{"id":1279163,"date":"2022-02-07T11:09:23","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T16:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1279163"},"modified":"2022-02-07T16:22:31","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T21:22:31","slug":"were-ready-either-way-jen-psaki-says-biden-administration-is-prepared-to-handle-whatever-putin-does-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/were-ready-either-way-jen-psaki-says-biden-administration-is-prepared-to-handle-whatever-putin-does-next\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We\u2019re Ready Either Way\u2019: Jen Psaki Says Biden Administration Is Prepared To Handle Whatever Putin Does Next"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fwere-ready-either-way-jen-psaki-says-biden-administration-is-prepared-to-handle-whatever-putin-does-next%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=1279163&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\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1368245397-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki vowed that President Joe Biden is \u201cready\u201d to deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s next move regarding Ukraine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As Russia threatens to invade the Eastern European nation, President Biden has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-ordering-3000-troops-to-europe-as-tensions-rise-with-russia\"><span>sent<\/span><\/a><span> thousands of American soldiers into the region. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has conceded that there is still the possibility that American forces could find themselves face to face with Russian troops \u2014 although he <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/defense-sec-concedes-possibility-that-u-s-troops-could-face-off-with-russians\"><span>stressed<\/span><\/a><span> that there is still time to work toward a diplomatic solution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Psaki made similar promises during a press briefing on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe\u2019re pursuing a two-track approach, which includes deterrence and diplomacy,\u201d Psaki said when asked about communications from the White House regarding the situation in Europe. \u201cWe\u2019re ready either way for whatever decision President Putin might make.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBeing prepared is exactly what we can do from the U.S. government, in coordination and in partnership with our NATO allies, our partners in Eastern Europe, and of course, the Ukrainians,\u201d she added. \u201cSo we don\u2019t actually see it as a conflict.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Press sec. Psaki to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CeciliaVega?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CeciliaVega<\/a> about Russia-Ukraine tensions: &#8220;We&#8217;re pursuing a two-track approach, which includes deterrence and diplomacy. We&#8217;re ready either way for whatever decision President Putin might make.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xkcn0qJR0o\">https:\/\/t.co\/xkcn0qJR0o<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wbX6vobd4h\">pic.twitter.com\/wbX6vobd4h<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ABC News Live (@ABCNewsLive) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABCNewsLive\/status\/1490766454161035271?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Many lawmakers fear that events in Ukraine could reverberate across the globe. For instance, Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/gop-rep-if-putin-can-go-into-ukraine-with-no-resistance-xi-will-take-taiwan\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> during an interview with ABC that Chinese President Xi Jinping is \u201cwatching.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAnd what do you think the fallout from that is with China\u2019s involvement and standing there next to Putin?\u201d host Martha Raddatz asked McCaul.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBecause Xi is watching what is happening, our adversaries are watching,\u201d he replied. \u201cIf Putin can go into Ukraine with no resistance, certainly, Xi will take Taiwan. He\u2019s always wanted this, and the South China Sea, you know, as well. Very tactical, the ayatollah \u2026 is looking at this, and Kim Jong Un had two rockets fired off this month that were hypersonics.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>During an appearance on CBS, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) likewise <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/rubio-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-would-lead-to-a-very-dangerous-period-in-human-history\"><span>noted<\/span><\/a><span> that a Russian invasion of Ukraine would both destabilize Europe and carry other implications for American foreign policy across the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBut I think this would have a global impact, because we\u2019re now all of a sudden once again living in a world in which countries and leaders can decide that something belongs to them, and they go in and take it by force,\u201d Rubio said before noting that not only do European nations have \u201ccomplaints about treaties,\u201d but that China has its eyes on Taiwan and border disagreements with India.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sen. Ted Cruz (R-FL) <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ted-cruz-highlights-4-ways-that-bidens-weakness-and-appeasement-has-enabled-americas-enemies\"><span>pointed<\/span><\/a><span> to Biden\u2019s weakness as a factor that has emboldened America\u2019s enemies around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAs a result of President Biden\u2019s weakness and appeasement, this administration gave Afghanistan to the Taliban, and 13 American service members were tragically murdered,\u201d Cruz said on the Senate floor. \u201cAs a result of President Biden\u2019s weakness and appeasement, this administration is ramping up to give a nuclear arsenal to the Ayatollah in Iran. The very same Ayatollah who chants \u2018Death to Israel\u2019 and \u2018Death to America,\u2019 the Biden administration is preparing to facilitate that Ayatollah having the weapons of mass murder to carry out those pledges.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAs a result of President Biden\u2019s weakness and appeasement, the Biden administration is in the process of ceding Taiwan to Xi. President Biden has even banned any Taiwanese official from displaying a Taiwanese military uniform or displaying a Taiwanese flag on U.S. government property. Why? Because it offends the communist government in China,\u201d Cruz continued. \u201cAnd again, right now \u2014 today \u2014 as a result of President Biden\u2019s weakness and appeasement, the Biden administration is in the process of abandoning Ukraine to Vladimir Putin.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cPutin didn\u2019t just wake up one day and decide to invade Ukraine. He has wanted to invade Ukraine for years. And he did so in 2014. But he stopped short of a full invasion then because he couldn\u2019t endanger Ukraine\u2019s energy infrastructure, which Putin needs to get Russian natural gas to Europe,\u201d Cruz explained. \u201cSo Russia formed a consortium to build Nord Stream 2, a pipeline stretching directly from Russia to Germany under the sea so that Russian gas could circumvent Ukraine altogether.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki vowed that President Joe Biden is \u201cready\u201d to deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s next move regarding Ukraine.As Russia threatens to invade the Eastern &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1279163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1279163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1279163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1279163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1279163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1279163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1279163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}