{"id":1438585,"date":"2022-04-14T16:15:22","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T20:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1438585"},"modified":"2022-04-14T16:15:28","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T20:15:28","slug":"white-house-insists-president-joe-biden-top-of-the-totem-pole-despite-unscripted-moments-on-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-insists-president-joe-biden-top-of-the-totem-pole-despite-unscripted-moments-on-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Insists President Joe Biden &#039;Top of the Totem Pole&#039; Despite Unscripted Moments on Russia"},"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\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook 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        <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Biden-Putin-collage-ap-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The White House defended President Joe Biden\u2019s decision to describe Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s war in Ukraine as \u201cgenocide,\u201d as he used his trip to Iowa for another unscripted moment in reaction to events engulfing Eastern Europe.<\/p>\n<p>White House Press secretary Jen Psaki reminded reporters Biden was the president and he could escalate his rhetoric at any point of his presidency if he wanted to.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI think we shouldn\u2019t misunderstand who he is and where he stands on the totem pole, which is at the top,\u201d she said during the daily briefing.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the 2020 presidential campaign, Biden promoted himself as a stable leader, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joebiden\/status\/1316899408315772928?lang=en\">reminding<\/a> the world that \u201cthe words of a president matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Biden on three different occasions has emotionally escalated his rhetoric against Putin, calling him a \u201cwar criminal\u201d who \u201ccannot remain in power,\u201d and is guilty of \u201cgenocide.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Psaki defended Biden\u2019s use of the word \u201cgenocide\u201d to describe Putin\u2019s actions in Ukraine, even if official U.S. policy had not changed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden is trying to protect Ukraine from further Russian escalation by publicly expanding policy justifications for a U.S. nuclear attack, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/58eRIhWRYo\">https:\/\/t.co\/58eRIhWRYo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1507784776052269076?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s the President of the United States and the leader of the free world, and he is allowed to make his views known at any point he would like,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The Kremlin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/kremlin-says-bidens-genocide-comments-are-wrong-unacceptable-2022-04-13\/\">responded<\/a> by describing Biden\u2019s moment as \u201chardly acceptable from a president of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>French President Emanuel Macron warned that escalating rhetoric against Russia and Putin would help the goal of peace.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI look at the facts, and I want to continue to try the utmost to be able to stop the war and restore peace,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/apr\/13\/emmanuel-macron-genocide-ukraine-russia-biden\">said<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m not sure if the escalation of words serves our cause.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration now has to explain why the president does not want to send in American troops into Ukraine, despite his belief that \u201cgenocide\u201d is underway.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Psaki noted Biden was expressing his personal feelings, not an official change in policy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president was speaking to what we all see, what he feels is clear as day in terms of the atrocities happening on the ground,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden\u2019s comment that Putin \u201ccannot remain in power\u201d could embolden the Russian leader\u2019s aggression toward NATO allies. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CUqvVPlBdC\">https:\/\/t.co\/CUqvVPlBdC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1508515571951878152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Psaki also recalled Biden promised the American people during the campaign he would \u201cshoot from the shoulder\u201d and \u201ctell it to them straight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis comments yesterday \u2014 not once, but twice \u2014 and on war crimes are an exact reflection of that,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>A global legal investigation into Putin\u2019s actions as genocide, Psaki said, would continue despite Biden\u2019s assessment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wasn\u2019t getting ahead of that, he was speaking to what we feel \u2014 he feels we see on the ground,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Psaki said the White House would continue to represent Biden\u2019s feelings on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, he\u2019s the President, and we are here to implement his views,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House defended President Joe Biden\u2019s decision to describe Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s war in Ukraine as \u201cgenocide,\u201d as he used his trip to Iowa for another unscripted 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