While Joe Biden was in Poland today, he today suggested to US troops that they’d be going to fight in Ukraine. Seriously.
Just now, @POTUS told US troops: "You’re going to see when you’re there, you’re going to see women, young people standing in the middle, in the front of a damn tank saying I’m not leaving".
I have asked the White House if there are now plans to send troops or if he misspoke.
— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) March 25, 2022
But the White House claims that Biden has never changed his position and that US troops are not going to Ukraine:
UPDATE: A @WhiteHouse spokesperson tells me: "The President has been clear we are not sending U.S. troops to Ukraine and there is no change in that position."
— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) March 25, 2022
Here’s more from Fox News:
The White House on Friday insisted the U.S. military will not be deployed to Ukraine amid Russia’s multifront war on the country after comments President Biden made to troops in Poland seemed to suggest otherwise.
Biden, visiting U.S. service members in Poland, talked about how average Ukrainian citizens are “stepping up.”
“You’re going to see when you’re there – some of you have been there – you’re going to see women, young people, standing in the middle, in front of a damn tank, saying, ‘I’m not leaving.'”
Biden, since prior to Russia’s invasion, and throughout its war on Ukraine, has maintained that U.S. troops would not enter the conflict between Ukraine and Russia.
When asked Friday about the possibility of U.S. troop involvement, the White House insisted its stance remains the same.
“The president has been clear we are not sending U.S. troops to Ukraine and there is no change in that position,” a White House spokesperson told Fox News Friday.
So in one speech Biden confused Poland with Ukraine, confused his Defense Secretary with his Secretary of State and now Biden is telling US troops they are going into Ukraine when that’s apparently not true.
This must be a bad dementia day for Joe because he shouldn’t be getting this much wrong.