{"id":1321913,"date":"2022-02-21T09:46:04","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T14:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1321913"},"modified":"2022-02-21T09:46:12","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T14:46:12","slug":"joe-biden-again-chooses-putin-over-zelensky-seeks-russia-meeting-after-ignoring-invite-to-kyiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-again-chooses-putin-over-zelensky-seeks-russia-meeting-after-ignoring-invite-to-kyiv\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden Again Chooses Putin over Zelensky: Seeks Russia Meeting After Ignoring Invite to Kyiv"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjoe-biden-again-chooses-putin-over-zelensky-seeks-russia-meeting-after-ignoring-invite-to-kyiv%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1321913&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki announced in a statement late Sunday that President Joe Biden \u201caccepted in principle a meeting\u201d with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, a week after Biden completely ignored a personal invitation to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.<\/p>\n<p>The Putin meeting, Psaki <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2022\/02\/20\/statement-from-press-secretary-jen-psaki-5\/\">claimed<\/a>, would occur \u201cif an invasion hasn\u2019t happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014 after the fall of pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych. Putin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2014\/03\/21\/putin-signs-bills-to-complete-annexation-of-crimea-to-russia\/\">announced<\/a> the illegal colonization of Ukraine\u2019s Crimea region in March 2014 and extensive evidence has revealed Russian backing, including arming, of pro-Russia separatists in eastern Donbas, Ukraine. That support <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2018\/05\/25\/dutch-australians-russia-accountable-flight-mh17\/\">resulted<\/a> in the separatists blasting a commercial airliner out of the sky, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, in July 2014, according to Dutch and Australian investigations of the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Biden was vice president at the time of the start of the current Russian invasion.<\/p>\n<p>Psaki\u2019s statement did not mention the fact that Russia already invaded Ukraine.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe are always ready for diplomacy. We are also ready to impose swift and severe consequences should Russia instead choose war,\u201d Psaki\u2019s statement erad. \u201cAnd currently, Russia appears to be continuing preparations for a full-scale assault on Ukraine very soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWhat a stupid question,\u201d Joe Biden replied, in a comment that was picked up by audio engineers as they were ushered out of the room. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gLrVHVWHVS\">https:\/\/t.co\/gLrVHVWHVS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1484323305351905283?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Kremlin appeared to reject Biden\u2019s alleged agreement to meet Putin on Monday. Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov <a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/politics\/1407093\">told<\/a> reporters that \u201cno concrete plans\u201d for such a meeting exist and that, as far as Russia was informed, Moscow-Washington conversations would be held at the foreign minister level.<\/p>\n<p>We proceed from the fact that [Russian Foreign Minister Sergey] Lavrov is likely to meet with his US counterpart [Anthony Blinken] this week. We also do not exclude contacts between the ministers of Russia and France,\u201d Peskov said.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesman did statement that his government did \u201cnot rule it out.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201c[I]f necessary, of course, the presidents of Russia and the United States can at any time decide on contacts either by phone or in person. That will be their decision,\u201d Peskov said, according to the Russian news agency Tass.<\/p>\n<p>Psaki\u2019s claim that Biden sought to meet Putin to discuss Ukraine is especially bizarre in light of the White House ignoring a similar personal request from Zelensky to Biden. In a phone conversation on February 13, Zelensky asked Biden to visit Kyiv as soon as possible as a mode of showing the world that Ukraine was not in the \u201cimminent\u201d danger that the Biden administration continues to insist exists in the city. Kyiv is hundreds of miles from the eastern border where the Donbas war rages and does not, at press time, show any indication of collapsing into a state of war.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI am convinced that your arrival in Kyiv in the coming days, which are crucial for stabilizing the situation, will be a powerful signal and contribute to de-escalation,\u201d Zelensky <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/14\/ukraine-zelensky-says-no-info-on-imminent-russian-war-tells-joe-biden-to-come-to-kyiv\/\">told<\/a> Biden, according to the office of the president of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected a request by U.S. President Joe Biden to allow an American military presence in countries near Afghanistan, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dB45VqoVUK\">https:\/\/t.co\/dB45VqoVUK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1428679768019554309?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The White House readout of the call did not mention that Zelensky <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2022\/02\/13\/readout-of-president-bidens-call-with-president-zelenskyy-of-ukraine-3\/\">invited<\/a> Biden to Kyiv and Biden has not mentioned the invite in public at any time. Asked about any trips in the near future last week, White House Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2022\/02\/17\/press-gaggle-by-principal-deputy-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-and-environmental-protection-agency-administrator-michael-regan\/\">replied<\/a>, \u201cI don\u2019t have any updates on any travel for this president.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>CNN quoted anonymous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/02\/13\/politics\/biden-zelensky-call\/index.html\">alleged<\/a> \u201cU.S. officials\u201d following the phone call who said such a trip was \u201cextremely unlikely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden has repeatedly snubbed invitations to meet with Zelensky and, on at least one occasion, overtly chose to meet Putin \u2013 the head of state of a major American rival state \u2013 over the president of an allied nation.