remain in power. almost immediately after the president left the stage, white house officials walked back his statement to clarify that the president wasn t calling for regime change, rather it was to emphasize the point that, quote, putin can t be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors. secretary of state blinken once again reiterated that message earlier, during a news conference in jerusalem, where he is and attending and arab summit. the kremlin was quick to point out that president biden s comments, remarks history, day quote, are not for biden to decide. president biden s disdain for vladimir putin s cruelty is no secret, he s made his opinion of the russian president very clear throughout this trip. earlier in the day, while touring the pg-y national stadium here in warsaw, to meet with refugees in their helpers, biden called putin, quote, a butcher. earlier he also called putin a war criminal. president biden delivered his