{"id":1406319,"date":"2022-03-29T06:59:54","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T10:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1406319"},"modified":"2022-03-29T07:01:10","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T11:01:10","slug":"bidens-gaffes-are-a-liability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-gaffes-are-a-liability\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden\u2019s Gaffes Are a Liability"},"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\">10<\/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%2Fbidens-gaffes-are-a-liability%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=1406319&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><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">F<\/span>or years, President Joe Biden has downplayed his tendency to misspeak, dubbing himself the \u201cgaffe machine,\u201d as if this is an endearing trait rather than a problematic one. But this weekend, we were reminded that Biden\u2019s ad-libbing is a real liability \u2014 especially in the middle of a foreign crisis.\n<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in Poland on Saturday, Biden went off-script and ended his speech with a declaration that Russian dictator<br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vladimir-putin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vladimir Putin<\/a><br \/>\n needs to be deposed. \u201cFor God\u2019s sake,\u201d he said, \u201cthis man cannot remain in power.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>Just moments later,<br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the White House<\/a><br \/>\n walked back Biden\u2019s statement in an attempt to make it seem like Biden had not said what he just plainly said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president\u2019s point was that Putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors or the region. He was not discussing Putin\u2019s power in Russia, or regime change,\u201d a spokesperson said in a statement.\n<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken continued<br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense-national-security\/blinken-continues-cleanup-of-bidens-putin-cannot-remain-in-power-remark\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the clean-up effort<\/a><br \/>\n during a press conference in Jerusalem, saying, \u201cI think the president, the White House, made the point last night that, quite simply, President Putin cannot be empowered to wage war or engage in aggression against Ukraine or anyone else. As you know, and as you\u2019ve heard us say repeatedly, we do not have a strategy of regime change in Russia or anywhere else, for that matter. In this case, as in any case, it\u2019s up to the people of the country in question. It\u2019s up to the Russian people.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>But the damage was already done. With just nine words, Biden undermined the United States\u2019s own policy of nonintervention in regard to the Russia-Ukraine crisis and suggested that we might actually be willing to get involved in a direct way. The Kremlin, which has long argued that the U.S. and its allies in NATO are plotting a revolution in Russia, vowed to monitor Biden\u2019s actions carefully and called his comments \u201calarming.\u201d And ultimately, the entire point of Biden\u2019s speech, that the West should remain unified in economic and diplomatic opposition to Russian aggression, was lost due to concerns that Biden had just endorsed offing Putin.\n<\/p>\n<p>There is no question that the world would be better off if Putin really were removed from office. But for the president of the U.S. to suggest openly that the U.S. would support such a thing is irresponsible, and everyone, including Biden, knows it: \u201cThe words of a president matter,\u201d he said during the 2020 campaign. \u201cThey can move markets. They can send our brave men and women to war. They can bring peace.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>They can also escalate a high-risk crisis with a nuclear power. And yet, here we are.\n<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, Biden\u2019s foolishness has not halted negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, as some feared it might. But the very fact that it might have is proof that the president\u2019s habit of veering off-track and saying whatever comes into his head is one that must be checked.\n<\/p>\n<p>Presidential improvisation didn\u2019t work out well during the Trump administration, and it\u2019s not working out any better now. And just like former President Donald Trump, Biden\u2019s inability, or outright refusal, to choose his words carefully reeks of a lack of discipline and prudence that makes it difficult for anyone to take him seriously. Is that really the kind of president Biden wants to be?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For years, President Joe Biden has downplayed his tendency to misspeak, dubbing himself the \u201cgaffe machine,\u201d as if this is an endearing trait rather than a problematic one. 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