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On a day that he was proven right that Russia would invade Ukraine, President Joe Biden was put on the spot over the failure of sanctions to deter Vladimir Putin from moving against the former Soviet territory as well as whether he underestimated the wily Russian leader.
Biden tore into Putin as he harshly condemned the invasion, vowing to increase the economic pain with even more sanctions. “Putin is the aggressor. Putin chose this war. And now he and his country will bear the consequences,” he announced while acknowledging the likelihood that battered Americans will suffer as well.
He also declared that “America stands up to bullies. We stand up for freedom. This is who we are,” emphasizing the message later via Twitter.
America stands up to bullies. We stand up for freedom.
That’s who we are.
— President Biden (@POTUS) February 24, 2022
Biden also denied that he underestimated the former KGB man in response to a question from Fox News bulldog reporter Peter Doocy, a man whom the Commander in Chief called a “stupid son of a bitch” during a press conference last month.
Doocy: “[D]id you underestimate Putin? And would you still describe him the way you did in the summer as a worthy adversary?”
Biden: “At the time, he was — I made it clear he was an adversary and I said he was worthy. I didn’t underestimate him.” pic.twitter.com/7a2N7BvVst
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) February 24, 2022
Doocy asked, “The next question is, did you underestimate Putin and would you still describe him the way you did in the summer as a worthy adversary?”
Biden responded, “At the time, he was, I made it clear as an adversary and I said he was worthy, I didn’t underestimate him and I’ve read most of everything he’s written, did you read… I shouldn’t say… I’m not being a wise guy.”
“You’ve heard the speech he made,” Biden said, “almost an hour’s worth of speech on why he was going into Ukraine. He has much larger ambitions than Ukraine, he wants to, in fact, reestablish the former Soviet Union, that’s what this is about and I think that his ambitions are… completely contrary to the place the rest of the world has arrived.”
It was the second time this week that the POTUS has faced questions on whether he sold Putin short.
Blank-stare Biden picks at teeth when asked if he ‘underestimated’ Vladimir Putin https://t.co/c61lDym8TT pic.twitter.com/0RRGSDOhpr
— Conservative News (@BIZPACReview) February 24, 2022
Biden was also put on the spot about all of his tough talk on sanctions during the Q & A, remarkably admitting that there was little expectation that sanctions would work, a direct contradiction to the insistence by other high-ranking members of his administration including Vice President Kamala Harris that they would.
BIDEN, TODAY: "No one expected the sanctions to prevent anything from happening."
HARRIS, SUNDAY: "The purpose of the sanctions has always been and continues to be deterrence." pic.twitter.com/INBbM6IdyU
— GOP (@GOP) February 24, 2022
Biden’s remarks sent White House press secretary Jen Psaki into damage control mode as she was once again forced to clean up her boss’s mess.
Asked about Biden's comment that "no one expected the sanctions to prevent anything from happening," Psaki claims "that's not exactly what he meant." pic.twitter.com/v7PKXKZpGm
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) February 24, 2022
Reactions poured in from Twitter and they weren’t exactly favorable toward the “leader” of the free world.
But no mean Tweets!!!
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) February 24, 2022
Still can't get over the fact that Joe Biden issued "stronger" sanctions on Russia and then followed it up with talking about how no one expected the sanctions to work in the first place.
Real masterclass in horrible foreign policy.
— Antonio Pitocco for Congress (@antoniopitocco1) February 24, 2022
President Biden today: "No one expected the sanctions to prevent anything from happening."
VP Harris on Sunday: "The purpose of the sanctions has always been and continues to be deterrence."
— Peter J. Hasson (@peterjhasson) February 24, 2022
America underestimated Joe Biden's ability to f***k things up.
— Nick Adams (@NickAdamsinUSA) February 24, 2022
Vladimir Putin is a very bad person and Joe Biden underestimated him at every turn.
President Trump was always a step ahead of Putin, and Biden is 10 flights of stairs behind him.
— Brigitte Gabriel (@ACTBrigitte) February 24, 2022
Obama:
“Don’t underestimate Joe Biden’s ability to f*** things up.”
— Alex Bruesewitz (@alexbruesewitz) February 24, 2022
BIDEN ON RUSSIA: “No one expected the sanctions to prevent anything from happening. It’s gonna take time”
Bruh
— Clayton Keirns (@CKeirns) February 24, 2022
Biden’s administration has piled up crisis after crisis but this one will have major ramifications both at home where Americans are already being bludgeoned by high energy prices as a result of his misguided policies and globally, especially now that it has become abundantly clear that the nation’s enemies have no respect for him.
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