{"id":1323509,"date":"2022-02-21T11:58:06","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T16:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1323509"},"modified":"2022-02-21T17:07:59","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T22:07:59","slug":"is-this-really-it-cnns-jim-sciutto-is-not-impressed-with-bidens-response-to-putin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-this-really-it-cnns-jim-sciutto-is-not-impressed-with-bidens-response-to-putin\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Is This Really It?\u2019: CNN\u2019s Jim Sciutto Is Not Impressed With Biden\u2019s Response To Putin"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fis-this-really-it-cnns-jim-sciutto-is-not-impressed-with-bidens-response-to-putin%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=1323509&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:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1235981905.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>CNN anchor and Chief National Security Correspondent Jim Sciutto seemed unimpressed by President Joe Biden\u2019s planned response to Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s latest moves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs this really it?\u201d Sciutto asked, sharing a statement from White House press secretary Jen Psaki on the Biden administration\u2019s immediate response to Putin, which he reportedly planned to implement on Monday using an executive order.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Is this really it? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Likm8G8XWb\">https:\/\/t.co\/Likm8G8XWb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jimsciutto\/status\/1495861014730055684?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Psaki issued the statement immediately following the news that Russia had officially recognized two pro-Russia regions of Ukraine \u2014 Donetsk and Luhansk \u2014 as independent republics, promptly signing treaties with them and raising the concern that he could send Russian troops into those regions under the pretext of defending them in accordance with those treaties.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2022\/02\/21\/statement-by-press-secretary-jen-psaki-on-russian-announcement-on-eastern-ukraine\/\">Psaki\u2019s statement<\/a> read:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>We have anticipated a move like this from Russia and are ready to respond immediately. President Biden will soon issue an Executive Order that will prohibit new investment, trade, and financing by U.S. persons to, from, or in the so-called DNR and LNR regions of Ukraine. This E.O. will also provide authority to impose sanctions on any person determined to operate in those areas of Ukraine. The Departments of State and Treasury will have additional details shortly. We will also soon announce additional measures related to today\u2019s blatant violation of Russia\u2019s international commitments.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>To be clear: these measures are separate from and would be in addition to the swift and severe economic measures we have been preparing in coordination with Allies and partners should Russia further invade Ukraine.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We are continuing to closely consult with Allies and partners, including Ukraine, on next steps and on Russia\u2019s ongoing escalation along the border with Ukraine.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The White House has said for weeks that Russia was likely to invade Ukraine and would probably use a \u201cfalse flag\u201d operation to provide cover and legitimacy for any such incursion.<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-u-s-claims-russia-planning-false-flag-operation-in-ukraine-to-provoke-invasion\/\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>On Thursday, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan asserted, \u201cOur intelligence community has developed information, which has now been downgraded, that Russia is laying the groundwork to have the option of fabricating the pretext for an invasion. We saw this playbook in 2014. They are preparing this playbook again and we will have, the administration will have, further details on what we see as this potential laying of the pretext to share with the press over the course of the next 24 hours.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Asked if Russia was \u201cmaking the case\u201d to invade Ukraine. Sullivan answered:\u00a0I\u2019m not going to put myself in the head of the Russians.\u00a0 As you see from their public comments, they\u2019ve been \u2014 they\u2019ve said many different things.\u00a0 Some of them contradictory.\u00a0 They\u2019ve \u2014 different speakers over the course of this week have given both hopeful signs and deeply pessimistic signs.\u00a0 You\u2019ll have to ask them where they stand in respect to their positioning.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden has also repeatedly promised to respond with \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/swift-and-severe-costs-biden-offers-warning-to-putin-over-potential-invasion-of-ukraine\/\">swift and severe<\/a>\u201d economic consequences in the event of a Russian invasion.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire\u2019s first original film, Shut In, has made its cinematic debut, being met with rave reviews. The Daily Wire is building an alternative to the leftist entertainment industry, one gripping movie at a time. Join us in this mission and stream Shut In today by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe-shutin?utm_campaign=shutin&#038;utm_medium=editorial&#038;utm_source=facebook&#038;utm_content=subscribe_shutin&#038;utm_talent=dailywire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe-shutin?utm_campaign%3Dshutin%26utm_medium%3Deditorial%26utm_source%3Dfacebook%26utm_content%3Dsubscribe_shutin%26utm_talent%3Ddailywire&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1644699149485000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0hSL9sbxEl3fLS6INjonzw\">becoming a Daily Wire member<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN anchor and Chief National Security Correspondent Jim Sciutto seemed unimpressed by President Joe Biden\u2019s planned response to Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s latest moves.\u201cIs this really it?\u201d Sciutto asked, sharing &#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-1323509","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\/1323509","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=1323509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1323509\/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=1323509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1323509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1323509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}