White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki has the unenviable task of having to clean up after Joe Biden’s incoherent messes. This takes up much of her time as his incoherent gaffes seem to be a constant. It requires a lot more effort to make what he said into something sensible.
Biden’s usual confusion when Jacqui Heinrich, Fox reporter asked, was whether he believed that Vladimir Putin was war criminal. First, Biden said, “No,” but then he turned back around and said yes, “Did you ask me whether I would call… Oh, I, I think he is a war criminal.”
This flipped Russia, as Hot Air reported.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the US president’s statement “unacceptable and unforgivable rhetoric on the part of the head of a state whose bombs have killed hundreds of thousands of people around the world”, according to Russian state news agency TASS.
Biden made a statement at the very least, but it was not ambiguous.
But not so. Psaki answered a reporter’s question about what had happened to make it clear that the Biden team hadn’t called him that since weeks. Psaki then went about some backpedaling, saying it was his personal opinion from his “heart” not a formal position, that had yet to be determined.
“The President answered a direct question and responded to what he had seen on TV.”
Jen Psaki responds when President Joe Biden calls Vladimir Putin a war crime. https://t.co/1ysDSHOHCR pic.twitter.com/0Y0H1vC2XG
— Newsmax (@newsmax) March 16, 2022
Weasel? Because that’s what it is. You either believe it and hold onto it, or you don’t. Either you’re waiting for the legal position or you are not. Do you want to backpedal?
Is this because they’re about to complete the reprehensible deal with Iran which would not only free a lot of money for the bad actors in Iran and help to keep the oppressive mullahs in power, but also provide billions for Russia at the same time the Biden Administration is saying they’re cutting Russia off over the war in Ukraine? Also, how do you make a deal involving a “war criminal”? Is it possible to justify this while also giving money to fund more war?
As with Biden calling Putin a killer almost exactly one year ago, his “war criminal” remark today is both accurate and insufficient if not backed up by action. Keeping Putin at the table with Iran or anywhere tells him & his cronies it’s just lip service & he’s still the boss.
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) March 16, 2022