But it did. It happened after Joe Biden. It happened just a few months after the fiasco in Afghanistan. And I think everyone realizes Putin saw that and said, now's my time to go. I have a weak president under Joe Biden. And he went, and this war dragged on for three years. Look, you ask how close we are, I think we know where Ukraine is, and we know where Russia is right now and where Putin is. (05:03–05:08)
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Asserts that Putin perceived Joe Biden as a weak president, influencing his decision to invade Ukraine.
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