{"id":1301262,"date":"2022-02-15T23:22:27","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T04:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1301262"},"modified":"2022-02-15T23:22:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T04:22:35","slug":"fox-news-contributor-mike-thiessen-praises-bidens-excellent-russia-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-contributor-mike-thiessen-praises-bidens-excellent-russia-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox News Contributor Mike Thiessen Praises Biden\u2019s \u2018Excellent\u2019 Russia Speech"},"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\">20<\/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%2Ffox-news-contributor-mike-thiessen-praises-bidens-excellent-russia-speech%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=1301262&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><\/div>\n<p>Fox News contributor Mike Thiessen praised President Joe Biden\u2019s address Tuesday on the Russia-Ukraine crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Thiessen, a chief speechwriter for former President George W. Bush, applauded <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/03\/joe-biden-promises-ukraine-decisive-action-russia-invades\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Biden\u2019s speech<\/a>, in which he affirmed the U.S. defense of Eastern Europe against Russian intervention. \u201cWell, first of all, I thought President Biden\u2019s speech was excellent. He basically said that Ukraine will be able to associate with who it wants. He rejected Putin\u2019s demands for guarantees that they not join NATO,\u201d Thiessen told Fox News host Martha MacCallum.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s made clear that another Putin demand that they not have U.S. Forces or missiles or anything in eastern Europe and NATO countries. He\u2019s made clear we\u2019re gonna defend those countries,\u201d Theissen said.<\/p>\n<p>Thiessen continued his praise for Biden\u2019s address with a comment on the implications of the threats he made to Russia. \u201cHe said that if Putin invades there will be significant pressure on financial institutions in key industries. Translation, \u2018We\u2019re gonna kick you out of the Swiss Banking system and there are gonna be energy sanctions.&#8217;\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/15\/russia-ukraine-nato-military-drills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Russia Says It\u2019s Pulling Back Some Troops From Ukraine Border, NATO Seeks Confirmation)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Troops from Russian military districts began to return to their home stations, the country\u2019s defense ministry said Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/02\/15\/europe\/ukraine-russia-news-tuesday-troop-pullback-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to CNN.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden told Americans on Tuesday that the U.S. is \u201cready with diplomacy\u201d issued a warning for Russian President Vladimir Putin. He&nbsp;also addressed Russia\u2019s announcement <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/15\/russia-ukraine-nato-military-drills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/15\/russia-ukraine-nato-military-drills\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1645049896284000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0m2bBNgHdJsg-u9p1QCK4N\">alleging<\/a> that some of its troops would be returning to their base after completing military drills, claiming that this has not yet been verified by the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are prepared to continue to work on diplomacy, but we are also prepared to respond in a united and decisive way with our allies and partners should Russia proceed,\u201d Biden told the nation. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/12\/joe-biden-vladimir-putin-call-no-fundamental-change-russia-ukraine-tensions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/12\/joe-biden-vladimir-putin-call-no-fundamental-change-russia-ukraine-tensions\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1645049896283000&amp;usg=AOvVaw27-jEqydyXs0y3TIbYG-jX\">(RELATED:&nbsp;Biden-Putin Call Yields \u2018No Fundamental Change\u2019 In Russia-Ukraine Situation)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Biden warned of \u201cthe human costs for Ukraine \u2026 and the strategic cost for Russia\u201d if an invasion occurs, but also sought to underscore the opportunity for diplomacy throughout his speech. At one point, the president warned Russia that an invasion \u201cwill prove to be a self-inflicted wound.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Russia attacks Ukraine, it will be met with overwhelming international condemnation,\u201d Biden promised. \u201cThe world will not forget that Russia chose needless death and destruction.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fox News contributor Mike Thiessen praised President Joe Biden\u2019s address Tuesday on the Russia-Ukraine crisis.Thiessen, a chief speechwriter for former President George W. Bush, applauded Biden\u2019s speech, in which he &#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-1301262","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\/1301262","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=1301262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1301262\/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=1301262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1301262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1301262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}