Joe Biden just dug the hole deeper for himself during a press briefing on Monday when he took some questions from the press and tried to explain the comments he had made suggesting regime change – that Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power.”

Biden claimed he wasn’t walking any of his comments back and then he claimed to Fox’s Peter Doocy that none of the three remarks he’d made had happened.

Watch Joe Biden try to gaslight America.
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— Justin Hart (@justin_hart) March 28, 2022

Today in a disaster of a press conference, Joe Biden played dumb about his administration's scramble to walk back several of his own comments.

BIDEN: "NONE of the three occurred!"

Roll the tape. pic.twitter.com/kNnRBlbObr

— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) March 28, 2022

All the remarks he made did indeed happen, as we reported here, here, and here. The White House had to walk them back or clarify, that’s another reason you know that they happened. But at this point, Biden might not be lying that he doesn’t think they happened. Biden’s mind is so muddled maybe he doesn’t even remember any more what has occurred.

There’s a huge problem created when Biden is incoherent or imprecise in what he is saying on the world stage. But now he is saying “no one believes” what he appeared to say about Putin.

BIDEN: "Nobody believes we're gonna take down…Putin. Nobody believes that!" pic.twitter.com/neqX3CzfKF

— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) March 28, 2022

So no one believes what you say? Does he think that’s a great posture to take?

The press — even the regular liberal press — is stupefied by him at this point.

Check out the face of the poor communications staffer who can’t believe that this is the guy she’s supposed to come out and defend.

NOW – Biden: "Nobody believes we're gonna takedown… I was talking about taking down Putin." pic.twitter.com/BSOObDUybx

— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) March 28, 2022

A reporter then asked Biden if he cared about the political implication of what he said, what effect it might have on Putin, or the propaganda use that he could make of it? Biden showed just how clueless he was with his response by saying he didn’t care what Putin thinks, that Putin is going to do what he’s going to do.

Reporter: “Are you confident that Vladimir Putin sees it that way? That he will not use this as an escalatory — ”

Biden: “I don’t care what he thinks. Look, here’s the deal. He’s going to do what he’s going to do.” pic.twitter.com/PRebr2wYUW

— America Rising (@AmericaRising) March 28, 2022

That’s part of the problem with his policy — he doesn’t care what effect what he says will have — like lifting sanctions on Nord Stream 2. He didn’t factor in all the harmful effects that would have. If Putin is just going to “do what he’s going to do,” why impose any sanctions at all? The whole point here is supposed to be to stop the war, not make it worse. But Biden doesn’t even seem to understand what he means on sanctions either.

What happens now if Putin believes that Joe Biden just let the cat out of the bag and getting rid of him is America’s ultimate strategy here?

Putin had been throwing out signals that he might be willing to come to a negotiated settlement if he gets some of the territory he wants — like Donbas. Now, it remains to be seen if Ukraine would agree to that as an answer, especially when they are doing well and holding out so far. But when you ratchet up the rhetoric, you make the guy with a lot of nukes think that there is no off-ramp and that he has to go to the mat in this fight. French President Emanuel Macron said Biden’s comments were making his negotiating job harder.

French President Emmanuel Macron warned against an escalation of “words or actions,” a day after President Joe Biden said Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power.”

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From Guardian:

Macron said on Sunday that he would not have used Biden’s words, adding that he saw his task as “achieving first a ceasefire and then the total withdrawal of [Russian] troops by diplomatic means”.

He told broadcaster France 3: “If we want to do that, we can’t escalate in either words or actions.”

So not only is Biden ratcheting up the situation pointlessly, but he’s also antagonizing the alliance with the dumb things he’s saying even as he claims everyone is united on approach.