{"id":1099095,"date":"2021-12-08T15:13:36","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T20:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1099095"},"modified":"2021-12-08T15:13:39","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T20:13:39","slug":"joe-biden-no-unilateral-troops-to-ukraine-right-now-but-u-s-will-back-nato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-no-unilateral-troops-to-ukraine-right-now-but-u-s-will-back-nato\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden: No Unilateral Troops to Ukraine \u2018Right Now\u2019 but U.S. Will Back NATO"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjoe-biden-no-unilateral-troops-to-ukraine-right-now-but-u-s-will-back-nato%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1099095&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1237094867-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">President Joe Biden on Wednesday said the United States would not unilaterally send troops to defend Ukraine if Russia decided to invade.<\/p>\n<p>The president commented on his video call he had on Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin as he left the White House for a trip to Kansas City, Missouri.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>When reporters asked if he would rule out sending American troops into Ukraine, Biden replied, \u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is not on the table,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Biden noted that the United States had a moral and legal obligation to defend countries in the NATO alliance and reminded reporters that Ukraine was not a member of NATO.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe idea the United States is going to unilaterally use force to confront Russia invading Ukraine is not in the cards right now,\u201d Biden continued.<\/p>\n<p>He did say that the United States would back NATO if it decided to act but downplayed the idea of sending in troops to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The president warned Russia that the United States would level \u201csevere consequences\u201d if Russia invaded Ukraine, repeating talking points issued by the White House on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>He said he spoke with Putin to send a \u201cclear and direct\u201d message to Russia about what he could expect from the United States if his country invaded Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was very straightforward, and there were no minced words,\u201d Biden said, adding he was \u201cabsolutely confident he got the message.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden national security adviser Jake Sullivan&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/07\/biden-warns-putin-he-will-be-tougher-than-barack-obama-to-protect-ukraine\/\">said<\/a>&nbsp;after the meeting that the president promised Putin he would be tougher on Russia than former President Barack Obama was after Russia annexed Crimea in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will look you in the eye and tell you, as President Biden looked President Putin in the eye and told him today, that things we did not do in 2014 we are prepared to do now,\u201d Sullivan said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden on Wednesday said the United States would not unilaterally send troops to defend Ukraine if Russia decided to invade. 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