Russian state TV says 'help our partner Trump to become President'
A Russian state TV host called on the U.S. to remove President Joe Biden and reinstate former President Donald Trump days after Biden made his own call for a regime change aimed at Vladimir Putin in an off-scripted remark.
On Tuesday, The TV host of Russia's 60 Minutes show, Evgeny Popov, urged America to quickly replace Biden with Trump, whom he called a 'partner' to the Russian state.
'It's time for us, our people, to call on the people of the United States to change the regime in the U.S. early, and to again help our partner, Trump, to become president,' Popov said.
His statement comes after Biden condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine in an impassioned speech in Poland on Saturday where he went off-script and made his own shocking declaration for Russians to push out Putin.
'For God's sake this man cannot remain in power,' Biden said.
Biden then made a U-turn and told reporters the following day 'no,' when asked about whether or not he wanted Putin to be removed from power.
White House officials went into damage control and said in a statement: 'The President's point was that Putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors or the region. He was not discussing Putin's power in Russia, or regime change.'
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken quickly walked back his President's comments, explaining that his boss was likely referring to Putin's influence outside of his country - including Moscow's bloody and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine which has now spanned over a month.
'I think the president, the White House, made the point last night that, quite simply, President Putin cannot be empowered to wage war or engage in aggression against Ukraine or anyone else,' Blinken said according to multiple reports.
France's President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday also warned against an escalation 'in words and action', following Biden's speech, saying it could risk hampering vital humanitarian efforts, including hopes of evacuating the devastated Ukrainian city of Mariupol.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov quickly denounced Biden, saying 'it´s not up to the president of the U.S. and not up to the Americans to decide who will remain in power in Russia.'
During his speech, Biden also took a cue from Arnold Schwarzenegger - who released a video message to Russians that went viral - and spoke directly to the Russian people.
'I'm telling you the truth. This war is not worthy of you the Russian people,' he said. 'Putin can and must end this war. The American people will stand with you and the brave citizens of Ukraine that want peace.'
And he warned Putin's aggression could bring 'decades of war' to Europe.
'It's nothing less than a direct challenge for the order established since the World War II and it threatens to return to decades of war that ravage Europe before the international rule-based order was put in place. We cannot go back to that,' Biden said.
Trump has not been shy to join in on the latest back-and-forth between the White House and the Kremlin after he called on Putin to hand over any documents he may have about Hunter Biden's alleged dealings with Russian oligarchs on Tuesday.
The ex-president said he was particularly interested in an alleged $3.5 million payment from the former mayor of Moscow's widow to a company co-founded by Hunter Biden, according to an excerpt from a new interview with Just The News.
'Why did the mayor of Moscow's wife give the Bidens - both of them - $3.5 million? That's a lot of money,' Trump in a 30-second clip on the Voice of America program.
'She gave him $3.5 million. So now I would think Putin would know the answer to that. I think he should release it. I think we should know that answer.'
Trump was referring to a 2020 report by Senate Republicans that claimed Yelena Baturina, one of Russia's billionaire oligarchs, gave the hefty sum to a company called Rosemont Seneca Thorton as part of a 'consultancy agreement.'
Earlier this month, Trump accused Biden of a 'conflict of interest' after the president was sanctioned by Moscow along with a host of other US officials, as well as his son Hunter and Hillary Clinton.
Although the Trump has received support over his digs against Biden, he's also received criticism for supposedly being soft on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, which the former president touted as a 'genius' move by Putin.
'He's taken over a country for $2 worth of sanctions, I'd say that's pretty smart,' Trump said of Putin last month at his Mar-a-Lago resort.
'He's taking over a country - a vast, vast location, a great piece of land with a lot of people - just walking right in. This never would have happened and I know him very well.'
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