GOP pols Sunday claimed President Biden’s remark that Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power” played straight into the Russian dictator’s hands — while some European leaders tried to distance themselves from the commander-in-chief’s “gaffe.’’
Meanwhile, Biden, asked by reporters as he left church Sunday whether he had been calling for a regime change, replied, “No,” and top aides including including Secretary of State Antony Blinken spent the day backing up their boss.
Biden’s nine words ad-libbed during a speech Saturday in Warsaw, Poland, stole the spotlight from the president’s three-day trip to Europe to bolster NATO allies against the Russian invasion of Ukraine — and sent the White House scrambling to clean up his comments.
“For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power,” Biden said at the end of his 27-minute speech at Warsaw’s Royal Castle.