Psaki het Biden se warm mikrofoon-opmerking aan verslaggewer gekonfronteer: Hy 'verwerp nie’ Poetin afskrik

Biden is gevang op 'n warm mikrofoon wat prewel “wat 'n dom vraag” nadat Fox News-korrespondent Jacqui Heinrich hom gevra het, “Hoekom wag jy op [Russiese president Vladimir] Poetin om die eerste skuif te maak, meneer?” Biden earlier this week sparked an outcry in Ukraine and around the world after he suggested a “Trump het kommentaar gelewer op Biden se ronduit-gekritiseerde opmerking oor 'n potensiaal” by Russia into Ukraine would merit a different response than a more full-scale invasion.

“Is the president aware that he was caught on a hot mic yesterday? Why does he appear to be dismissing the idea of proactive deterrence?” Heinrich asked Psaki at Friday’s briefing.

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Press secretary Jen Psaki during a White House briefing March 22, 2021. President Joe Biden speaks on the economy Nov. 23, 2021, in Washington. (AP Foto / Evan Vucci | Alex Wong/Getty Images)

“Wel, the president certainly does not dismiss that idea, considering he has taken a lot of steps including supporting and approving the several sanctions that were put out by the Treasury Department just a couple of days ago,” Psaki gesê.

She said the U.S. had provided financial and military assistance to Ukraine as it stares down possible aggression from its neighbor.

“I would say the president is hardly waiting,” sy het gese. “Actions are pretty clear on that front.”

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Biden’s latest broadside at a reporter comes after some liberal media members fawned over his nearly two-hour press conference, where he snapped at one reporter who asked about his recent comparisons of political opponents to segregationists. Reporter Brian Karem gushed afterward that Biden never “once tried to belittle us,” while NBC’s Yamiche Alcindor said he “didn’t lash out at reporters.”

A former member of the Obama administration pushed back after Biden’s remarks Thursday.

“It isn’t a stupid question,” former Obama Director of Global Engagement Brett Bruen tweeted. “It’s a really important one. Ons gaan voort om Poetin toe te laat om die bepalings te stel, tydlyn, & trajectory of this crisis. It’s time we stop being so reactive & start creating some of our own conditions.”

President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin (Nic Antaya/Getty Images | Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images )

Fox News reached out to the White House for comment on Bruen’s tweet and received a response from White House Deputy Press Secretary Andy Bates that simply said, “Wie?”

Biden walked back his “Trump het kommentaar gelewer op Biden se ronduit-gekritiseerde opmerking oor 'n potensiaal” remarks on Thursday, saying any movement by assembled Russian troops into Ukraine territory would constitute an invasion and be met with a “severe and coordinated economic response.”

Fox News’ Andrew Mark Miller contributed to this report.