Biden: “Putin cannot stay in power”. Then the White House rectifies

The Royal Castle of Warsaw in the background, the words of Joe Biden in the foreground. The speech of the American presidentin the heart of the Polish capital, takes all the spotlight – as scheduled. Clear wordsmarked from the beginning with determination and clarity: from the key quote of John Paul II“Do not be afraid”, to the historic phrase of Abraham Lincoln“Law is the basis of power.”

What captures the most attention, however, is the endfrontal attachment to the Russian President Vladimir Putin, which goes beyond the comments he had made while visiting a reception center of refugees: “He is a butcher“, He said. “It is strangling democracy“And threatens to bring”decades of war“, he added. «He is a dictator who wants rebuild an empire“. But, in fact, it is the conclusion that is surprising.

This man cannot remain in power“. But just as many reporters were about to use the sentence as a titlethe ready has arrived rectification of a councilor of the White House: “He was not questioning Putin’s power in Russia, nor was it evoking the possibility of regime change in MoscowIs the clarification of the staff. «He He meant that Putin cannot exercise power on neighboring countries“.

Even Antony Blinkensecretary of state, reiterated that the US does not have any strategy for regime change in Russia: «I think Biden simply pointed out that Putin it cannot have the power to wage war or engage in aggression against Ukraine or anyone else. ‘ With the French president Emmanuel Macron trying to calm the tension: «I wouldn’t use the word butcher“.

Despite the adjustments, Biden’s speech still sparked the immediate reaction of the Kremlin: «The choice of the population of the Russian Federation Biden can’t decideIs the spokesman’s reply Dmitry Peskov reported by CNN. «The new insults of the American president further reduce the window of opportunity mend relationships between Russia and the United States ”, one reads instead official note.

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Source: Vanity Fair

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