World press reacts to Biden’s car crash press conference

President Joe Biden is making headlines worldwide over his potentially catastrophic press conference on Wednesday where, as some critics allege, he gave Russia the ‘green light’ to invade Ukraine. 

The West Australian newspaper called the president’s press conference a ‘gaffe’ that required ‘damage control’ from Ukraine’s allies, who remain unified in responding to an invasion from Moscow.  

Japanese journalists echoed the claim, accusing Biden of ‘flustering his European partners’ and ‘triggering alarm in European capitals with his suggestion of divisions among allies’.

During his rambling two-hour press conference on Wednesday, Biden said: ‘Russia will be held accountable if it invades. And it depends on what it does.’ 

‘It’s one thing if it’s a minor incursion and then we end up having a fight about what to do and not do, et cetera,’ he continued. ‘But if they actually do what they’re capable of doing with the forces amassed on the border, it is going to be a disaster for Russia if they further invade Ukraine.’

The president and top administration officials worked Thursday to clarify his seeming waffling on Russia’s aggression, reiterating if ‘any assembled Russian units move across the Ukrainian border, that is an invasion’ and it would be met with a ‘severe and coordinated economic response.’ 

The West Australian newspaper called the president’s Wednesday press conference a ‘gaffe’ that required ‘damage control’ from Ukraine’s allies, who remain unified in responding to an invasion from Moscow

French newspaper Le Figaro also featured the president on their front page saying he left his people ‘disappointed’ after his first year in office. The news outlet alleged Biden was an ‘unfortunate idealistic but clumsy Democratic president’ who has ‘overestimated his political capacities’

Biden was also accused of being ‘bogged down’ and ‘fragile’ because of his ‘too small majority in Congress’ while pictured on the front page of popular French newspaper La Croix. 

French newspaper Le Figaro also featured the president on their front page saying he left his people ‘disappointed’ after his first year in office. 

The news outlet alleged Biden was an ‘unfortunate idealistic but clumsy Democratic president’ who has ‘overestimated his political capacities’.

The author cited his ‘calamitous withdrawal from Afghanistan’ and Biden’s ‘vagueness in the management of the Ukrainian file’.

The Moscow Times, which touts itself as being ‘independent news from Russia,’ seemingly mocked the president over the press conference, saying he ‘warns of disaster for Russia if they invade Ukraine’. 

Japanese journalists echoed the claim, accusing Biden of ‘flustering his European partners’ and ‘triggering alarm in European capitals with his suggestion of divisions among allies’

The Moscow Times, which touts itself as being ‘independent news from Russia,’ seemingly mocked the president over the press conference, saying he ‘warns of disaster for Russia if they invade Ukraine’

Another Russian outlet, Kommersent, claimed reporters who attended the presser ‘experienced an attack of deja vu’ when they heard Biden’s remarks

Beijing Daily slammed Biden’s presidency claiming his first year in office has everyone saying ‘the United States is sick’

Another Russian outlet, Kommersent, also mocked Wednesday’s press conference alleging the president spent ‘two hours convincing the press that the first year of his president “exceeded expectations.”‘

The article, titled All is well, beautiful Kamala, suggested that although Biden answered questions ‘in high spirits’ and he also refused to take responsibility for his failures, blaming them on his ‘predecessor, media bias, unreliable public opinion polls and the pandemic’.

The outlet also claimed reporters who attended the presser ‘experienced an attack of deja vu’ when they heard Biden’s remarks. 

Beijing Daily slammed Biden’s presidency claiming his first year in office has everyone saying ‘the United States is sick’.

‘Joe Biden has not done better than Donald Trump,’ the newspaper asserted.

The outlet claims he failed to ‘heal a divided society,’ as he promised following last year’s riot at the US Capitol and noted how Biden blasted Trump for his ‘failure’ 16 times during his keynote speech.

Others global outlets mirrored the sentiment, saying Biden enters his second year in office ‘with unmet priorities’ and that the ‘next three years are likely to be even harder’.

The Sydney Morning Herald alleged that Biden’s commentary on Russia left the White House on damage control, needing to scramble to clarify what he meant

The Beijing News warned that Biden’s next three years in office will likely be even harder than his first

People’s Daily Online claimed Biden finished the first year of his presidency with unmet priorities