Welp.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky is NOT HAPPY with President Joe Biden’s apparent authorization of a Russian invasion of his country as long as it’s a “minor incursion”:
We want to remind the great powers that there are no minor incursions and small nations. Just as there are no minor casualties and little grief from the loss of loved ones. I say this as the President of a great power 🇺🇦
— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) January 20, 2022
Yeah, he’s pissed:
Damn they are pissed https://t.co/t7HT8hDSC3
— Simon Shuster (@shustry) January 20, 2022
And it’s a “big bungle”:
The "minor incursion" line from Biden was a big bungle https://t.co/h75OYYkM1t
— Will Ricciardella (@WillRicci) January 20, 2022
The WaPo’s Aaron Blake called it a “significant rebuttal”:
Significant rebuttal from Ukraine President Zelensky on Biden's comment yesterday –> https://t.co/hWjXzCx1k1
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) January 20, 2022
It doesn’t seem like Biden’s great reset is going too well:
Seems like the cleanup after Biden's press conference yesterday didn't work. https://t.co/oonR4Achl9
— Idrees Ali (@idreesali114) January 20, 2022
Yep. It’s impossible to put this genie back in the bottle:
Despite the valiant efforts of aspiring Twitter flacks, no practitioner of statecraft could fail to recognize that Joe Biden exposed in no uncertain terms a lack of will within the Atlantic Alliance to prevent Putin from doing something a little less than his absolute worst. https://t.co/XhOjfzKqlF
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) January 20, 2022
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