Rees, a leading Republican in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Biden gave a “good speech” in Warsaw, but slammed the president for his latest line in which Biden said Putin “can not stay in power.” ». “He gave a good speech at the end, but as you have already pointed out, there was a horrible blunder right at the end,” Rees told co-presenter Dana BashDana BashGraham Klobuchar says US fighter jets may be sent to Poland MORE on CNN’s “State of the Union” show. “I wish he stayed in the script. Whoever wrote this speech did a good job. “But oh my God, I wish they kept him in the script,” he added. Biden made headlines on Saturday when, at the end of a speech in Warsaw, he said “for God’s sake, this man can not stay in power,” referring to Putin. Since then, the White House and top government officials have sought to withdraw the statement, arguing that the United States is not pursuing a policy of regime change in Russia. Rees said Sunday that Biden’s comment was problematic because the call for regime change represents a major escalation. “I do not think that most people who are not involved in foreign affairs realize that these nine words he uttered would cause the kind of explosion they caused. “But whenever you say, or even as he did, you suggest, that politics was regime change, it will cause a huge problem,” Rees said. “This government has done everything it can to stop the escalation. “You can not do much more to escalate than to ask for regime change.” The Idaho Republican himself tried to repel Biden’s comment before again asking the president to “stay on the script.” “The White House tried to get it back immediately. Secretary of State Tony Blinken tried to get it back immediately. I will return to it now, this is not the policy of the United States of America. “Please, Mr. President, stay on the script,” he said.
