When GW Bush looked Putin in the eyes vs. when Biden looked Putin in the eyes

[DBoon]

"I looked the man in the eye. I found him to be very straight forward and trustworthy and we had a very good dialogue.

"I was able to get a sense of his soul.

"He's a man deeply committed to his country and the best interests of his country and I appreciate very much the frank dialogue and that's the beginning of a very constructive relationship," Mr Bush said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1392791.stm (Saturday, 16 June, 2001)

President Joe Biden looked Putin in the eye and saw something different.

"You said you know he doesn't have a soul," Stephanopoulos said in an interview with Biden recorded in March 2021.
"I did say that to him, yes," Biden said. "And his response was 'We understand one another.' I wasn't being a wise guy, I was alone with him in his office. That's how it came about. It was when President Bush had said, 'I've looked in his eyes and saw his soul.' I said, 'I looked in your eyes and I don't think you have a soul,' and [he] looked back at me, he said, 'We understand each other.'"

"So you know Vladimir Putin," Stephanopoulos said. "You think he's a killer?

"Mm-hmm. I do," Biden said.

https://www.insider.com/biden-putin-russia-visit-soul-2022-3

[nycbos]

1. Biden is like McCain on Putin

McCain said "I looked at Putin and saw three letters a K a G and a B."

[Sneederbunk]

2. W missed seeing the black heart.

[The Unmitigated Gall]

3. I looked at what the bastard did to Grozny

And saw Stalin.

[captain queeg]

4. I liked the photo of Obama looking him in the eye

Putin looked uncomfortable, like he was ready to shit his pants.

[Tommymac]

10. Which one?

[captain queeg]

15. That third one down looks close. I thought I remembered them standing at a doorway.

[agingdem]

5. George Bush

looked into Putin's eyes and saw his soul...and Putin looked into Bush's eyes and saw the back of his head

[SharonClark]

8. Funny because it's true.

[Blues Heron]

6. Bush was such a little fry-brain wack job

Cant believe we had that idiot poser for so long and then the very next puke was Trump. Holy crap what vile hairballs they keep inflicting on us.

[Grasswire2]

9. Your language made me laugh.

Bush -- what a loser. How did we live through that punk?

[brush]

11. Yeah, that party comes up with vile inadequacies...

they foist upon us. Empty in W's case, programmed by Putin in trump's.

I feel trump's single term lasted twice as long as W's two terms as trump was dumb, corrupt and evil while Bush was just not up to the task.

[Blues Heron]

13. heh, channeling my inner rude pundit today

[captain queeg]

16. TFG makes Bush look like a towering statesman.

[SharonClark]

7. All that "soul" talk makes both

presidents sound stupid. Only to be topped by George asking if “Putin is a killer”.

[Demsrule86]

12. Biden does not sound stupid at all...thank you very much.

[Hekate]

14. This

[Achilleaze]

17. All that soul denial talk can make people

sound out of touch

[MatthewHatesTrump2]

18. "Donald Trump Looks at Putin and Sees Himself"

(David Horsey L.A. Times editorial. .(9/12/2016)