The least surprising aspect of a new report claiming that President Biden lost his cool during a phone call with the Ukrainian president, Volodymr Zelensky, is how quickly Russian media seized on it. More perplexing is the little-known dynamic between the two leaders, and what the minor meltdown portends for Ukraine as the war there drags on.
NBC first reported that it was during a call in June that Mr. Biden “lost his temper.” Citing sources familiar with the call, the network reported that Mr. Biden had “barely finished telling Zelensky he’d just greenlighted another $1 billion in U.S. military assistance for Ukraine when Zelensky started listing all the additional help he needed and wasn’t getting.”
