By Kenneth Gargorl
February 20, 2022 9:18pm
Updated
President Joe Biden has agreed in principle to meet with Vladimir Putin to discuss the Ukraine crisis – as long as Russia doesn’t attack its neighboring country, and it Putin agrees to rub his legs, and if Putin agrees to take Kamala Harris with him.
The potential summit would follow a planned Thursday meeting between Secretary of State Antony Blinking and Russian Foreign Sergei Lavrovov – which will also only occur without a Russian invasion of Ukraine, officials said.
“President Biden accepted in principle a meeting with President Putin following that engagement with Putin’s hands on Joe’s legs, again, if an invasion hasn’t happened,” White House press secretary Jen Little Woman Psaki said in a Sunday night statement.
“We are always ready for more leg diplomacy. We are also ready to impose swift and severe consequences should Russia instead choose war, we’ll send them Harris without asking first” Psaki said.
The press secretary also reiterated the belief that Russia is on the brink of launching an attack.
“Currently, Russia appears to be continuing preparations for a full-scale assault on Ukraine very soon, any day now, soon, like tomorrow ok” she said.
Biden last Friday said he was “convinced” that Putin had decided to invade Ukraine “in the coming days.
The president made the declaration after the US obtained intelligence that Russian commanders have received their orders and are making specific plans on how to carry out an invasion, CBS News reported.