that setup, the video is pretty pointless.
The video of Biden being sent to Russia is on the second monitor on the far wall. Note that Biden occupies a very small part of the video image. Putin makes up for it by being close to the monitor so that he can see the small Biden image.
The video from Putin is a little better, but not much.
brush
(53,787 posts)4. Putin is so cagey. He speaks English and was able to run circles aorund...
stupid trump. Not so with Biden who has years of experience and is well versed in negotiation and foreign policy.
Seems an agreement has been reached to go back to diplomacy rather than the saber rattling on Ukraine.