Former White House press secretary and Fox News host Kayleigh McEnany unloaded on President Joe Biden during a Monday segment of “Outnumbered.”
McEnany joined her co-hosts in a discussion about the heightening tensions between Russia and Ukraine — as well as the president’s comments from several days earlier that many interpreted as giving Putin a “green light” to move on Ukraine.
Guest co-host Brian Kilmeade pointed out the fact that tensions were also spreading to NATO allies, noting that Germany was not allowing other nations to pass through their airspace if they were providing tactical aid to Ukraine. That, he said, was emboldening Russian President Vladimir Putin because he could see divisions getting deeper and more entrenched.
“It’s not helping the scene and is energizing Putin to see the division between NATO allies,” he said.
“The Economist magazine points out that 100,000 troops might be the biggest buildup we’ve seen in Europe since the Cold War. I mean, this is where we are at. Very scary posture as we look at those troops in the border of the Ukraine,” McEnany agreed, pivoting to address Putin.
“Putin … is a shark who tastes blood in the water, and he senses weakness in his foe. And his foe, make no doubt about it, is the United States,” McEnany explained. “He watched that press conference last week, and he heard, ‘It’s one thing if it’s a minor incursion,’ he heard the President of the United States say, ‘More than likely Putin will go in,’ and more than that, he heard the President of the United States say, ‘There is nothing we can do about it.’”
“Yes, there are things we can do about it. President Trump put sanctions to the hilt on Russia, and you have the current Secretary of State saying, ‘Sanctions are a deterrent we’re not going to do them now.’ You have Biden broadcasting, ‘I’m not unilaterally going to send troops,’” McEnany continued. “Who gives the playbook to the enemy? That is what our country is doing right now and it is a terrifying prospect that we have this guy for three more years.”
“Wow,” Faulkner replied.
