President Biden said in an exclusive CNN interview Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is a 'rational actor who has miscalculated significantly' in his invasion of Ukraine.
that he believes Putin himself is rational, he emphasized that Putin's actions regarding Ukraine were not.
"If you listen to the speech he made after when that decision [of invading] was being made, he talked about the whole idea of — he was needed to be the leader of Russia that united all of Russian speakers. I mean, it’s just I just think it’s irrational," Biden said. "I think the speech, his objectives were not rational," he added. "I think he thought he was going to be welcomed with open arms, that this was the home of Mother Russia in Kyiv, and that where he was going to be welcomed, and I think he just totally miscalculated."and vowing to uphold support for Ukraine. The full interview will air Tuesday at 9 p.m. ET.
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