Then as later, Bush would attribute Putin’s demands or paranoia to those around him, essentially exonerating the Russian president himself. During a trade dispute when Russia cut off imports of American chicken drumsticks (known colloquially within Russia as “Bush legs”), Putin in a private conversation with Bush asserted that Americans deliberately sent bad poultry to Russia.
“I know you have separate plants for chickens for America and chickens for Russia,” Putin told Bush.
Bush was astonished. “Vladimir, you’re wrong.”
“My people have told me this is true,” Putin insisted.
People who habitually lie tend to think others lie a lot as well. Eventually it becomes quite difficult for them to distinguish wisely what’s true and what’s a lie.
Bush has had some pretty weird Putin run-ins.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2013/11/06/the-seduction-of-george-w-bush/
People who habitually lie tend to think others lie a lot as well. Eventually it becomes quite difficult for them to distinguish wisely what’s true and what’s a lie.
Wat. So weird