Putin cracks joke in response to Biden’s ‘loopy SOB’ comment

Russian President Vladimir Putin responded with a joke when requested by the press for response to current jabs from President Biden.

The U.S. president made nationwide headlines this week when he referred to as Putin a “crazy SOB” throughout a speech about local weather change at a fundraising dinner in California.

“This is the last existential threat, it is climate. We have a crazy SOB that guy, Putin others. And we always have to be worried about a nuclear conflict,” Biden mentioned. “But the existential threat to humanity is climate.” 

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Asked for comment on Thursday concerning Biden’s “SOB” comment, Putin referred to a earlier endorsement he gave of Biden over rival and former President Donald Trump.

“He can’t of course say to me: ‘Volodya, well done, thank you [for the endorsement], you’ve helped me a lot?'” Putin mentioned sarcastically, in accordance to a translation from Agence France-Presse.

“Volodya” is an endeared, acquainted model of the Russia president’s identify, “Vladimir” — related in American English to “Bobby” for “Robert.”

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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov additionally responded Thursday by saying that Biden’s comment was “probably some kind of attempt to look like a Hollywood cowboy,” in accordance to Reuters. 

Putin not too long ago mentioned in an interview on state tv that he would favor the “more predictable” Biden profitable the upcoming U.S. presidential election in contrast to Trump. 

Putin made the comment after being requested by an interviewer about who between Biden and the Republican frontrunner for the nomination can be a better option from Russia’s perspective. 

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“Biden, he’s more experienced, more predictable, he’s a politician of the old formation,” Putin responded. “But we will work with any U.S. leader whom the American people trust.” 

Putin additionally commented on Biden’s psychological state following the discharge of Special Counsel Robert Hur’s report final week, calling him a “sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.” 

“When I met with Biden in Switzerland — true, that was several years, three years ago — people were already saying he wasn’t up to it. I didn’t see anything of the kind,” Putin mentioned, in accordance to Reuters. 

Fox News Digital’s Greg Norman contributed to this report.