Biden President Joe Biden Deaf Oscar winner Troy Kotsur: he was tempted to teach Biden “dirty sign language” during a visit to World Hungary. to dig out of the latter.
His highly charged, emotional message in Poland states that Russian President Vladimir Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin Biden says he did not call for regime change in Russia The seizure of Russian yachts is a US goal. But it’s not easy for Ukraine to defeat Russia – but the West needs to help MORE “it can not stay in power” that a month of war and its ghost of nuclear disaster will soon end diplomatically.
As he left the church on Sunday afternoon, Biden answered unequivocally, “no” when reporters asked him if he wanted Putin removed or if he wanted a change of regime.
At home, the president faces different headwinds. He still struggles to revive important parts of his domestic agenda 14 months after his term and finds that the majority of Americans are critical of his handling of the economy and growing inflation in the run-up to the November election.
Today he will send a proposed budget to Congress for next fiscal year, reiterating the Democratic Party’s ideas challenged by the GOP, including tax increases on billionaires and fossil fuel restrictions to combat climate change.
Separately, the West Wing believes the U.S. could face another COVID-19 outbreak later this spring and perhaps fall and must count on a citizen who is tired of variants, vaccines, confusing public health recommendations and endless pandemic invasions.
Associated Press: Biden does not find a home break after returning from Europe.
Before Biden spoke to reporters on Sunday, his aides tried to clear his broad side against Putin, modifying his remarks to make it clear that US policy to help Ukraine was still negotiating a diplomatic end to Russia’s war. In recent months, Biden has called Putin – who could remain in power under Russian law until perhaps 2036 – a murderer, “pull” and “murderous dictator.”
During a Sunday interview, French President Emmanuel MacronEmmanuel Jean-Michel MacronPhotos of the Week: Ketanji Brown Jackson, cherry blossoms and Oscar statues NATO Summit on Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine Five things to watch out for During Biden’s trip to Europe MORE were asked about Biden’s view that the Russian president is a “butcher”. Macron told France-3 television that he would not use such language, adding that there should be no escalation – in words or deeds (The New York Times).
German Chancellor Olaf Soltz dismissed Biden’s comments during a televised address on Sunday. “This is not the goal of NATO, nor of the US president,” he said (The Associated Press and News4Jax). Scholz added: “We both fully agree that regime change is not the object and policy goal we pursue together.”
Foreign Minister Antony Blinken says he did not call for regime change in Russia Myanmar leader says forces will “exterminate” militant groups Former DHS secretary says Biden’s statement to Putin was “WHY he said on Sunday that the US does not seek to remove Putin from power. “We have no strategy for regime change in Russia or anywhere else,” he told reporters in Jerusalem. “In this case, as in any case, it depends on the people of that country. It’s in the hands of the Russian people “(The New York Times).
Ukraine, meanwhile, has continued to fight Russian forces, while begging the West to provide more weapons and air defense. Russian troops are reportedly consolidating their position and resisting Ukraine’s attempts to break their grip, while focusing on the capture of Mariupol, which could fall (The New York Times).
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who addresses a global virtual audience and gives interviews to reporters almost daily, called on NATO allies on Sunday to provide planes and tanks in Kyiv, saying Ukraine’s fighters are more generous than European leaders who said they would not do it. provides a no-fly zone over Ukraine for fear it could provoke Putin to escalate the war (The Associated Press).
Praising the Ukrainian defenders of the southern port city of Mariupol, Zelensky said: “If only those who think for 31 days how to deliver dozens of jets and tanks had 1 percent of their courage.”
Russian news agencies published an interview with Zelensky on Sunday, the first he has given to Russian journalists since the start of the war. Russia’s communications watchdog responded by ordering the media not to disclose or broadcast the interview, without giving a reason for the ban.
Associated Press: Today, negotiators from Ukraine and Russia are scheduled to resume talks on the war. They intend to meet in Turkey.
Reuters: Ukraine’s military intelligence chief said on Sunday that Russia wanted to divide Ukraine into two parts, similar to North and South Korea, with one part occupied and the rest not occupied by Moscow. A “total” guerrilla war was sworn in to prevent his country from splitting.
Sunday’s Shows: Former Will Hurd spokesman William Ballard Hurd Former GOP spokesman says US should give Ukraine ‘as many weapons as we can’ Hillicon Valley – YouTube gets some heat Former GOP spokesman: Social media companies should be able to suspend Trump, others for “bold lies” MORE (R-Texas), once a CIA official, says the United States should give Ukraine as many weapons “as we can” (The Hill) . Ρου Senator Rob PortmanRobert (Rob) Jones PortmanBiden Putin’s observation, the retreating White House is under control. Jackson undergoes confirmation hearings MORE (R-Ohio), who is retiring at the end of his term, said Sunday that Biden’s speech in Poland was strong despite his ad lib at the end (The Hill). … Δημ. Jackson Hears Confirmation Hearings Gas Prices Lead to Tensions Within the Democratic Party Hill). “The president, I think, is a straight sniper. He has a deep empathy. I’m sure he’m so frustrated with these scenes of children and women being killed,” Hannah added.
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