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Reporters wanted drama. “How can you trust Putin?,” they asked President Biden. “How can you be optimistic about getting a nuclear arms agreement?”

As Biden took their questions just before boarding Air Force One for the trip home, he actually sounded a little like the guy he beat.

鈥淭o be a good reporter, you have to have a negative view,” Biden said. “If we can have arms agreements during the Cold War, why can鈥檛 we do one now?”

He even , for which he later apologized.

The reporters just did not understand what this summit accomplished. Apparently, Biden got a promise not to shut down our pipelines or turn off our lights, but Biden left without issuing any ultimatums or threats.

Biden鈥檚 answer was he didn鈥檛 have to. So I read through his remarks, and I鈥檒l take a stab at summarizing the argument.

He doesn鈥檛 think threats are necessary because Putin is only sabotaging himself. He already runs a pretty weak economy.

It鈥檚 smaller than ours, obviously — smaller than China鈥檚, and smaller than Japan鈥檚. But it鈥檚 also smaller than Germany’s and smaller than the UK’s, France’s, and Italy’s economy. Smaller even than Canada’s economy. Russia is number 11. Its economy is smaller than California’s. It鈥檚 about the size of Texas’ economy.

The only reason Putin gets to go to Geneva is that he has nukes. So does Texas, but we already control those.

So, President Biden believes Putin can鈥檛 afford another arms race, which is why he fights us with hackers.

Putin is also very afraid of Democracy because he wants to restore Russia to its glory days — and he believes the only way to do that is to become a Czar. So, he imprisons his opponents and does all he can to undermine the very idea of Democracy. That’s why our January 6 insurrection was a gift -鈥� even arriving on Russia鈥檚 Christmas Eve! Yesterday, he described it as Americans just asking for their rights.

And yet, for some reason, no reporter asked Putin what would have happened if Russians 鈥渏ust asking for their rights鈥� had decided to storm the Kremlin.

My guess is they鈥檇 find themselves in Penal Colony No. 2, being served tea for breakfast.

So, Biden is saying we don鈥檛 have to threaten. Putin will come to realize all on his own that his little Texas-size economy can鈥檛 afford a fight with the USA.

Speak softly and carry a big economy. We’ll see who’s right.

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