President Biden Holds A News Conference After Today's Meetings

 

Daily Mail: 'You're playing a game with me': Biden says sanctions were NEVER meant to deter 'brute' Putin, will last a year, and promises US will respond 'in kind' if he uses chemical weapons in tense exchange in Brussels 

* President Biden held a press conference after holding back to back meetings with allies in Brussels 

* He snapped at a reporter who said sanctions had failed to deter the invasion 

* He said only 'unified' pressure would succeed in 'increasing the pain' on Putin 

* 'Sanctions never deter,' Biden said * VP Kamala Harris said last month: 'The purpose of the sanctions has always been and continues to be deterrence' 

* New U.S. sanctions target 300 members of the Russian Duma 

* 40 Russian defense companies would also come under sanction 

* A new initiative also will target countries or institutions that evade existing sanctions 

* U.S. and European countries are trying to bring range of sanctions into concert 

* Sanctions have tanked the ruble and driven down Russia's economy 

* Leaders want to limit Russia's ability to use its gold stash to prop up its currency 

* Its gold reserves are valued at $100 billion and $240 billion, an administration official said 

* Biden and Kishida discussed North Korea's launch of a long-range ballistic missile 

* Biden met with G7 leaders following NATO meeting in Brussels 

President Joe Biden said new sanctions on Russia were about 'increasing the pain' on Russian President Vladimir Putin – whom he termed a 'brute' during a tense exchange with a reporter at a press conference in Brussels Thursday. 

He also said that new sanctions on Russia, which have been increasing by the day, are here to stay, but insisted they were never meant to 'deter' Putin. 

'The single most important thing is for us to stay unified,' Biden said when asked by a reporter who said the threat of sanctions had failed to deter Putin from invading Ukraine. 

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WNU Editor: Another strange news conference. Approved questions from selected journalists. Announces sanctions on Russian officials and then tells Europeans “sanctions never deter”. Some mumbling about Nazis?!?!? A then lot of frustrated reporters at the end when President Biden cuts the news conference after a few questions. 

President Biden Holds A News Conference After Today's Meetings  

Putin’s Use of Chemical Weapons ‘Would Trigger a Response In-Kind,’ Biden Says -- US News and World Report  

Biden warns Russia Nato will respond if Kremlin uses chemical weapons -- The Guardian  

Biden: US response to Russian chemical weapons in Ukraine ‘would depend’ on use -- NYPost  

Biden touts steps to bolster NATO's collective defense -- The Hill 

Biden renews warning to China against aiding Russia in Ukraine -- Al Jazeera  

Biden says allies must stay united against Russia, expel it from the G-20 -- NBC  

Biden seeks to reassure Europe as he walks tightrope over Ukraine crisis -- The Guardian  

4 takeaways from Biden’s day of emergency summits on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine -- CNN

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