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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhen GW Bush looked Putin in the eyes vs. when Biden looked Putin in the eyes
"I looked the man in the eye. I found him to be very straight forward and trustworthy and we had a very good dialogue.
"I was able to get a sense of his soul.
"He's a man deeply committed to his country and the best interests of his country and I appreciate very much the frank dialogue and that's the beginning of a very constructive relationship," Mr Bush said.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1392791.stm (Saturday, 16 June, 2001)
President Joe Biden looked Putin in the eye and saw something different.
"You said you know he doesn't have a soul," Stephanopoulos said in an interview with Biden recorded in March 2021.
"I did say that to him, yes," Biden said. "And his response was 'We understand one another.' I wasn't being a wise guy, I was alone with him in his office. That's how it came about. It was when President Bush had said, 'I've looked in his eyes and saw his soul.' I said, 'I looked in your eyes and I don't think you have a soul,' and [he] looked back at me, he said, 'We understand each other.'"
"So you know Vladimir Putin," Stephanopoulos said. "You think he's a killer?
"Mm-hmm. I do," Biden said.
https://www.insider.com/biden-putin-russia-visit-soul-2022-3
nycbos
(6,034 posts)McCain said "I looked at Putin and saw three letters a K a G and a B."
Sneederbunk
(14,290 posts)The Unmitigated Gall
(3,809 posts)And saw Stalin.
captain queeg
(10,188 posts)Putin looked uncomfortable, like he was ready to shit his pants.
Tommymac
(7,263 posts)captain queeg
(10,188 posts)agingdem
(7,849 posts)looked into Putin's eyes and saw his soul...and Putin looked into Bush's eyes and saw the back of his head
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)Blues Heron
(5,932 posts)Cant believe we had that idiot poser for so long and then the very next puke was Trump. Holy crap what vile hairballs they keep inflicting on us.
Grasswire2
(13,569 posts)Bush -- what a loser. How did we live through that punk?
brush
(53,776 posts)they foist upon us. Empty in W's case, programmed by Putin in trump's.
I feel trump's single term lasted twice as long as W's two terms as trump was dumb, corrupt and evil while Bush was just not up to the task.
Blues Heron
(5,932 posts)captain queeg
(10,188 posts)SharonClark
(10,014 posts)presidents sound stupid. Only to be topped by George asking if Putin is a killer.
Demsrule86
(68,557 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)sound out of touch
MatthewHatesTrump2
(915 posts)(David Horsey L.A. Times editorial. .(9/12/2016)