Yet another case of the Joe Biden, elected to essentially the most powerful position on earth, saying something which needed to be cleaned up by his staff, and virtually no one in the media questioning why Biden said it
Biden Says Russian President Vladimir Putin ‘Cannot Remain in Power’
President Biden appeared to call for Vladimir Putin’s ouster in a speech Saturday, saying the Russian president’s invasion of Ukraine had ignited a “new battle for freedom” between democracies and autocracies.
“For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power,” Mr. Biden said at the Royal Castle before nearly a thousand attendees, including Polish President Andrzej Duda and members of the parliament. Hundreds of Poles also gathered nearby to watch a live stream of the speech.
A White House official later walked back Mr. Biden’s comment. “The president’s point was that Putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors or the region,” the official said. “He was not discussing Putin’s power in Russia, or regime change.”
For a guy who constantly says “Let me be clear”, his staff sure has to clean up a lot of his messes, eh? It would be great if Putin was gone, but, being Russia, could someone worse take over?
"For God's sake, this man cannot remain in power," Biden says of Vladimir Putin. pic.twitter.com/9QY9QidUZS
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) March 26, 2022
Some say this was written into the speech, others say it was ad-libbed.
In past few days, Biden said U.S. would respond in-kind if Russia uses chemical weapons (WH had to say U.S. would not use CW), suggested U.S. troops were going to Ukraine (WH said they weren’t), & declared Putin cannot remain in power (WH said that isn’t regime change advocacy).
— Jerry Dunleavy ???????? (@JerryDunleavy) March 26, 2022
Now, just imagine that it was Trump trying to gaffe the world into WWIII. How would the media play that? Right now, most are providing cover.
