Biden is slammed for mistakenly (yeah, right) saying Putin ‘cannot remain in power’ – while experts warn that despite frantic White House efforts to clean up the mess – the Kremlin will have ‘got the message’
- Biden appeared to call for regime change in Russia during speech on Saturday on Warsaw
- ‘For God’s sake this man cannot remain in power,’ he said in unscripted remark
- The call for Putin’s removal from power alarmed foreign policy experts who say it will escalate tensions
- They warn that appearing to back Putin into a corner could give him ‘nothing to lose’
- Kremlin responded with instant fury to Biden’s comment, saying the US has no say in Putin’s leadership
- White House scrambled to attempt to clarify Biden’s remarks, insisting he was not calling for regime change