Guess Biden shouldn’t have gone home to Delaware for the weekend.
Who’d have thought other countries don’t take the weekend off during times of crisis and the possibility of a third world war?
"Surprised by the unusually rapid European decision, the White House scrambled over the weekend to catch up in drafting its own related measures, according to one American and one European official."https://t.co/cdZMdaNCX9
— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) February 28, 2022
From WaPo:
If it does, the seeds of Russia’s latest economic catastrophe will have been sown over the past week, as European officials gradually faced a reckoning. At the same time, President Biden, when asked during a news conference why the West had not taken action to lock Russia out of SWIFT, replied, “Right now, that’s not the position that the rest of Europe wishes to take.”
The increased popular demand for a strong response, including by kicking Russia out of SWIFT, and Biden calling out Europe “really ramped up the pressure” to act, said one person familiar with the discussions, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters. Without SWIFT, Russian institutions will be forced to fall back on a telex network and other less convenient and more costly alternatives.
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One European official said that there had been “uninterrupted communication” between the technocrats of the European Commission and the White House in recent days as they tried to coordinate the complex choreography of the sanctions measures.
Wonder what all the reasons could be. Let's start with the lack of communication during the Afgan withdrawal and how upset that made our allies. Then there's this pic.twitter.com/Qq2hmH7jwg
— Scott Coleman (@bandphan) February 28, 2022
Nappy time!
Dems are stupidly trying to blame Trump, because “orange man bad!” is their only unifying theme.
The two most important issues are European defense (each country’s own plus NATO) and Russian energy exports to Europe.
Trump was light years better on those two issues than Biden.
— David Hamilton (@Hamilton4TX) February 28, 2022
Biden’s sleeping in Delaware and following from behind. pic.twitter.com/BzW4scKaXh
— DLass (@Wwlasss) February 28, 2022
Such leadership! Very wow!
— Aldous Huxley's Ghost™ (@AF632) February 28, 2022
Much stunning.
Much brave.
Much napping.
The narrative on the left has been that Biden‘s patience lead Europe to increase sanctions on Putin.
This story suggests the exact opposite: Biden is following, not leading… which isn’t a surprise to anyone who isn’t high on this admin’s spin.
— M0ser (@TM0s41) February 28, 2022
Following.
Not leading.
Leading from behind.
Yes, yes this IS Obama’s third term.
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