{"id":1403538,"date":"2022-03-27T22:14:38","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T02:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1403538"},"modified":"2022-03-27T22:14:50","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T02:14:50","slug":"biden-says-no-he-wasnt-calling-for-regime-change-when-he-said-putin-cannot-remain-in-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-no-he-wasnt-calling-for-regime-change-when-he-said-putin-cannot-remain-in-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Says \u2018No,\u2019 He Wasn\u2019t Calling For Regime Change When He Said Putin \u2018Cannot Remain In Power\u2019"},"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%2Fbiden-says-no-he-wasnt-calling-for-regime-change-when-he-said-putin-cannot-remain-in-power%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=1403538&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 told reporters Sunday that he was not calling for regime change when he said Russian President Vladimir Putin \u201ccannot remain in power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden made the declaration at the end of his speech Saturday in Warsaw, Poland. The speech marked the end of the president\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/24\/us-sanctions-russian-state-duma-defense-entities-ukraine-invasion\/\">multi-day trip<\/a> to Europe, where he met with other world leaders regarding Russia\u2019s continued <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/23\/us-government-russian-forces-committed-war-crimes-ukraine-antony-blinken\/\">invasion<\/a> of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor God\u2019s sake, this man cannot remain in power!\u201d Biden said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>The White House quickly walked back his comments, with an official saying that the president \u201cwas not discussing Putin\u2019s power in Russia, or regime change.\u201d The official said Biden\u2019s \u201cpoint was that Putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors or the region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president was pressed on his comments as he left a Washington, D.C. church Sunday evening, with one reporter asking if he wants \u201cPutin removed\u201d and whether he was \u201ccalling for regime change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo,\u201d Biden shouted back.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Departing church in Washington, Biden tells reporters he was not calling for regime change in Russia <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7DHMoUe8T5\">pic.twitter.com\/7DHMoUe8T5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Trevor Hunnicutt (@TrevorNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrevorNews\/status\/1508210969671045140?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The president did not elaborate further, offering no explanation in his own words as to what he meant by the comment. <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>Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov pushed back on Biden\u2019s call shortly after his speech, CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/03\/26\/politics\/biden-warsaw-saturday\/index.html\">reported<\/a> at the time. Peskov, according to CNN, said the decision of who is in power in Russia \u201cshould only be a choice of the people of the Russian Federation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president\u2019s apparent call for Putin\u2019s removal marked just the latest in a series of comments made during his Europe trip that the White House sought to clarify.<\/p>\n<p>During a press conference in Belgium, the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/24\/joe-biden-us-nato-would-respond-russia-chemical-weapons-ukraine\/\">president<\/a> said the U.S. would respond \u201cin kind\u201d if Russia uses chemical weapons in Ukraine. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told reporters during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2022\/03\/25\/press-gaggle-by-principal-deputy-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-and-national-security-advisor-jake-sullivan-en-route-rzeszow-poland\/\">press briefing<\/a> shortly afterwards that Biden was not implying that the U.S. would respond with chemical weapons of their own.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Multiple times on this trip the WH has clarified Biden\u2019s remarks:<br \/>\u2013 US won\u2019t use chemical weapons after Biden says US would respond to Russian chemical attack \u201cin kind\u201d<br \/>\u2013 US troops won\u2019t go to Ukraine after telling 82nd airborne of what horror they\u2019re \u201cabout to see\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jacqui Heinrich (@JacquiHeinrich) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JacquiHeinrich\/status\/1507787347802398721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cYou heard him in another answer say we\u2019ll respond accordingly \u2014 meaning, you know, we will select the form and nature of our response based on the nature of the action Russia takes, and we\u2019ll do so in coordination with our Allies,\u201d Sullivan said. \u201cAnd we\u2019ve communicated to the Russians, as the President said publicly a couple of weeks ago, that there will be a severe price if Russia uses chemical weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I won\u2019t go beyond that other than to say the United States has no intention of using chemical weapons, period, under any circumstances,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Another clarification came after Biden spoke with U.S. troops stationed in Poland. During those remarks, Biden described the horrors of what the troops are \u201cgoing to see when you\u2019re there [Ukraine].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re going to see \u2013 you\u2019re going to see women, young people standing \u2013 standing in the middle of, in front of a damn tank, just saying, \u2018I\u2019m not leaving. I\u2019m holding my ground,&#8217;\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">UPDATE: A <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WhiteHouse<\/a> spokesperson tells me: \u201cThe President has been clear we are not sending U.S. troops to Ukraine and there is no change in that position.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewFeinberg\/status\/1507398345190481975?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The administration has repeatedly said that they are not considering sending troops into Ukraine, and the White House said Biden\u2019s position remained the same despite his comments to U.S. troops.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe President has been clear we are not sending U.S. troops to Ukraine and there is no change in that position,\u201d a White House spokesperson later told The Independent\u2019s Andrew Feinberg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden told reporters Sunday that he was not calling for regime change when he said Russian President Vladimir Putin \u201ccannot remain in power.\u201dBiden made the declaration at the<\/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-1403538","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\/1403538","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=1403538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1403538\/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=1403538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1403538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1403538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}