United States President Joe Biden talks at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland on March 26, 2022.
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President Joe Biden on Saturday stated Russian leader Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power,” ratcheting up global pressure and more joining NATO allies versus Putin over his intrusion of Ukraine.
“A dictator, bent on rebuilding an empire, will never erase the people’s love for liberty,” Biden stated at the end of a sweeping speech inPoland “Ukraine will never be a victory for Russia, for free people refuse to live in a world of hopelessness and darkness.”
“For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power,” Biden stated.
Biden has actually tossed invective at Putin throughout the crisis in Ukraine, labeling him a “murderous dictator” and a “war criminal,” however has actually formerly stopped short of requiring his elimination from power.
Later Saturday, a White House main tried to clarify that Biden “was not discussing Putin’s power in Russia, or regime change,” however rather was making the point that Putin “cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors or the region.”
The president’s address at the Royal Castle in Warsaw marked the grand ending of a three-day journey toEurope While in Poland, Biden consulted with Ukrainian refugees who had actually run away Russian aggressiveness, in addition to with U.S. soldiers stationed in Rzeszow, near Ukraine’s border.
In his speech, Biden prompted democracies all over the world to merge versus Russia and devote to a historical fight versus authoritarian aggressiveness.
“In this battle, we need to be clear-eyed,” he stated. “We need to steel ourselves for the long fight ahead.”
Biden straight and consistently condemned Putin throughout the speech, implicating the Russian president of “using brute force and disinformation to satisfy a craving for absolute power and control.”
Biden knocked Putin for conjuring up Nazi images as a pretext for an intrusion, calling it an “obscene” lie. And he stated it is “Putin who is to blame” for the mountain of global sanctions that are squashing Russia’s economy and its currency, keeping in mind that the Russian ruble has actually been minimized to “rubble.”
Biden likewise spoke past Putin, trying to provide an interest whichever Russian people might have the ability to hear the speech.
“This is not the future you deserve for your families and children,” Biden stated. “I’m telling you the truth, this war is not worthy of you, the Russian people.”
Biden’s message to Ukraine was more direct: “We stand with you. Period.”
