{"id":1401931,"date":"2022-03-26T15:29:50","date_gmt":"2022-03-26T19:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1401931"},"modified":"2022-03-26T15:29:58","modified_gmt":"2022-03-26T19:29:58","slug":"biden-declares-putin-cannot-remain-in-power-white-house-quickly-walks-it-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-declares-putin-cannot-remain-in-power-white-house-quickly-walks-it-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Declares Putin \u2018Cannot Remain In Power,\u2019 White House Quickly Walks It Back"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fbiden-declares-putin-cannot-remain-in-power-white-house-quickly-walks-it-back%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=1401931&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>President Joe Biden said Russian President Vladimir Putin \u201ccannot remain in power\u201d in a set of remarks made Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/23\/us-government-russian-forces-committed-war-crimes-ukraine-antony-blinken\/\">president<\/a> spoke in Warsaw, Poland to wrap up his multi-day trip to Europe. His comments mark one of the strongest statements made by the president and his administration so far regarding Putin being in power, though the White House sought to quickly clarify his comments afterwards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor God\u2019s sake, this man cannot remain in power!\u201d Biden, standing outside of the Royal Castle, emphatically declared at the end of his speech.<\/p>\n<p>The administration walked back Biden\u2019s comment moments after his speech concluded, with a White House official clarifying that Biden \u201cwas not discussing Putin\u2019s power in Russia.\u201d<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe President\u2019s point was that Putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors or the region.\u00a0 He was not discussing Putin\u2019s power in Russia, or regime change,\u201d the official said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/03\/26\/1089014039\/biden-says-of-putin-for-gods-sake-this-man-cannot-remain-in-power\">according<\/a> to NPR.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prior to Biden\u2019s declaration, administration officials had been quick to note that their efforts in aiding Ukraine amid Russia\u2019s invasion were not focused on Putin\u2019s removal from office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor us, it\u2019s not about regime change,\u201d Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on CBS News <a href=\"https:\/\/theweek.com\/russo-ukrainian-war\/1010971\/the-us-is-not-working-toward-regime-change-in-russia-blinken-says\">earlier<\/a> in March. \u201cThe Russian people have to decide who they want to lead them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov pushed back on Biden\u2019s call afterwards, saying it is not up to him to decide, CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/03\/26\/politics\/biden-warsaw-saturday\/index.html\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not to be decided by Mr. Biden. It should only be a choice of the people of the Russian Federation,\u201d Peskov said.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s trip coincides with Russia\u2019s continued invasion of Ukraine, and the president met with NATO and G7 leaders as well as Ukrainian refugees while overseas. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/24\/joe-biden-administration-welcome-100000-refugees-ukraine\/\">(RELATED:\u00a0Biden Admin Will Welcome Up To 100,000 Refugees Fleeing Russian Aggression In Ukraine)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shortly before he gave remarks in Poland, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/world\/2022\/03\/26\/ukraine-russia-lviv-strike-fire-don-lemon-vpx.cnn\">reports<\/a> rang out of an airstrike near Lviv, Ukraine, a city located near the Polish border.<\/p>\n<p>Biden warned Russia against attacking NATO territory during his remarks as well, telling Putin to not \u201ceven think about moving on one single inch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a sacred obligation under Article 5 of defending each and every inch of NATO territory with the full force of our collective power,\u201d Biden said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2022\/mar\/26\/biden-casts-ukraine-conflict-global-battle-between\/\">according<\/a> to the Washington Times. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/24\/joe-biden-us-nato-would-respond-russia-chemical-weapons-ukraine\/\">(RELATED:\u00a0Biden Says US, NATO \u2018Would Respond\u2019 If Russia Uses Chemical Weapons In Ukraine)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The president touted <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/24\/joe-biden-sanctions-never-deter-russia-ukraine\/\">efforts<\/a> made by the U.S. and allies to impose <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/24\/us-sanctions-russian-state-duma-defense-entities-ukraine-invasion\/\">costs<\/a> on Russia due to its invasion. He <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/28\/russia-ukraine-ruble-falls-western-sanctions\/\">highlighted<\/a> the fall of the Russian ruble and even issued a direct message to the Russian people, noting that they \u201care not our enemy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPutin can and must end this war,\u201d Biden said, <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/599883-biden-declares-putin-cannot-remain-in-power-in-fiery-warsaw-remarks\">according<\/a> to The Hill, following his declaration that it has \u201calready been a strategic failure for Russia.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden said Russian President Vladimir Putin \u201ccannot remain in power\u201d in a set of remarks made Saturday.The president spoke in Warsaw, Poland to wrap up his multi-day trip<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":125,"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-1401931","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\/1401931","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\/125"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1401931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401931\/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=1401931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1401931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1401931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}