<\/p>\n<p>In June, an infuriated Zelensky responded to Biden announcing that America would lift sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project \u2013 which would freeze Ukraine out of the western European market and make Germany and other western European states dependent on Russian gas \u2013 by picking up the phone and ranting to journalists from the Washington, DC, outlet Axios. The tirade, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/20798133-zelensky-interview-transcript?responsive=1&#038;title=1\">published<\/a>\u00a0by the news outlet, included a demand that Biden meet with Zelensky before any meeting with Putin to understand why lifting sanctions on Nord Stream 2 was essentially akin to funding another invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the guarantor of the Constitution of Ukraine, I myself am ready to defend Ukraine at any moment and at any spot of the planet, I am ready to meet with him and discuss all those details before his meeting,\u201d Zelensky told Axios, referring to Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/06\/07\/jjoe-biden-snubs-volodymyr-zelensky-plea-for-personal-meeting-before-vladimir-putins\/\">ignored<\/a> Zelensky and met with Putin in Geneva, Switzerland, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2021\/06\/16\/pollak-joe-biden-got-nothing-in-geneva-summit-with-russia-vladimir-putin\/\">resulting<\/a> in no significant progress on any major issue between the two countries. The White House agreed to invite Zelensky to the White House later in the summer, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2021\/07\/21\/biden-again-snubs-ukrainian-president-no-july-meeting\/\">failed<\/a> to fulfill that promise.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19313602\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/b3faec28-fb26-4034-db6b-fd70da53f992.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19313602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/b3faec28-fb26-4034-db6b-fd70da53f992.jpg\" alt=\"biden putin\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>President Joe Biden holds a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Thursday, December 30, 2021, at his private residence in Wilmington, Delaware. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>When the White House finally got around to hosting Zelensky, Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/09\/01\/joe-biden-offers-climate-dialogue-in-response-to-ukraine-presidents-russian-pipeline-concerns\/\">harangued<\/a>\u00a0the Ukrainian president about \u201cclimate dialogue\u201d and demanded Kyiv focus on green energy rather than significantly discussing the ongoing Russian invasion of that country.<\/p>\n<p>Western governments have redirected much of their foreign policy attention in the past month to the Biden administration\u2019s loud claims that Russia will \u201cimminently\u201d invade Ukraine, apparently in addition to the ongoing, nearly decade-long invasion currently occurring. The current war panic began after Biden appeared to approve of a small invasion of the country during remarks at a press conference in January, where he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/20\/zelensky-to-biden-no-minor-incursions\/\">implied<\/a> the United States would not intervene in the event of a \u201cminor incursion.\u201d Biden did not offer an distinction between a \u201cminor incursion\u201d and a meaningful invasion.<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky has repeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2022\/01\/28\/zelensky-says-ukraine-lost-almost-500-million-to-biden-war-hype-we-dont-need-this-panic\/\">expressed<\/a> frustration with the Biden administration and other Western governments in the past month for their panic, blaming it for a nearly $500-million loss in foreign investment last month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mentioned this to President Biden \u2026 we need to stabilize the economy of our country because of those signals which say that tomorrow there will be war,\u201d Zelensky told reporters in January, \u201cbecause these signals were sent by even leaders of the respected countries, sometimes they are not even using diplomatic language! They are saying, \u2018Tomorrow is the war.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they want to know what the situation is, they can come to Kyiv. Do we have tanks on the street? No,\u201d he continued. \u201cThe feeling is, if you\u2019re not here, the feeling is \u2026 the image that mass media create is that we have troops on the roads, we have mobilization, people are leaving for places \u2013 that\u2019s not the case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a speech on Saturday in Munich, Zelensky excoriated Western states, naming former German Chancellor Angela Merkel in particular, for \u201cselfishness, self-confidence, irresponsibility,\u201d and \u201cindifference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThree years ago, it was here that Angela Merkel said: \u2018Who will pick up the wreckage of the world order? Only all of us, together.\u2019 The audience gave a standing ovation,\u201d Zelensky <a href=\"https:\/\/www.president.gov.ua\/en\/news\/vistup-prezidenta-ukrayini-na-58-j-myunhenskij-konferenciyi-72997\">noted<\/a>. \u201cBut, unfortunately, the collective applause did not grow into collective action. And now, when the world is talking about the threat of a great war, the question arises: is there anything left to pick up?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky observed that the Russian invasion of Ukraine has now lasted longer than World War II.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Frances Martel on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesimartel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesimartel\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1645528734484000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3nk8puz9lkJlSfQk7LVsmU\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1645528734484000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1D-MZvY8AYU07TQ8IZbbg-\">Twitter.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki announced in a statement late Sunday that President Joe Biden \u201caccepted in principle a meeting\u201d with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, a week after Biden &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1321913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1321913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1321913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1321913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1321913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1321913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1321913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}