soon. putin s speech comes with new reporting this morning on china s growing concerns about russia s weakened status on the world stage. meanwhile, we will hear from president joe biden later this morning as he is in poland now to meet with allies following that historic trip to ukraine. also ahead, the maga members of congress staying on brand, criticizing the president for visiting ukraine. we ll go through some of their comments. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, february 21st. with me here in new york, way too early host and the white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. at the table with joe in washington, pulitzer prize-winning columnist at the washington post, eugene robinson. former white house press secretary now msnbc host jen psaki. editor for the washington post, david ignatius. also with us, founder of the bulwark, charlie sykes. joe, incredible, staggering, historic scenes yesterday of president biden walking th
fascinating, we re looking at president duda. it wasn t so long ago that duda and the law and justice party in poland was far closer to orban in hungary than they were to the united states of america. what a difference a year has made. completely changed. they re now madisonian democrats. hear, hear. my question, and you know poland better than i do, how does poland cope with this added responsibility, this added cost? they ve bore an incredible burden in taking in ukrainian refugees, housing and taking care of them. they now have a military burden that they didn t have before. how are the pols coping with that? my polish friends say, in a sense, this is our moment to step up. i have one friend who has housed