White House Immediate Evolution, CNN “Contents that were not in the manuscript”
Russia: ‘It’s not for Biden to decide’
Biden stresses unprecedented effect of economic sanctions once morest Russia
Withdrawal of 400 multinational companies including McDonald’s
“Russia will be pushed out of the top 20 in the world economy”
▲ US President Joe Biden delivers a speech in Warsaw, Poland on the 26th (local time). AP
U.S. President Joe Biden, who is traveling in Europe, said on the 26th (local time), referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin, that “this man cannot remain in power.”
“Ukraine will never be a victory for Russia,” Biden said in a speech in Warsaw. Because free people refuse to live in a world of despair and darkness,” he said. The remarks were not included in the manuscript, CNN reported.
A White House official said, “The point of the remark is that we cannot allow Putin to exercise power over a neighboring country or region,” a White House official said.
However, the Associated Press saw that “President Biden called for Putin’s resignation,” and public radio NPR interpreted it as “appears to be a demand to remove Putin.”
The Washington Post (WP) raised the possibility that “the nine-word ad-lib at the end of today’s 27-minute speech” may have been misrepresented through expert analysis, while at the same time saying that President Biden was recently revealing his meaning before his close aides were prepared. The possibility that the statement was intentional was not ruled out.
In response, Russian Kremlin spokeswoman Dmitry Peskov said, “It is not for Mr. Biden to decide. It is only the choice of the people of the Russian Federation.”
▲ US President Joe Biden enters the building following speaking at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland. AP
In his speech, Biden also warned Putin, “Don’t even think regarding moving an inch into NATO territory.” However, he reiterated that he had no intention of sending US troops to Ukraine.
He also emphasized the effect of united sanctions between the US and the West. More than 400 multinational corporations, including McDonald’s, withdrew from Russia, the value of the Russian currency, the ruble, has plummeted, and Russia’s economic ranking “will not be among the top 20 in the world from 11 before the invasion,” Biden said. explained.
During this European tour, President Biden announced additional sanctions on the Russian House of Representatives (Duma) and all 328 members of the House of Representatives, measures to alleviate European countries’ dependence on energy on Russia, and his intention to accept 100,000 Ukrainian refugees.
President Biden has recently increased the intensity of his offensive, calling Putin a “war criminal”. If morale was shattered by the disorderly withdrawal of Afghanistan last year, the WP evaluated, but the failure of the Russian army helped the United States regain confidence. In particular, high-ranking officials at the U.S. Department of Defense said that they were praising themselves as proof of the economic, diplomatic, and military power of the United States.
Correspondent Lee Gyeong-ju, Washington