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A reporter grilled White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on how Joe Biden said two years ago that Putin’s “days of tyranny and trying to intimidate the United States and those in Eastern Europe are over.”
Meanwhile, Putin is certainly intimidating the U.S. and those in Eastern Europe today. “What happened?” Peter Doocy of Fox News asked Psaki.
This question sent Psaki scrambling for a comeback. In desperation, she said, “I would look at it actually from the prism of the United States and President Biden has rallied the world, rallied Europe, to stand up against the efforts and actions of President Putin.”
Yikes. It certainly doesn’t seem like the world is inspired and rallied by Joe Biden to stand up to Russia.
On the contrary, it seems like Russia has no fear or concerns about Biden’s weakness and empty threats.
Russia continues to escalate its invasion into Ukraine and there is imminent death and destruction for many innocent people.
You can watch the clip of Psaki below. Scroll to the 1:40-minute mark to see the exchange:
Psaki says "Biden has rallied the world" to stand up to Putin pic.twitter.com/ykMUw6bJYC
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More on the recent developments via Fox News:
Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is warning its citizens across the border in Russia to depart “immediately” Wednesday as uncertainty surrounds Russia’s next military moves.
“In connection with the intensification of Russian aggression against Ukraine, which, among other things, may lead to significant restrictions on the provision of consular assistance in the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs recommends that Ukrainian citizens refrain from any trips to the Russian Federation,” it said in a statement.
“We emphasize that ignoring these recommendations will make it much more difficult to ensure proper protection of Ukrainian citizens in the Russian Federation,” the statement added…
Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a video address Wednesday, asserted that the country’s core interests were “non-negotiable” amid tensions with Ukraine – and with the U.S. and other Western nations.
But Putin also said Russia was “always open for direct and honest dialogue,” and was willing to address “the most difficult issues” through diplomacy, according to reports.
Putin’s remarks came on Defenders of the Fatherland Day, the Russian equivalent of Veterans Day in the United States, according to Max Seddon, Moscow bureau chief of The Financial Times of Britain.
