A diplomatic gaffe by US President Joe Biden has most likely offered his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin a short-term increase because the Ukraine battle drags on.
That was the view of Australian safety professional Professor Simon Jackman, who spoke with In the present day this morning after Mr Biden stated the Russian chief shouldn't be allowed to stay in energy.
"For God's sake, this man can not stay in energy," Mr Biden stated in an unscripted comment on the finish of a speech in Poland on Saturday.
Professor Jackman, chief government of Sydney College's US Research Centre, was talking after Biden administration officers stated the US has no plans to result in regime change in Russia or anyplace else.
"It will have been like a scene out of a political drama," Professor Jackman stated of the scrambling by US officers to make clear Mr Biden's remarks he made in Poland on the weekend.
"They're positively strolling this again."
Within the quick time period, the US President's remarks would most likely improve Mr Putin's standings among the many Russian public, Professor Jackman stated.
He defined it performed to Mr Putin's rhetoric that the US and NATO was aiming to destabilise Russia.
It may additionally elevate already excessive tensions between Russia and the West by pushing Mr Putin right into a nook.
Professor Jackman stated the controversial coverage of regime change was a leftover from the administration of former president George W. Bush and had no place within the Biden administration.
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The Kremlin dismissed Mr Biden's comment, saying it was for Russians to decide on their chief.