Remember when Russia threatened to invade Ukraine under President Trump? Neither do we.
From Axios: Biden said that Russia will be “held accountable if it invades” but added that “it depends on what it does.”
- “It’s one thing if it’s a minor incursion and we end up having to fight about what to do and not do, et cetera.”
Asked later if he was effectively giving Russia permission to make a small incursion, Biden said:
- “If it’s something significantly short of a significant invasion or not even significant — major military forces coming in…for example, it’s one thing to determine that if they continue to use cyber efforts, we can respond the same way, with cyber.”
- “There are differences in NATO as to what countries are willing to do, depending on what happens. The degree to which they are able to go.”
A reporter asks Press Secretary Psaki how many Americans are currently in Ukraine. Psaki: “We don’t put a chip in Americans when they go to countries around the world and track their movements” The less snippy and sarcastic version: “We are about to abandon Americans, just like we did in Afghanistan”
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), the ranking Republican member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, called Biden’s remarks on Russia’s buildup near Ukraine “nothing short of a disaster.”
- “He shared the potential disunity of Western nations on tough sanctions and clearly gave Vladimir Putin the green light to launch a ‘minor incursion,'” McCaul said in a statement.
- “American credibility with our allies and adversaries alike is hanging in the balance,” he added.
- “Rather than promising to act only in the event of a major renewed invasion, what is needed is strong U.S. leadership to rally a punishing response to Vladimir Putin’s aggression right now. I fear this President is not up to the task and he is inviting aggression, not deterring it.”
From Axios’ Zach Basu: Biden’s suggestion that there may not be devastating sanctions over a “minor incursion” by Russia is sure to spark alarm in Ukraine, where top officials have been pleading with the U.S. to impose sanctions now to avoid that very scenario.
Joe Biden, a senile old fool foisted off on us by Nancy Pelosi and her pack of Democrats on 6 January 2021, is an unmitigated disaster, plain and simple.
Whatever reality he is in touch with does not exist here on earth.
And what a show the other day when everybody and his brother in the Biden-ista gummint was calling the Ukrainians to tell them that the old goofball Biden didn’t really mean what he actually said.
The Washington Post article “Biden’s Ukraine comments prompt uproar at home and abroad” by Tyler Pager and Paul Sonne on 20 January 2022 captures the essence and spirit of the STUPID SHOW that is the administration of the Democrat idiot and goofball Joe Biden, to wit:
President Biden faced a furor Thursday — including a highly unusual rebuke from Ukraine’s president and sharp criticism from Republican members of Congress — after appearing to downplay a hypothetical “minor incursion” by Russia into its neighbor’s territory.
The administration was hastily thrown into cleanup mode, reassuring allies and foes that the U.S. would view any crossing by Russian troops into Ukraine as unacceptable aggression.
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The administration was hastily thrown into cleanup mode?
Hmmmmmm, reminds me of those dudes with the shovels and buckets who used to have to follow the elephants in the circus parades to pick up their piles of **** when they dumped them on the street.
The Washington Post article then goes on as follows:
In a lengthy, freewheeling news conference Wednesday, Biden, answering several questions on the Ukraine crisis, managed to spook Ukrainian leaders, undercut a united front sought by NATO and suggest that if Moscow’s incursion into Ukraine were “minor,” the reaction by U.S. allies might be less severe.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the tempest with a tweet on Thursday morning, rejecting the notion that there was such a thing as a “minor incursion” when it comes to the invasion of one country by another.
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And people wonder what it is like to live in a nation where the leader is a senile old fool!
So now, because of their curiousity to see how big a mess an incompetent Democrat president can make of not only this country but the world as well in record time, we all are stuck with the JOE BIDEN STUPID SHOW for three more long years which should give Joe and the Democrats plenty of time to run this nation right into the ground hard like a Boeing 737 Max.
Going back to the Washington Post, the STUPID SHOW that is Joe Biden continued as follows:
Members of Congress were also critical.
“The president’s press conference was an absolute train wreck that will have serious consequences,” Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) said in a statement Wednesday.
“President Biden basically gave Putin a green light to invade Ukraine by yammering about the supposed insignificance of a ‘minor incursion.’”
“He projected weakness, not strength.”
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And my goodness, people, of course Joe Biden projected weakness, because like Hussein Obama, who bowed low to the emperor of Japan in a sign of his own weakness, weakness is all Joe Biden has to offer, which makes him a dangerous man, indeed.
