Joe Biden was slammed for publicly absent over Ukraine last night as Russia launched an all-out war early this morning - and he is not expected to make an address for several more hours.
The President condemned Vladimir Putin's 'unprovoked and unjustified attack ' in a statement posted soon after war was declared at 11.43pm.
But after being accused of 'weakness' in the face of Russian aggression, he was urged to hit Russia and Vladimir Putin's inner circle with tougher sanctions 'as soon as possible'.
Biden was 'monitoring the situation' from the White House overnight but is yet to make a public address or an appearance and won't make an address until midday - 12 hours after war began.
Former President Donald Trump was scathing of Biden's response, telling Fox News in a wild interview that Biden was 'probably in bed right now' rather than monitoring developments.
Biden was most recently pictured on Tuesday, February 22 as he announced sanctions against Russia from the East Room of the White House.
Since declaring war at 4.43am local time, Russian forces have swept into Ukraine in simultaneous attacks from the south, east and north, with bombs raining down from the sky over the Donbas and Luhansk regions. The death toll on the Ukrainian side has hit at least 40, according to officials.
The Biden administration has faced sharp criticism for so far only sanctioning five Russian figures in Putin's inner circle and hitting only two Russian banks. Senator Ted Cruz describes the sanctions as 'appeasement that only increases the chances of military conflict.'
This is the guy who said he could go toe-to-toe with Putin. Like everything else he has said, it's a delusion. Everyone who voted for this blithering idiot owes us a public apology.
ReplyDeleteYou mean, all 81 million voters?
Delete"Sanctions" is the nation-state's equivalent of "writing an angry letter to the editor" = USELESS
ReplyDeleteSanctions are meaningless is you don't go full tilt boogie on 'em...
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