joe biden says any weapons support for ukraine means world war 3, blames putin and companies not drilling for oil

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President Biden on Friday defended his decision to veto the US-facilitated transfer of fighter jets to Ukraine to repel Russia’s invasion, saying, “that’s called World War III.”

Biden axed Poland’s plan to transfer 28 Soviet-designed MiG-29s this week after Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday that Poland had a “green light” to move forward.



One-third of all the inflation in America last year was because of the price of automobiles. People had the money to buy automobiles finally, but … the companies couldn’t get semiconductors,” Biden said.

“The second big reason for inflation is Vladimir Putin. From the moment he put his over 150,000 troops on the Ukrainian border, the price of gasoline in January went up 75 cents.”


Biden blamed energy companies for not drilling for more oil, saying, “the oil companies and executives, they don’t want to pump more oil.”
President Biden said he didn't want to trigger "World War III" by transferring fighter jets to Ukraine.



“Don’t tell me gas prices rose because I’ve slowed down the American energy production,” Biden said before arguing that “Putin’s gas tax has pushed prices up higher.”

The White House has made a concerted push to blame Putin for higher gas prices, particularly after the US banned Russian oil imports this week. Fuel cost can indirectly increase the cost of other goods, fueling inflation.

“Democrats didn’t cause this problem. Vladimir Putin did,” Biden insisted once again Friday.