During a press conference in Brussels on Thursday, President Joe Biden admitted that food shortages are "going to be real" because that is "the price of the sanctions" that have been imposed on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
"With regard to food shortages … it's gonna be real," Biden said. "The price of the sanctions is not just imposed upon Russia. It's imposed upon an awful lot of countries as well. Including European countries and our country as well."
Biden on food shortages:\n\n"With regard to food shortage...it's gonna be real."pic.twitter.com/F3dQ7NLqqB— TheBlaze (@TheBlaze) 1648144392
Of course, we all know the incoming food shortages have absolutely nothing to with any of the Biden administration's policies.
We\u2019re about to face massive energy and food shortages, and Biden\u2019s solution is to ban drilling and put expensive and inefficient solar panels and windmills on what\u2019s left of American farmland that hasn\u2019t been bought up by China or BlackRock.https://mobile.twitter.com/theblaze/status/1507052928925941766\u00a0\u2026— Sean Davis (@Sean Davis) 1648146689
The sanctions will have the same disastrous consequences as the lockdowns, the ruling elite will play God and the result will be the lining of the pockets of the already wealthy while the overlooked, forgotten and despised masses will pay the price, many with their lives.— Phil Brown (@Phil Brown) 1648162056
You get what you bite for. The government\u2019s policy towards O&G created this situation, during Covid we saw shortages of urea and ammonia due to Covid restrictions workforce destruction in energy (nat gas) now cutting of the #1 supplier of nat gas just adds fuel to the fire.— Chickey \ud83e\udd80,\ud83d\udc38,\ud83d\udd3a (@Chickey \ud83e\udd80,\ud83d\udc38,\ud83d\udd3a) 1648154842
Does he not know we don\u2019t have to settle for high gas prices, open borders, high crime, food shortages, etc\u2026 we are the USA !! We\u2019re not a 3rd world country. Wake up or let someone else take the wheel @LawrenceBJones3 @WillCainShow— J Walsh (@J Walsh) 1648145399
Minutes later, Biden was asked why the U.S. and other NATO nations are continuing to impose sanctions when "deterrents didn't work."
"Let's get something straight," snapped a visibly peeved Biden. "I did not say that, in fact, the sanctions would deter [Putin.] Sanctions never deter. You keep talking about that. Sanctions never deter."
BIDEN: "I did not say that, in fact, the sanctions would deter him. Sanctions never deter. You keep talking about that. Sanctions never deter."pic.twitter.com/JlAFyMBW2D— Townhall.com (@Townhall.com) 1648144502
So, what is the point of sanctions if "sanctions never deter"?
Also, President Biden and several administration officials representing him, have most definitely said that the sanctions are intended to deter.
Yea just ask Kamalahttps://www.wsj.com/video/vice-president-kamala-harris-says-russia-will-face-swift-severe-sanctions-if-it-invades-ukraine/6C02EBD7-DA48-4E8C-B14E-5633AB0C7316.html\u00a0\u2026— John Escover \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@John Escover \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8) 1648161363
CNN's @KaitlanCollins: "If sanctions cannot stop President Putin, what penalty can?"\n\nBiden: "I didn't say sanctions couldn\u2019t stop him."\n\nCollins: "You've been talking about the threat of these sanctions for several weeks now."pic.twitter.com/LeJFxYpXol— Curtis Houck (@Curtis Houck) 1645730195
pic.twitter.com/DDEyDCzXDw— Tayo (@Tayo) 1648148154
Biden today: "I did not say that, in fact, the sanctions would deter [Putin]. Sanctions never deter. You keep talking about that. Sanctions never deter."\n\nKamala Harris in February: "The purpose of the sanctions has always been and continues to be deterrence."pic.twitter.com/F0fccsFYnJ— Townhall.com (@Townhall.com) 1648145102
.@MajorCBS Garrett with an immediate fact-check of Biden claiming no one ever said sanctions were a deterrent: "History will record...several administration officials representing the President of the United States, Joseph Biden, said, in fact, sanctions might deter...invasion."pic.twitter.com/FDx1VNx6Qe— Curtis Houck (@Curtis Houck) 1648144828
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba rebuffed any attempt to soften language of Russia's invasion into eastern Ukrainian provinces.
After Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized the independence of Donetsk and Luhansk — two provinces in eastern Ukraine — and ordered Russian "peacekeeping" troops into those regions, the Biden administration initially refused to describe the incursion as an "invasion."
According to the Washington Post, the Biden administration on Monday wrestled over whether Russian troops entering Ukrainian provinces constituted an "invasion." One administration official even reportedly said the development was not an "invasion" because the territories have been disputed and not without some Russian troops, at least in part, since 2014.
President Joe Biden later described Russia's actions as an "invasion" worthy of the swift response he promised last month, which meant imposing harsh economic sanctions meant to deter Putin from further action.
During a joint press conference with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the Ukrainian foreign minister made it clear that Russia's actions could only be described as an "invasion."
Kuleba's remarks came in response to a question from Fox News reporter Ben Hall, who observed that "there is a suggestion that what we’ve seen so far is a minor invasion," a reference to the Biden administration's initially soft response and potentially Biden's reference last month to a "minor incursion."
"First, there is no such thing as minor, middle, or major invasion. Invasion is an invasion," Kuleba said.
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Kuleba then addressed sanctions the Biden administration enacted on Donetsk and Luhansk, criticizing the move, considering that Kyiv says each region remains part of Ukraine.
"I can say frankly that yesterday (Monday), when we learned about the first executive order to impose sanctions on — related to economic activities with Donetsk and Luhansk — we were puzzled, because we saw how the side that sought recognition from Russia is being punished, but we didn’t see how Russia, who granted its recognition, is punished," Kuleba said.
However, Kuleba also praised Biden for action taken on Tuesday with new sanctions against Russia. Kuleba said that Ukraine hopes Biden issues more sanctions as Russia aggression continues.
"We do appreciate today’s — the sanctions which were announced today. They target Russia. They’re very specific. They are painful," Kuleba said. "And this strategy of imposing sanctions by waves, if I may put it this way, is something that can work if it continues in a sustainable way."
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