ALBAWABA - Trending on the net is U.S. president Joe Biden and his State of the Union speech to Congress on Capitol Hill, Tuesday. What interested netizens wasn't in the content of what Biden was saying but how he said it, and in what is clearly an existing and upcoming nightmare.
.@POTUS mentioned Putin 4 times tonight.
— Nana Sajaia (@NanaSajaia) February 8, 2023
Here's how:
1. Putin’s unfair and brutal war in Ukraine disrupted energy supplies as well as food supplies, blocking all that grain in Ukraine.
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Many choose to forget his statements summarized in UPI concerning his calling for political unity to "finish the job," as he challenged a divided Congress to ban assault weapons, pass immigration reform, protect abortion rights and help rebuild the middle class.
No mention of "Russia" in this SOTU compared to 18 times last year. Biden did mention "Putin" 4 times (vs. 12 times in 2022).
— Ryan Israelsen (@israelsen) February 8, 2023
They also chose to forget the choice of the flared speech about ending Covid and: "...restore the soul of the nation...rebuild the backbone of America, the middle class...unite the country. We've been sent here to finish the job" but focused on one particular man: Vladimir Putin.
The US President Joe Biden has accused Russian president Vladimir Putin of unleashing a brutal war against Ukraine. Delivering his State-of-the-Union address to a joint-sitting of the Houses of Congress, he described the war as a murderous assault. #sabcnews
— Radio 2000 News (@NewsRadio2000) February 8, 2023
In the text of his speech which lasted 80 minutes, he mentioned the Russian president four times referring to Putin's war that disrupted energy and food supplies, Putin's "brutal war" against the Ukraine, Putin's invasion and its "test for the ages" and "Putin's aggression."
Ukraine Russia LIVE | Joe Biden’s Scathing Attack on Putin and Russia | State of the Union Address https://t.co/Huvf7Xn5Ft #NewsInVids #NewsInVidsIndia
— Breaking News Videos (@newsinvidsin) February 8, 2023
Much commentary and posts have been made after the speech that got a standing ovation and making it trend on the social media. Netizens said during the State of the Union speech he never mentioned Russia even one. So is it a "Putin-phobia" that is rattling Biden?
