The Kremlin says that by calling Putin a "crazy son of a bitch," Biden is degrading the US.
The Russian government says Putin never used such language to refer to a head of state.
247 - The Kremlin said on Thursday (22) that Joe Biden had degraded the United States by calling Russian President Vladimir Putin a “crazy son of a bitch”, classifying the US president’s comment as part of a failed “Hollywood cowboy” act, Reuters reports.
The US president made the remark "crazy son of a bitch" as part of a sentence about threats to the world – including "that guy, Putin and others," the risk of nuclear conflict, and the existential threat to humanity due to climate change.
"It is unlikely that the use of such language against the head of another state by the President of the United States will harm our president, President Putin," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Reuters. "But it does demean those who use such vocabulary."
Peskov said the comment was "probably some kind of attempt to sound like a Hollywood cowboy. But honestly, I don't think that's possible."
"Has Mr. Putin ever used a vulgar word to address you? This has never happened. Therefore, I think such vocabulary degrades America itself," Peskov said, adding that such language was a disgrace to the United States.