Biden gets heated during post-Putin press conference - POLITICO

The flare-up came after a reporter asked why he thought the Russian leader would alter his provocative behavior following their high-profile meeting in Geneva.

President Joe Biden speaks to the news media following a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday in Geneva, Switzerland.

The flare-up came after CNN’s Kaitlan Collins shouted a question to Biden asking why he was optimistic that Russian President Vladimir Putin would alter his provocative behavior following their high-profile meeting on Wednesday.

In addition to disputing the premise of her question, Biden apparently took issue with Collins’ use of the word “confident.”.

“When did I say I was confident?” Biden said, wagging his right index finger for emphasis.

Biden had just met with Putin, followed by a meeting between the two men and their respective aides.

In the past, Biden has labeled Putin a “killer” and claimed to have told the Russian president he didn’t believe he had a soul.

Collins’ line of questioning continued to draw the president’s ire as she asked him why he considered his meeting with Putin “productive” after the Russian leader fended off questions of his government’s human rights record by pointing to problems in the U.S.