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
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,
their support for ukraine has slipped a little bit, at least the idea of sending money and weapons to ukraine, that s slipped a little bit. rally at home. try to keep the republican forces at bay. still a minority in the house, to say we shouldn t be helping kyiv, try to push them back. of course, rally european allies and send the message to putin to say, we are here for the long haul. we will continue to support kyiv because it is a battle for democracy itself. joe, keir makes such a great point when he says a year ago around this time, first anniversary of the war is a year from friday it ll be, that it was supposed to be vladimir putin walking the streets of kyiv after an easy victory with his tanks rolling in, a parade. instead, on the one year anniversary, it is president biden walking the streets of volodymyr zelenskyy, who is still standing a year later, and showing the resolve of the united states and the west to stay with ukraine. it is one of the most remarkable foreign
you re so exposed. he is exposed on the train for ten hours, riding through ukraine. yeah, you know, come on, putin, take a shot, if you would. yeah. if you want to take a shot. i thought it was an incredibly moving day. as you said, an incredible day in the biden presidency. and incredible day for ukraine. i mean, just every report is that is about what it has done to the spirit of the ukrainian people. not that it was necessarily flagging, but it certainly got a boost from president biden s presence. the message he delivered was firm, and it helps unite the allies, keep the allies together, as well. right. when they see president biden taking this risky step. so it was a huge day, huge day. we ve spoken time and again,