“Vladimir Putin took questions from the press on Wednesday afternoon in Geneva following his first summit with President Biden. The Russian president spoke for more than 55 minutes and took more than two-dozen questions. He did not use a teleprompter at any time during the session. Shortly thereafter, Biden took just seven questions from the press but first spoke from a teleprompter for 11 minutes.
‘I’ll take your questions’, President Biden said when pivoting from prompter mode to the Q&A. ‘And as usual, folks, they gave me a list of the people I’m going to call on’. Yep. The leader of the free world just – again – essentially announced that he is incapable of calling on reporters at random, after Putin – a murderous thug who doesn’t allow a free press in his country – did just that”. (The Hill. Read more here.)