house announced that president biden has finally invited the president of ukraine to come visit the white house. the thing that the trump administration would never do for ukraine, president biden is going to do that now. and that call with zelensky, the invitation to the white house, the hosting of the nato chief, all happening in the immediately leading up to that meeting with putin. it s some of the last things biden is doing here before he gets on that plane for that trip that will happen and with his putting needing. it s all point to plea intended to make us clear as possible to put in that the u. s. isn t gonna do anything they don t want and they re gonna stand by the alliances like nato and the allies like ukraine that putin most enjoys menacing and undermining. stark contrast with the previous administration, right? on the russian side, how are they preparing to meet with joe biden? what one of the things are doing to prepare for their meeting with president biden is they re
leaders prepare to meet. . president biden has now published an op-ed in the washington post about his forthcoming trip, saying on wednesday i depart for europe on the first foreign travel of my presidency. stacked with meetings with many of our closest democratic partners, group of seven, nato allies, leadership of the eu, before concluding by meeting with vladimir putin. in this moment of global uncertainty, he says this trip is about realizing america s renewed commitment to our allies and partners and demonstrating the capacity of democracies to both meet the challenges and deter the threats of this new age. he says, quote, this is a defining question of our time. can democracies come together to deliver real results for our people in a rapidly-changing world? will the democratic alliances and institutions that shaped so much of the last century prove their capacity against modern-day threats and adversaries? president biden concludes by
putin hates any inkling that a, they are not his anymore and particularly that they might ally themselves with the west. that they might want to be democracies, god forbid. he hits that they might see their future as linked to europe in america and the western world instead of just being dependent on russia. it s kind of that s his perspective right,? he hates and want to undermine us and nato and any former soviet states that don t act like they still aren t rushes to play with. ukraine foremost among them. and so if you know that about that s where putin is coming from, ahead of this putin and biden meeting how does the u. s. prepare? knowing those are putin s priorities. knowing those are the things that most aggravate him and that he most wants to make mischief about in the world. for preparation and meeting with putin next week, president biden today host of the head of neera with the white house. he hosted nato secretary general. hello putin. president biden today also held a cal
they did ultimately get their u.s. military aid once their plot was exposed in front of whole world and forced their hand. as for the white house meeting, ukraine never got that. be but the timing of this audio being released today, cnn publishing the call, hear how the previous administration mugged that country. telling them they wouldn t get anywhere in relations with the u.s., a call between presidents or white house meeting unless their president agreed to help president trump in his election effort, unless their government announced these trumped up allegations against joe biden but the timing is interesting. on the day we finally get to hear the audio of rudy giuliani s part of that pressure campaign, well today, president biden was on the phone with the president of ukraine. president biden is about to leave on his first foreign trip as president. he s going to europe this week. he s going to do a g7 meeting,
in order to win this argument. our democratic system of government actually has to do stuff that s good for the country. in order to win this argument the world. and that is not necessarily happening right now. kristen national security adviser jake sullivan put it today at the white house briefing. right after president biden had made his call to the president of ukraine. question on voting. for the for the people act. if it is not passed, is it a national security issue? i would say the basic notion of democratic reform and voting rights in the united states is a national security issue. where the competition of models, with autocracies and we are trying to show the world that american democracy and moxie at large can work, can effectively deliver the will of the people and to the extent that we are not updating, refurbishing, revamping our own democratic procedures and processes to meet the needs of the modern moment, then we are not going