The walkback of President Joe Biden’s seeming endorsement of regime change in Russia is drawing more criticism than the original statement.

Biden went off-script on Saturday by saying Russian President Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power.” White House officials quickly told reporters Biden was not calling for regime change as Russian forces under Putin’s command face tougher-than-expected fighting in Ukraine, an independent nation to the south.

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