Joe Biden Offered Oil Profits Deal to Russia Ahead of Iraq Invasion

Joe Biden often pitches himself to voters as a tough voice on Russia, going as far as recounting an interaction with Vladimir Putin in which he told the Russian President he has no “soul.”

But according to a new report from The Washington Free Beacon, Biden offered Putin oil profits in return for his support in the Iraq war ahead of the 2003 invasion.

Washington Free Beacon: “Biden said during the event that he, along with a Republican senator he chose not to name, asked for a meeting with Putin and proposed a deal where all proceeds from seized Iraqi oil would initially go to cash-strapped Russia. Biden viewed it as an offer Putin wouldn’t be able to refuse and was disappointed the Bush administration didn’t consider it.”

Biden regularly accuses President Trump of being soft on Russia, seemingly ignoring the fact that Putin’s interference in the 2016 election occurred under his watch. He also infamously proposed “pressing the reset button” with Moscow in 2009.

Much like Joe Biden’s false claim about opposing the Iraq War “from the moment it started,” his offer to provide Russia with oil profits further chips away at the foreign policy experience he touts on the campaign trail.