‘Crazy SOB’: Biden ridicules Putin during San Francisco fundraiser

U.S. President Joe Biden reportedly called Russian President Vladimir Putin a “crazy SOB” during a fundraiser in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, warning there is always the threat of nuclear conflict but that the existential threat to humanity remains climate change. The following day, Putin responded to a reporter’s question about Biden’s “rude” comment by saying that the remark showed why the Kremlin felt that Biden would be a preferable future U.S. president for Russia, in comparison to Donald Trump.