welcome to the programme. beforejoe biden spoke in warsaw this evening, the white house pushed back on a narrative that this was a split screen moment, pitting the american president against vladimir putin. yet the very fact the two men were giving wildly different accounts of the war, on the same day, and just hours apart, makes the comparison unavoidable. in fact, at certain points in this address, joe biden tackled head on the charges president putin had laid earlier in the day. the appetites of the autocrat cannot be appeased. they must be opposed. autocrats only understand one word no, no, no. cheering no, you will not take my country. no, you will not take my freedom. no, you will not take my future. here wasjoe biden returning to a familiar theme. that global confrontation between democracies and autocracy. since he first picked up that theme in the wake of january 6th, western democracies have recovered some of their swagger. that confidence, said the president, flo
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up on the table. hoorbz rr the problem with the waw they re approaching this thing. 80 different folks subpoenaed, it feeds into the trump narrative that they re after anything they can find and the comments have been we haven t find anything we can t wait for a speedy trial and a really good hanging and all of that feeds into this weird narrative of are are they really after him? and that confusion only benefits the president. they have some areas of which oversight is exactly appropriate. let s focus on it verses the scatter shot hoping something sticks. i think it s a mistake of strategy andgying to allow the president to say i got all the lawyers and it s so hard and confusing. i ll get back to you in a couple of years. do you see abuse of power as a legit avenue or something else