When asked if, in a few years, when he is again in the same room with Presidents Putin or Xi, as President of the United States, he would feel ready to negotiate with them, Joe Biden said: “I am ready to negotiate now and three years from now.”
Biden noted that he does not avoid talking to anyone if the situation requires it, citing his direct communication with Xi Jinping as an example. “If Putin wants to talk, I’m ready to talk with him. But Putin is not prepared to do anything to change his behavior,” Biden said.
