Vladimir Putin didn’t want Joe Biden to be president. Know why? Because Joe Biden is a tough customer. Because Joe Biden doesn’t sit back and let Vladimir Putin just bulldoze democracy with impunity.
Vladimir Putin doesn’t want me to be President. He doesn’t want me to be our nominee. If you’re wondering why — it’s because I’m the only person in this field who’s ever gone toe-to-toe with him.
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) February 21, 2020
Well, Joe Biden is president now. And Vladimir Putin is … doing exactly what anyone with two brain cells to rub together knew that Vladimir Putin was going to do:
How it started / How it’s going pic.twitter.com/K5ENO2uf1t
— Doug Powers (@ThePowersThatBe) February 22, 2022
The White House acknowledged that they may not actually be able to prevent Russia from invading Ukraine, but at least the White House can acknowledge that Russia is invading Ukraine:
The White House is now shifting its tone, calling Russian troops into Ukrainian separatist regions “an invasion.”
“Based on the evolving situation and what was we are seeing on the ground, what is underway is an invasion,” a sr admin official tells @NBCNews.
— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) February 22, 2022
Oh, good. At least now we can officially start calling it an invasion now. We’re making progress.
Good news: after a long debate, the Biden Admin has finally decided that a country forcibly sending troops into another country is an invasion. https://t.co/uRlHPVou0K
— Sunny McSunnyface 🇺🇦 🌻 (@sunnyright) February 22, 2022
Okay. Whew. The all-important "use the dictionary to look up words" stage of international affairs is complete. https://t.co/BSRgmpypqI
— Caleb Howe (@CalebHowe) February 22, 2022
The White House had to figure out which pronouns the invasion was using first. https://t.co/jNGnYiEWR7
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) February 22, 2022
Of course! See, we hadn’t thought about that.
Putin should just tell them the invasion self-identifies as a domestic security arrangement and to respect the pronouns. https://t.co/rhCzTh5x7k
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) February 22, 2022
At least we have a strategy now.
If it walks like a duck and sounds like a duck … https://t.co/FZCVQMOYL5
— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) February 22, 2022
Quack quack.
It's been an invasion for days…but the White House is just now brave enough to call it what it is? https://t.co/dsUEhRDGZx
— Dawn Keith (@dawn_keith) February 22, 2022
Call me crazy, but the nanosecond tanks enter a sovereign nation against its wishes it's an 'invasion'… https://t.co/arYSxTJnMX
— Andy Ostroy (@AndyOstroy) February 22, 2022
“Evolving situation”? We all saw what happened overnight…Russian troops rolled into Ukraine. https://t.co/qYYLHwPM5l
— Bianna Golodryga (@biannagolodryga) February 22, 2022
Shorter WH: "We didn't want to call this an invasion 12 hours ago but now that Germany has made the first move on sanctions, we'll tag along and pretend we aren't weak and feckless." https://t.co/FZHYD3n0i7
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) February 22, 2022
It’s all part of the plan. This is what going toe-to-to with Putin really looks like. Biden’s just playing the looooooooong game.
The White House should hire me. I'm much quicker at naming things. https://t.co/FyVFgeVQ8y
— Bill Colrus✍ (@billcolrus) February 22, 2022
Bill for POTUS.
this administration, i swear. https://t.co/gDoPloQg4q
— kaitlin (@thefactualprep) February 22, 2022
