Earlier on Thursday, I penned a piece on Joe Biden’s less than preferable arrival at NATO, and while I noted at the time that not answering questions showed weakness on the world stage, I can now say with confidence that I was wrong. Biden absolutely should not have answered any question, as was clear after his most recent press conference.
According to our customary arrangement, Biden opened things by declaring that he would call a select list of journalists. Unfortunately for Biden, because of his litany of failures, that bit of self-protection isn’t nearly as effective as it once was, and several of the reporters nailed him with tough questions.
Pres. Biden states he was given a list by NATO Summit to refer reporters. pic.twitter.com/iK9JCxZuAJ
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) March 24, 2022
One of the biggest blunders of the current crisis involving Russia and Ukraine was Joe Biden publicly stating that a “minor incursion” wouldn’t be met with a swift response. That essentially green-lit Vladimir Putin’s entry into the Donbas region. A full-scale invasion of Ukraine began from there. Biden again made the exact same mistake when asked about chemical weapons use by Russia.
AP’s @ChrisMegerian: “You’ve warned about…chemical weapons being used. Have you gathered specific intelligence…and would the U.S. or NATO respond w/military action if he did use” them?
Biden claims he cannot answer the first and second parts, but it will depend on how terrible the second is. pic.twitter.com/2JOshe6w2a
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) March 24, 2022
Really? It all depends on what the problem is. The severity of the problem will determine how much it is. It will never end, the fog of war will continue to exist and, if you allow a dictator an inch, they’ll go a mile. Biden’s response gives the Russians room to use chemical weapons while hiding behind a variety of excuses. It was an entirely preventable mistake.
But the self-defeating insanity didn’t stop there. Biden moved past that by deciding to repeat a lie that’s been debunked many times regarding the deterrence effect of threatening sanctions. Worse, he then decided to undercut the world’s CurrentResponse to Russian Invasion
CBS’s @EenaRuffini“Do you believe today’s actions will make Russia shift its course towards Ukraine?”
Biden becomes REALLY upset: “That is not what I said. I’m playing a game. I know — the answer’s no…We have to stay fully…united.” (9/9) pic.twitter.com/yCWzi6RmP7
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) March 24, 2022
The claim that the Biden Administration never claimed the threat of sanction was intended to deter Putin’s is false. In fact, it’s a falsehood so easily disprovable that it ranks as one of the top lies the president has told during his tenure. Kamala Harris spoke out in Europe days before Russia attacked Ukraine. Similar statements were made by other officials in the administration.
Biden’s lie was so egregious that even CBS News did an immediate fact-check on it.
.@MajorCBS Garrett with an immediate fact-check of Biden claiming no one ever said sanctions were a deterrent: “History will record…several administration officials representing the President of the United States, Joseph Biden, said, in fact, sanctions might deter…invasion.” pic.twitter.com/FDx1VNx6Qe
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) March 24, 2022
Returning to the second part of his answer, though, the president then went on to say that the “answer is no,” when asked about whether actions taken Today Russia could change their course. That’s an incredible admission if he meant to make it, and it’s even worse of one if he’s just so out of it that he didn’t understand what he was saying. Just think about that. If nothing that is being done currently is going to cause Russia to change course, then why…are we doing it? What’s the point of any of the sanctions?
You can rest assured. Biden is the “leader of the free world,” and every European leader has total faith in his ability. You can see him.
Biden says: “I’m sure you won’t find any European leader thinking that I’m incapable of doing the job.” That’s what I meant, and it’s certainly not like “Whoaaa!” [pounds chest].” pic.twitter.com/OBNti5E3Qq
— MRCTV (@mrctv) March 24, 2022
I’m not even sure what I just watched, and while I could keep going with more clips that will make you scratch your head (this presser was that bad), I’ll end with a doozy, in which the president starts talking about Nazis, Charlottesville, and January 6th for some reason.
German reporter asks Biden about Trump coming back — Biden’s brain SNAPS in a panic as he rambles on about nazis
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) March 24, 2022
Russia has invaded Europe. Biden was in Brussels to attend NATO and supposedly tries to end the current crisis. Yet, the president, for reasons completely unknown to the rest of us, goes off on a tangent about…a neo-Nazi rally that occurred half a decade ago? He then repeats the biggest lie he’s ever told in his career, and it’s one he’s repeated more times than I can count, i.e. that Donald Trump said neo-Nazis were “very fine people.” Further, no police officers were killed on January 6th, nor did any die of physical wounds connected to January 6th either.
Biden remains a shameless liar and his foreign policy flaws have real implications for the entire world. The fact that this man is President of the United States remains deeply disturbing. Not only is he clearly too mentally gone to do the job, but he’s also just sentient enough to be dangerously vindictive. I’m not sure how the country gets through another three years of this.
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