The president tried to clarify a comment he had made Saturday, that Putin 'cannot remain in power.'
." He said Monday that he was expressing his moral outrage at the"actions of this man" over his brutal invasion of Ukraine, not expressing a change in United States policy.
The president denied that his original comment was complicating any diplomatic efforts around the conflict in Ukraine."What complicates the situation at the moment," he said,"are the escalatory efforts of Putin." U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about his budget for fiscal year 2023 in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, March 28, 2022. Soon after Mr. Biden had made his remarks Saturday, the White House tried to walk back his comment, with an official saying he wasn't talking about regime change.
On Monday, the president said he wasn't"walking anything back" in explaining he was expressing"moral outrage" and not a policy change. , Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said,"It's not up to the president of the U.S. and not up to the Americans to decide who will remain in power in Russia."
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