{"id":2247237,"date":"2024-05-17T20:39:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-18T00:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hug-between-putin-and-xi-comes-as-no-surprise-to-john-kirby\/"},"modified":"2024-05-17T20:40:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-18T00:40:49","slug":"hug-between-putin-and-xi-comes-as-no-surprise-to-john-kirby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hug-between-putin-and-xi-comes-as-no-surprise-to-john-kirby\/","title":{"rendered":"John Kirby finds the hug between Putin and Xi unsurprising"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fhug-between-putin-and-xi-comes-as-no-surprise-to-john-kirby%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=2247237&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>The article discusses John Kirby, the \u2063White House national security communications adviser, reacting \u2063to a hug between Chinese President Xi Jinping\u200b and Russian President\u2062 Vladimir\u200d Putin.\u200b Kirby&#8217;s response was composed, stating that the close relationship between the two leaders was expected. Kirby&#8217;s remarks\u2063 conveyed that the bond between \u2062Xi and \u200dPutin did not come as a surprise. \u2064The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-house-democrat-demands-vote-on-gun-control-legislation-immediately-2\/\" title=\"Top House Democrat Demands Vote on Gun Control Legislation \u201cImmediately\u201d\">article delves<\/a> into John Kirby, the White House national security communications adviser, responding to a hug between \u2063Chinese\u2063 President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Kirby&#8217;s composed reaction implied that\u200b the \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-demand-parler-reveal-its-investors-and-creditors\/\" title=\"Democrats Demand Parler Reveal Its Investors And Creditors\">strong connection<\/a> between the two leaders was anticipated. His comments highlighted that the\u200d relationship between \u200bXi and Putin\u200c was not unexpected.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">White House<\/a> national security communications adviser <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-kirby\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John\u00a0Kirby<\/a> reacted Friday to a hug shared between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n<p>Kirby offered a cool response to the interaction, claiming it was \u201cno surprise\u201d to him that the two are close and said, \u201cThat\u2019s nice for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin embrace each other after an informal meeting in Beijing on Thursday, May 16, 2024. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhat they have in common is a desire to challenge the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-reporter-grills-psaki-on-france-feeling-betrayed-over-deal-biden-made\/\" title=\"WATCH: Reporter Grills Psaki On France Feeling Betrayed Over Deal Biden Made\">international rules-based order<\/a>, challenge the network of alliances and partnerships that the United States enjoys, and to try to look for ways to bolster each other\u2019s national security interests as well,\u201d Kirby said. <\/p>\n<p>This show of affection came after President Joe Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/2988095\/biden-blasted-attacking-ally-comparing-japan-russia-china-not-something-diplomatic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"comparison between the two countries\">comparison between the two countries<\/a>. Biden claimed that Russia and China were \u201cstalling so badly economically\u201d as a result of being \u201cxenophobic.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey don\u2019t want immigrants. Immigrants are what makes us strong,\u201d Biden said, per <em>Reuters<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Russia is over two years into its invasion of Ukraine. Since then, Russia has seen a loss of over 300,000 soldiers, which is about 80% of the force.\u00a0Putin insisted during an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2848936\/boris-johnson-calls-tucker-carlson-traitor-ludicrous-interview-vladimir-putin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interview with Tucker Carlson<\/a> that his country still has a chance to beat\u00a0Ukraine\u00a0as long as the United States stops interfering. <\/p>\n<p>China has ramped up aggression against Hong Kong, issuing bounties for several activists who no longer live there. Xi has long predicted the island of Taiwan will also one day reunite with mainland China.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Kirby, White House national security communications adviser, responded calmly to the embrace between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin. He expressed that the close relationship between the two leaders was expected, stating, &#8220;That&#8217;s nice for them.&#8221; The hug did not surprise Kirby<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2247238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24137641172801.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2247237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24137641172801.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247237","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\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2247237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2247238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2247237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2247237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2247237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}