An honest remark is characterized as a "flub". And this is not going to raise Biden's approval rating, which at the moment is in the sewer.Kamala Harris has joined in on the White House’s campaign to repair Joe Biden’s flub on Ukraine in his press conference on Wednesday, where he revealed Nato is divided on how to respond to a “minor incursion” from Russia.
“The president of the United States has been very clear, and we as the United States are very clear: if Putin takes aggressive action, we are prepared to levy serious and severe costs. Period,” Harris said in a Thursday morning appearance on NBC’s Today Show.
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During Wednesday’s two-hour press conference – his second solo press conference since taking office – Biden made surprising remarks on the decision Nato allies will face depending on the severity of a Russian incursion.
“What you’re going to see is that Russia will be held accountable if it invades, and it depends on what it does,” he said. “It’s one thing if it’s a minor incursion, and then we end up having to fight about what to do and not do etc.”
Asked to clarify what constitutes a minor incursion, Biden pointed to cyber-attacks and the presence of Russian intelligence officers.
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In a clarification issued 30 minutes after the end of the press conference, the White House press secretary, Jen Psaki, said: “If any Russian military forces move across the Ukrainian border, that’s a renewed invasion, and it will be met with a swift, severe and united response from the United States and our allies.”
The kerfuffle has alarmed the Ukrainian government, with one official telling CNN that Biden’s comment “gives green light to Putin to enter Ukraine at his pleasure”.
Guardian
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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