Barack Obama didn’t scare America’s adversaries. Syria’s Bashar al-Assad brushed off Obama’s “red line” on the use of chemical weapons, and proceeded to kill more than 1,400 people with sarin gas. Obama blinked, calling off airstrikes.
Similarly, Putin was not scared by Obama, annexing Ukraine’s Crimea region as Obama stood meekly by.
Was Putin afraid of Joe Biden? C’mon man. Rhetorical question. The only thing Biden ever claimed to have beaten was Medicare.
Morning Joe devoted a segment today to fretting over Trump arranging peace talks with Russia on Ukraine without, at this stage, the participation of Ukrainian officials.
But the show couldn’t process Zelensky’s stunning statement on yesterday’s Meet The Press: that Putin is “scared” of Trump and that as a result, Trump, who is “strong,” can push Putin into peace negotiations.
Morning Joe aired the…
