By Doug P.
President Biden concluded his speech in Poland on Saturday by saying this about Russian President Vladimir Putin: “For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power”:
"For God's sake, this man cannot remain in power," Biden says of Vladimir Putin. pic.twitter.com/9QY9QidUZS
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) March 26, 2022
The White House almost immediately began performing clean-up duties on that, and a statement was released:
“The President’s point was that Putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors or the region. He was not discussing Putin’s power in Russia, or regime change.”
Then on Sunday Biden was asked if his comment about Putin at the end of his speech was calling for a regime change in Russia, and he answered “no.”