Welp.
French President Emmanuel Macron called out President Joe Biden for his rhetoric directed at Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying in an interview today that he “wouldn’t use terms like that because I’m still in talks with President Putin”:
⚡️ Macron warned against calling Putin a 'butcher.'
“I wouldn’t use terms like that because I’m still in talks with President Putin,” the French President said during an interview.
Prior, U.S. President Joe Biden called Putin a “butcher,” a “murderous dictator” & “a pure thug.”
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) March 27, 2022
President Macron was referring to his now-viral clip:
President Joe Biden branded Russian President Vladimir Putin a ‘butcher’ during a meeting with refugees who fled the war in Ukraine to the Polish capital of Warsaw https://t.co/RkkusGpADj pic.twitter.com/4Aoki3hV9r
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 26, 2022
He also warned of escalating the rhetoric at this time:
Emmanuel Macron fears 'escalation' after Joe Biden calls Vladimir Putin a 'butcher'
“If we want to do that, we can't escalate either in words or actions”https://t.co/0hwLx014uU
— Samir Saran (@samirsaran) March 27, 2022
And as for this gaffe. . .
Too late. We all heard Biden say: “For god’s sake, this man cannot remain in power.” The world heard it. No way to unring that bell. https://t.co/TqSYFnX959
— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) March 26, 2022
. . .it’s now officially gaffe as the president himself has now confirmed he wasn’t talking about regime change:
Biden as he was leaving church tonight, per pooler @courtneyrozen —
Q: Mr. President, do you want Putin removed? Mr. President, were you calling for regime change?
POTUS: No.
— AlexGangitano (@AlexGangitano) March 27, 2022
ln Fred Thompson voice from “The Hunt From Red October,” Macron added that “we must do everything to avoid the situation getting out of hand”:
France's president "Macron has warned against verbal 'escalation’ with Moscow, after Joe Biden called Vladimir Putin a 'butcher' who 'cannot remain in power'…[Macron] told the France 3: 'I think we must do everything to avoid the situation getting out of hand.'" @Telegraph
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) March 27, 2022
But one person really, really upset with President Macron is Russian chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov who thinks calling Vladimir Putin a “butcher” while trying to negotiate an end to the war is just fine:
Apparently Macron will never realize that the problem isn't accurately calling Putin what he is, but that he's still in talks with him no matter how many war crimes he commits. https://t.co/8D6snsPEEU
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) March 27, 2022
More from Kasparov. . .
“Macron should have his next humiliating chat with Putin in Mariupol. Engagement with a dictator is a loss of leverage and a show of weakness. Pressure comes from isolation, which targets Putin’s hold on power, the only thing he cares about”:
Macron should have his next humiliating chat with Putin in Mariupol. Engagement with a dictator is a loss of leverage and a show of weakness. Pressure comes from isolation, which targets Putin’s hold on power, the only thing he cares about. https://t.co/cBOb0XZr0w
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) March 27, 2022
“Even if you think your goals are pure, like getting humanitarian aid into Ukraine, groveling before Putin is never going to be the most effective way to achieve them. It gives him more chips to gamble with. Then he’ll take more hostages to gain more”:
Even if you think your goals are pure, like getting humanitarian aid into Ukraine, groveling before Putin is never going to be the most effective way to achieve them. It gives him more chips to gamble with. Then he’ll take more hostages to gain more.
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) March 27, 2022
“Dictatorship are sociopaths, narcissists. They see only what helps them. “I bombed entire cities full of innocents to the ground and foreign leaders are still coming to beg for my help. I am powerful and should continue bombing”:
Dictatorship are sociopaths, narcissists. They see only what helps them. “I bombed entire cities full of innocents to the ground and foreign leaders are still coming to beg for my help. I am powerful and should continue bombing.”
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) March 27, 2022
You know, maybe the chess master should’ve spent the past 5 years calling out NATO countries for funding Russia’s war machine through energy purchase instead of going after Donald Trump so hard and Ukraine wouldn’t be in this position right now? Just a thought.
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