I cant think of another week or so in which a president has sown so much confusion and seemed to reveal so many surprising new policies with off the cuff remarks. Statements that so alarmed his staff that they had to issue clarifications and deny the obvious meaning of what he said.
Theres senile old Joe telling the world that sanctions dont work, have never worked, when sanctions were the announced policy.
There's Joe saying that the US would respond "in kind" to any use of chemical warfare, when the US has a policy of never using chemical warfare.
Theres Joe telling troops in Poland they are going to soon be in Ukraine, where an active war is underway:
Youre going to see when youre there and some, some of you have been there, youre gonna see, youre gonna see women, young people standing in the middle, in front of a damn tank! Biden said.
Then theres Joe in Poland signaling regime change in Moscow, saying For Gods sake, this man (Putin) cannot remain in power.
Usually, three strikes and youre out, at least in Americas pastime. That's four already.
But Monday, Old Joe off-handedly revealed American involvement in the war between Ukraine and nuclear superpower Russia that had previously been secret, when being questioned about his previous implication that US troops were going to Ukraine. From the left wing site AntiWar.com:
President Biden appeared to reveal on Monday that the US is training Ukrainian troops in Poland.
Biden made the comments when trying to explain a recent gaffe. In Poland on Friday, President Biden told members of the 82nd Airborne Division that Ukrainians were stepping up against the Russian assault and said, Youre going to see when youre there, suggesting that the US soldiers would be entering the war zone.
Explaining his comments on Monday, Biden said, We were talking about helping train the troops in that are the Ukrainian troops that are in Poland. Thats what the context.
I was referring to with being with and talking with the Ukrainian troops who are in Poland, he added.
The US long had trained and supplied Ukrainian troops in Ukraine, but Before Russias invasion, the US pulled National Guard troops out of Ukraine and reportedly ordered CIA paramilitaries to leave the country.
Now, Poland has been identified to the Russians as the site where enemy troops in active combat are being trained. In other words, they are now targets in Poland. Amidst all the other gaffes, this reveal has barely been noticed, except, of course, by the war planners in Moscow.