Joe was not tracking very well today - London Daily Mail:
'For God's sake, this man cannot remain in power': Biden says Putin should no longer be leader of Russia in fiery speech in Poland - but the White House is forced to walk back his comments and insist he's NOT calling for regime change
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- Biden went after Putin in emotional address in Warsaw
- 'For god's sake this man cannot remain in power,' he said of Putin
- He also warned Putin not to take his ambitions outside of Ukraine
- 'Don't even think about moving on one single inch of NATO territory. We have sacred obligations,' Biden said
- White House quickly cleaned up Biden's remark
- 'The President's point was that Putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors or the region. He was not discussing Putin's power in Russia, or regime change,' a White House official said
- Putin will still see it as a threat
- Earlier Biden called Putin a butcher after he visited with Ukraine refugees
- 'He's a butcher,' Biden said when asked what he thought of Putin after what he has done to the people he was meeting.
- Biden spent nearly an hour meeting with refugees, including women and children, who have fled Ukraine
- Poland has taken on bulk of refugees, nearly 2 million
- His comment came as Russia bombed Lviv, a city in western Ukraine around 245 miles from the border with Poland
Needless to say:
The Kremlin reacted furiously at the quote and the White House moved quickly to clear it up, saying Biden was not calling for a regime change in Moscow.
His meds are not working. He was rambling a bit during the State of the Union address. Now? Off script.
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