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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPeople are calling Biden's words about Putin a "gaffe"
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gaffe /ɡaf/
noun
a blunder; when a politician accidentally speaks the truth.
twodogsbarking
(9,315 posts)Celerity
(42,674 posts)gaff
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BigBearJohn
(11,410 posts)doc03
(35,151 posts)Deb
(3,742 posts)imho
stopdiggin
(11,095 posts)calling your MIL a controlling psycho b*tch and a botoxed department store manikin ....
Could very well be 'true' - and still be extremely ill advised (given company and circumstance)
'truth' is not a get out of jail free card. Although many are furiously waving it around like it was one.
Evergreen Emerald
(13,069 posts)Even if they have to distort and fabricate.
Eugene
(61,595 posts)Biden's impromptu, if impolitic, truth speaking is being walked back on the record.
Reactions to Biden saying Putin 'cannot remain in power' (Reuters)
Blinken: "... we do not have a strategy of regime change in Russia"
U.S. Envoy to NATO: "But no ... the U.S. does not have a policy of regime change in Russia. Full stop."
Other reactions:
French President Macron emphasized diplomacy, not escalation.
From the "left-wing" Guardian:
Bidens Putin ad-lib should focus west on what its endgame should be
General theme: Putin should go, but it's up to the Russian people to get rid of him.
samnsara
(17,572 posts)..Joe knows whats going on....