Unlike a slip, unlike an accident. The Sen’s voice did not escape either. The President of the United States Joe Biden He “takes back nothing” of what he said about the Russian president Vladimir Putin. “A Butcher“Who ‘can’t stay in power’, a ‘dictator trying to rebuild an empire’ and ‘strangling democracy,'” the American president said on Saturday. An attitude that had forced that White House to an embarrassing setback, particularly to the alleged “regime change”. Today, in response to reporters, Biden emphasizes that he does not want to retract anything because at that moment he was only expressing “the indignation I felt in front of this man”, it was a personal opinion he clarifies “I have not pointed out a political regime change”. And to those who asked him whether he was not worried that Putin might take what he said about him as an escalation, the American president replied: “I don’t care what he thinks. He will do what he will do”. Also because Putin for Biden “cannot be influenced by any external event and that his statements will not complicate diplomacy to resolve the conflict in Ukraine.
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Of course, from another perspective, Biden seems to be opening up to the possibility of meeting Putin. To the umpteenth question from journalists about the possibility an interview with the Kremlin leaderIn fact, the American President replied: “It depends on the topic you want to talk about”. But Biden also reiterated: “If Russia will use them chemical weapons there will be a significant answer”. Yes, but what answer? they asked him: “I certainly won’t tell you, I would be stupid.” On the other hand, he insists that “NATO has never been so strong today, and reiterated that he was “not at all concerned that his comments could exacerbate the conflict or weaken NATO.
Despite the warning, Biden pulls straight aheadU.N who today after a “military deescalation and rhetoric and the appeal of China “to the dialog and to negotiation“. “The only right way to solve the Ukrainian question is encourage conversations and end the war instead of aggravating the conflicts,” commented the Beijing Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin. Yesterday the French President Emmanuel macronwho is the only European head of state who still has a direct line to Putin, distanced himself from the words of the American President and spoke of the danger “fuel an escalation of words and deeds“.
Biden’s statements come on the day that marks the restart Race to upgrade of the United States after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which calls into question the architecture of world security. He’s preparing to even confront the KremlinArcticFor 2023, Joe Biden presented Congress with a budget proposal of $5,800 billion with record investments in security, starting with the already astronomical military spending: $813.3 billion, an increase of 31 billion (4%) over the previous year. The means include $4.1 billion to research and develop defensive ability, almost 5 billion for a system of Missile Alert to identify global threats and almost 2 billion for a new missile defense shield to protect the US from the threat ballistic launches Of North Korea and Iran. In addition to a billion in aid for Ukraine, 6.9 billion dollars are also expected for NATO. A signal to the transatlantic allies who are poised to reach out after the Russian attack Military spending 2% of GDPincluding initially reluctant countries such as Germany and Italy. “I am proposing Biden declared one of the largest investments in the history of our national security, with the resources necessary to ensure our army remains the best prepared, trained and equipped in the world. I also ask for continued investment to respond vigorously to Putin’s aggression against Ukraine with US support for that country’s economy, military and humanitarian needs.
At the same time, as reported by the New York Times, the White House has decided to take a more aggressive stance in the Arctic, even militarily, to curb Russian expansionism in that region, where ice melt caused by climate change promises to open up new trade routes and to hatch vast reserves of hydrocarbons beneath the sea floor. So in March there was a mission, the first of its kind, with about 8 thousand soldiers parachutes nearby Fairbanksin Alaskawhere management is also investing hundreds of millions of dollars in expansion the port of Nomewhich could develop into a deep sea hub to serve the Coast Guard and gods military ships working in the Arctic Circle. Again, three icebreakers are expected shortly, but Moscow has a miserable advantage on this front over 50 icebreakers in action. After all, the Kremlin long ago began militarizing the Arctic, renovating Sovietera airports and radars, building new ports, bases and research centers, and bolstering its fleet of nuclear and conventionalpowered icebreakers. Now, however, after being “distracted” by two decades of wars Iraq and Afghanistanthe US wants to “regain Arctic dominance,” according to the Pentagon’s new plan, which has already begun broadcasting Alaska dozens of F35.