Joe Biden ‘is a mad, mentally disabled individual set on dragging humanity to hell’ and ‘persistently trying to start WW3’, says Russia’s Medvedev

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev today described Joe Biden as “crazy and mentally retarded” in a venomous tirade aimed at the US president after his State of the Union address yesterday.

Biden opened his speech with a reference to a 1941 speech to Congress by 32nd US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who declared that the union was facing an unprecedented turning point in history.

Biden also accused Republican rival Donald Trump of bowing to Russia, and just over two weeks after calling Vladimir Putin a “crazy SOB,” he said he had a message for the Russian president on Ukraine: “We will not run away.’

His comments infuriated the increasingly belligerent Medvedev, who accused Biden of trying to start World War III and chastised him for comparing himself to Roosevelt.

“Even though Roosevelt was a weak man in a wheelchair, he brought America out of the depression; Biden, on the other hand, is a crazy, mentally disabled person who has his sights set on dragging humanity to hell,” the Putin ally, who is now vice chairman of Russia’s Security Council, wrote on X.

‘Roosevelt fought for peace together with allies, including the USSR; yet Biden is actively and persistently trying to start WWIII.

“Roosevelt fought fascists, but Biden fights for them. He is the disgrace of the United States!’ Medvedev concluded.

Medvedev, who cast himself as a liberal modernizer when he was president from 2008-2012, now presents himself as an anti-Western Kremlin hawk.

Diplomats say his views are indicative of thinking at the top levels of the Kremlin elite.

The war in Ukraine has created a deep crisis in Russia’s relations with the West, and Biden angered Russian officials with his “crazy SOB” comment.

Biden made that comment in a sentence about threats to the world, including “that guy Putin and others,” the risk of nuclear conflict and the existential threat to humanity posed by climate change.

But Putin said with a wry smile that the comment showed why the Kremlin felt Biden was a future president preferable to Trump.

Medvedev also made headlines a few days ago when he claimed that US-Russia relations are worse than during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, when the Kremlin accused the West of “direct involvement” in the war in Ukraine.

The former Russian president made the comments in a public speech, adding that the Kremlin has ruled out peace talks with Ukraine as the country’s invasion enters its third year.

Medvedev spoke in front of a map of Ukraine that showed the country as a much smaller landlocked piece of territory pressed against Poland, while Russia had full control of the eastern, southern and Black Sea coasts.

“One of the former leaders of Ukraine said at one point that Ukraine is not Russia,” Medvedev said.

‘That concept must disappear forever. Ukraine is absolutely Russia,” he said to applause from the audience.

Biden’s State of the Union address that infuriated Medvedev came shortly after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken approved final documents endorsing Sweden’s accession to NATO.

The move marked a stunning break with a two-century policy of military neutrality in Sweden, which has not been involved in armed conflict since the early 19th century.

Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Scandinavian nation and its Nordic partner Finland conducted a comprehensive review of their long-standing national security policies and just two months later applied to join the giant bloc.

Twenty-two months later, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson handed over the final documentation yesterday during a ceremony led by Blinken, after which Stockholm’s ‘instrument of accession’ to the alliance was officially deposited with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

‘This is a historic moment for Sweden. It’s historic for the alliance. It’s history for the transatlantic relationship,” Blinken said, while Kristersson added that Sweden is now “a safer country.”

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg also described it as “a historic day” when Sweden “will take its rightful place at the NATO table, with an equal voice in shaping NATO policies and decisions.”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated: “There is another country in Europe that is better protected from Russian evil.

“Now, at a time of Russian aggression against everything that has made Europe peaceful and united, everyone sees how important it is to maintain alliances and partnerships, strengthen our own security and ensure the security of neighbors,” he added to it. his evening speech.

Putin, meanwhile, has remained silent on the issue, but the addition of Sweden to the security alliance will be a blow to the Russian president. which has tried to prevent any further strengthening of NATO – and has presented its invasion of Ukraine as a response to secure Russia’s future against the West.