Going back to that saga of Biden-esque stupidity, we have:
The White House clearly recognized that Biden’s comments were problematic.
The National Security Council quickly issued a statement Wednesday night, as did White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki, saying any Russian move across the Ukraine border would be “met with a swift, severe, and united response.”
The damage control picked up speed on Thursday with live comments from Vice President Harris in morning television interviews and from Biden himself later in the day.
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Damage control!
What a term to have applied to an American president!
Lipstick on a pig is what that damage control amounts to: “ATTENTION, ATTENTION, THIS IS YOUR GOIVERNMENT SPEAKING (actually it’s Jen Psaki), PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS NOT SENILE AND INCOMPETENT, THAT IS JUST A MISTAKEN IMPRESSION EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD HAS!”
Which takes us back to the Washington Post, to wit:
One senior administration official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations, said European allies and partners reached out to thank Washington for quickly clarifying Biden’s comments.
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Yes, people, I know, pretty incredible, isn’t it, when the federal government has to keep a large staff on hand to correct what Joe just said, which makes one wonder exactly who is in charge down there – Karmela Harris or Jen Psaki?
Getting back to the Washington Post, we have:
In the run-up to the 2008 presidential election, Biden became known on the national stage for public gaffes, including when he described his future boss, Barack Obama, as “the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean” to run for president.
Over his time as vice president, Biden’s tendency to put his foot in his mouth was often dismissed as an endearing characteristic, part of a broader image he cultivated of the nation’s sometimes impolitic but always authentic Uncle Joe.
But his Ukraine comments demonstrated the far higher stakes when a commander in chief uses unclear language during a global crisis.
The weight of a president’s words is a point Biden himself regularly made in criticizing Trump’s often intemperate rhetoric.
“The words of a president matter,” Biden said.
“They can move markets.”
“They can send our brave men and women to war.”
“They can bring peace.”
Biden’s comments prompted his staff to come out and clarify immediately that any movement of Russian forces into Ukrainian territory — regardless of the size of the land occupied — would count as an invasion and prompt the severe sanctions and economic penalties the United States has been preparing with allies.
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So it really is Joe Biden’s staff who are in control down there, which I suppose is a small degree of comfort that it is them and not Joe.
Getting back to the Washington Post:
By then, Biden’s remarks had already unnerved European and Ukrainian officials.
Apart from his comments about the “minor incursion,” Biden also made other remarks that went against the grain of U.S. messaging on the crisis.
For weeks, top U.S. officials have been emphasizing that Washington is fully united with its European allies about how to respond to the Russian threat.
But Biden said that was not entirely the case in all circumstances, suggesting that Russian action short of an invasion could cause a divide among allies about how forcefully to respond.
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And yes, people, today, that is what passes for news in America – a story about a stupid president and the big messes he creates out of whatever it is he touches, and now we take another commercial break for ten more minutes of those favorite commercials of yours, and then we will be back with even more news about the next mess Joe Biden has created out of something, so stay tuned to these same stations and don’t touch that dial!
Joe Biden, who despite being very weak like his former boss Hussein Obama, is trying to make himself look like a tough guy on the world stage with Putin, instead of somebody who is weak and indecisive.
The reality is that Joe is a guppy with a hook in his lip and it is Putin who holds the fishing pole and is now playing Joe for the sheer sport of it.
And in the meantime, the old goofball is driving up oil prices in his “tough guy” sand-off with Putin, who is playing goofy old Joe like a Stradivarius:
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“Oil Rebounds After Focus Shifts to Steady Demand Outlook”
by Bloomberg | Devika Krishna Kumar and Sheela Tobben
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Oil prices rallied Tuesday after the biggest one-day tumble this year, with traders refocusing on the outlook for strong demand and the risk that a Russia-Ukraine conflict could disrupt supplies.
“Crude prices are soaring on expectations that an already tight oil market could see geopolitical risks exacerbate the current imbalance,” said Ed Moya, Oanda’s senior market analyst for the Americas.
The market is also skeptical the Biden administration can do anything to slow down oil’s move higher as OPEC+ seems set to stick to gradual production increases, Moya said.
Costlier oil is helping fan inflationary pressures worldwide, prompting central banks to tighten monetary policy and forcing governments to take steps to cushion the impact on consumers.
