Originally Posted by Mel Maki
Usually the leaders stand side by side. But it is better the kindly, tired old man did not stand next to the killer that had the wind at his back.
Er, ah here's what the participants actually said:
The tone of the entire meeting was good, positive," Biden said, adding: "The bottom line is, I told President Putin that we need to have some basic rules of the road that we can all abide by."
Putin gave a somewhat similar description.
"He's a balanced and professional man, and it's clear that he's very experienced," Putin said. "It seems to me that we did speak the same language."
"There were modest achievements, like a decision to return each countries' ambassador back to their posts and the establishment of task forces on cyberattacks, perhaps the biggest new point of contention between Washington and Moscow.
But in both Biden and Putin's telling, the summit wasn't meant for great breakthroughs. Instead, each said it was about taking stock, being honest and moving forward."
https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/16/politics/takeaways-from-biden-and-putin-summit/index.html
In other words, worlds ahead of the Trump Helsinki fiasco...