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President Joe Biden on Monday stood by his weekend comment that Russian President Vladimir Putin can't remain in power, saying he had been expressing his "moral outrage," not signaling a policy change.

"I was expressing my outrage. He shouldn’t remain in power, just like bad people shouldn’t continue to do bad things. But it doesn’t mean we have a fundamental policy to do anything to take Putin down in any way," Biden told reporters following a White House event on the federal budget.


"I’m not walking anything back," Biden said. "The fact of the matter is, I was expressing the moral outrage I felt toward the way Putin is dealing and the actions of this man, which is just brutality."

Biden stands by comment that Putin shouldn't remain in power: 'I’m not walking anything back'
Biden's comments came in response to concern raised over an ad-libbed line in remarks from Poland on Saturday, in which he seemed to suggest he was pushing for regime change in Russia. “For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power,” he said then, referring to Putin.

The White House issued a statement shortly after the speech that said Biden was “not discussing Putin’s power in Russia, or regime change” but rather saying Putin “cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors or the region.”

Biden said he didn't believe the comment would complicate or escalate the conflict in Ukraine, or that it could affect Putin's actions.


"He’s not affected by anybody else — including, unfortunately, apparently his own advisers," Biden said of Putin. "He is a guy who goes to the beat of his own drum, and the idea that he is going to do something outrageous because I called him for what he was and what he’s doing, I think it’s just not rational."

But the comment has been seen by some world leaders, officials and experts as a risky and escalatory move and feeding into the Kremlin’s years of accusations that the West is seeking to overthrow Putin. French President Emmanuel Macron told French television on Sunday that he “wouldn’t use this type of wording,” and foreign policy experts warned it could further narrow any path to a diplomatic solution.

Biden returned to Washington early Sunday morning after three days of meetings in Belgium and Poland, where he sought to rally support for Ukraine and sustain economic pressure on Russia to end the war.

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I like this man, he's a fearless sage

Well said

God1000:
I like this man, he's a fearless sage

I bet you don't know the man you claimed to know.
Biden is a weakling who answers to dictators under the scene from the Democratic circle.

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There are a lot of things that plays underground and the western media won't show.
Hunter Biden was fingered in a controversial chemical laboratory deal in Ukraine and the western media went awol.

This is a direct affront that may have justified Russian anxiety on the intention of US plan to take over Eastern Europe using NATO as a guise. This is rather a cheer display of arrogance on the part of American leadership . I hope these utterances won't lead to further conflicts.

This is a direct affront that may have justified Russian anxiety on the intention of US plan to take over Eastern Europe using NATO as a guise. This is rather a cheer display of arrogance on the part of American leadership . I hope these utterances won't lead to further conflicts.
How can the president of a country advocate for an elected leader of another. Putin may be an Iron man but he has stabilised Russia after the fall of USSR. That's why he's so popular in the country. The Chinese type of democracy, the British type and African types can be improved upon but we cannot all have the type of democracy America preaches.
I hope this doesn't really translate into justifying why Russia started this violent conflict because its now believable that the US authored this war without actually firing a bullet

God1000:
I like this man, he's a fearless sage

He is a known coward, Doing the work of the secret masters
But their miscalculation will come back to hunt them, Moscow has been decades planning on how a possible war with America will pound out, and this little conflict with Ukraine has shown them what an entire Europe and other NATO countries can really come up with, Russia believe they are fighting the entire Europe and other NATO countries not only Ukraine, and truth be said USA is not prepared for possible Russia full blown war
Otherwise Multi decades Built American dreams will crumble and they won't be reminded of what Russia is capable of, Biden only expressed his depress emotional challenge of which he is not prepared for the after effect of those defamatory comments ..........

Wisfem:
A clown that have no knowledge of his grave rant, when Putin wages war against America
They will start emotional campaign to secure sympathy

lol, emotional campaign ke, I don't think Putin is stupid enough to take any hostile action against USA, Russia is no match for America

Wisfem:
He is a known coward, Doing the work of the secret masters
But their miscalculation will come back to hunt them, Moscow has been decades planning on how a possible war with America will pound out, and this little conflict with Ukraine has shown them what an entire Europe and other NATO countries can really come up with, Russia believe they are fighting the entire Europe and other NATO countries not only Ukraine, and truth be said USA is not prepared for possible Russia full blown war
Otherwise Multi decades Built American dreams will crumble and they won't be reminded of what Russia is capable of, Biden only expressed his depress emotional challenge of which he is not prepared for the after effect of those defamatory comments ..........

if you think a nuclear war between US and Russia will only collapse America then you are very ignorant and naive, it will be the end of humanity, not even you will be alive to type more trash.

Russia will be completely destroyed, America has the capability

mandarin:
This is a direct affront that may have justified Russian anxiety on the intention of US plan to take over Eastern Europe using NATO as a guise. This is rather a cheer display of arrogance on the part of American leadership . I hope these utterances won't lead to further conflicts.
How can the president of a country advocate for an elected leader of another. Putin may be an Iron man but he has stabilised Russia after the fall of USSR. That's why he's so popular in the country. The Chinese type of democracy, the British type and African types can be improved upon but we cannot all have the type of democracy America preaches.
I hope this doesn't really translate into justifying why Russia started this violent conflict because its now believable that the US authored this war without actually firing a bullet

biden only said the truth, are you happy with the ongoing destruction and carnage in Ukraine, families are being torn apart

His word, his bond

Biden said what he meant and meant what he said.

.No matter what President Biden meant by his words, he just started a worldwide conversation about Putin being removed from power. Good.

Putin must be ousted so as to regain world's peace.