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Reuters
“Wall Street ends lower, oil gains as investors await Fed”
By Pete Schroeder
January 25, 2022
WASHINGTON, Jan 25 (Reuters) – Wall Street ended the day lower on Tuesday after another tumultuous day of trading while oil jumped more than 2% as geopolitical tensions and Wednesday’s Federal Reserve update occupied investor focus.
Concerns about potential conflict in eastern Europe also drove oil prices higher, as concerns supplies could become tight drove the commodity up over 2%.
Brent futures rose $1.93, or 2.2%, to settle at $88.20 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude rose $2.29, or 2.8%, to settle at $85.60.
“Geopolitical risks sent crude prices higher as a tight oil market that is already battling low inventories seems vulnerable to shortages in the coming months,” said Edward Moya, senior market analyst at OANDA.
“Energy traders don’t know how the situation over the Ukraine-Russia border will unfold or if Iran will be able to reach a nuclear deal, but the odds are something won’t go right and that will likely lead to some supply shortages for the oil market,” Moya added.
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With Joe Biden in the saddle, the odds are very much in the corner of things not going right, and who it makes look weak and unpopular isn’t Putin, and Putin is very much aware of that.
The old goofball Biden has just placed 8500 U.S. troops on heightened alert, which means they are locked down in their barracks or are waiting in some airplane hangers.
How long Biden will keep them in that condition, it is hard to say, because never having been in the military, and knowing nothing about the military, Biden has no idea what placing troops on heightened alert actually means in real time.
But the old goofball has also said very publicly, which means Putin heard him, that he is not going to deploy those troops to Ukraine, the old goofball’s incipient VEET NAM.
So what is he going to do with them, and why does he have them on heightened alert?
Because it is for him a head game?
I wonder if he knows Putin has 100,000 troops on the Ukraine border along with tanks and artillery?
So what exactly is the old fool going to do with those 8500 U.S. troops then?
Waste them like the DEMOCRAT LBJ did in VEET NAM?
We have to keep in mind that these idiots getting us sucked into a morass in Ukraine, Joe Biden’s incipient VEET NAM, are the same pack of incompetents, idiots, inept fools and just plain ******* morons who botched the exit from Afghanistnam big time, which does not serve to inspire confidence here especially with this weak sister “Blinky” Blinken fronting goofy old Joe’s action for him.
Over the radio, you can hear the fear and uncertainty in Blinken’s voice, as he is in way over his head, which takes us to the oil news today, and even more inflation headed our way thanks to Nancy Pelosi and her stupid Democrats who set aside OUR Constitution and Rule of Law in their coup on 6 January 2021 that installed this fool Biden in the oval office, to wit:
Rigzone
“Oil Hits 7 Year High Amid International Concerns”
by Bloomberg | Julia Fanzeres
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Brent oil surged above $90 for the first time in seven years before paring as the market fretted over Russia-Ukraine tensions.
Futures in New York closed 2% higher, with the global benchmark touching $90 a barrel earlier in the session on Wednesday.
Concerns are mounting over a possible Russian incursion into Ukraine, with U.S. President Joe Biden saying he’d consider sanctioning Vladimir Putin if the Russian leader orders an invasion.
A potential conflict carries large risks for financial markets — especially energy commodities such as natural gas and oil.
“How the sanctions would impact Russian oil production getting into the market is the concern,” said Rob Thummel, Tortoise portfolio manager.
“In a global oil market that’s having a hard time with supply keeping up with the demand, less Russian oil supply would temporarily push up prices.”
I wonder if anyone in this country remembers how we destroyed the economy of the old Soviet Union by forcing them into a costly arms race their economy could not handle.
I bet Putin does, this at a time when the swaggering goofball Biden is less and less popular at home because of soaring inflation which has much further to soar under the leadership of this senile old fool:
Rigzone
“Oil Down as Equities Fluctuate and US Dollar Soars”
by Bloomberg | Julia Fanzeres and Sheela Tobben
Thursday, January 27, 2022
Traders are tracking events in Ukraine on concern that Russia may launch an invasion after massing thousands of troops on the border, potentially disrupting energy supplies.
Moscow has denied it plans to invade, but Citigroup Inc. said a rise in crude volatility is a sign that the market is pricing in an increased political risk premium, potentially of at least $5 a barrel.