I think Trump's "peacefully" was probably a strategic CYA planted in the midst of what he really wanted his fans to hear.
Biden's comments was an emotional outburst after seeing up close some of the suffering that Putin is causing. I think he meant the comment as a moral desideratum, not as a statement of intent to engineer the end of P…
I think Trump's "peacefully" was probably a strategic CYA planted in the midst of what he really wanted his fans to hear.
Biden's comments was an emotional outburst after seeing up close some of the suffering that Putin is causing. I think he meant the comment as a moral desideratum, not as a statement of intent to engineer the end of Putin's power. From that perspective, he doesn't need "deniability" in the sense of pretending he didn't reveal something he should have kept quiet. It's a rather a matter of trying to persuade people that he really was not stating a policy goal.
I think Trump's "peacefully" was probably a strategic CYA planted in the midst of what he really wanted his fans to hear.
Biden's comments was an emotional outburst after seeing up close some of the suffering that Putin is causing. I think he meant the comment as a moral desideratum, not as a statement of intent to engineer the end of Putin's power. From that perspective, he doesn't need "deniability" in the sense of pretending he didn't reveal something he should have kept quiet. It's a rather a matter of trying to persuade people that he really was not stating a policy goal.