President Joe Biden and the White House were criticized over the new sanctions on Russia that allegedly would not prevent Russian President Vladimir Putin from invading Ukraine.

According to The Daily Mail, Biden stated outright during Thursday afternoon's press conference that "no one" expected the sanctions imposed on Russia "to prevent the invasion" of Ukraine.

"No one expected the sanctions to prevent anything from happening," the president said in what was a complete opposite to what he said previously.

Biden noted that "this could take time, and we have to show resolve." He said Putin "knows what's coming, and so the people of Russia know what he's brought on them, this is what this is all about."

After Biden issued the remarks that seemed to be a changing stance on whether sanctions were effective in any way, criticism against the president has quickly spread on the internet.

New York Times correspondent Michael Shear tweeted the difference between what the president said from what National security adviser Jake Sullivan said last week.

"On Feb. 11, Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser, said 'the President believes that sanctions are intended to deter.' Today, @potus told us: 'No one expected the sanctions to prevent anything from happening.' Those are basically the opposite of each other," Shear noted.

CNN's Bianna Golodryga also tweeted: "Biden: 'No one expected the sanctions to prevent anything from happening.' So... then not a deterrent?"

But Jennifer Rubin, a columnist for the Washington Post, sprung to Biden's defense and slammed the White House press corps as she suggested Putin's game plan would have been the name, no matter what Biden said.

"The WH press corps is either playing dumb or doesn't understand. Sanctions are not meant to deter (hence they did not fail); Putin was ALWAYS going to do this. They are to force Putin to curtail once the pain rises sufficiently or he risks destabilization at home," Rubin said in her Twitter post.

The White House was also blasted on social media after Deputy National Security Advisor Daleep Singh said that the sanctions were "not designed to cause any disruption to the current flow of energy from Russia to the world," Fox News reported. 

In a press conference on Thursday, Singh added that the sanctions were meant to degrade Russia's energy capacity in the long run but not in the "short term."

Reporter Stephen Gutowski then tweeted: "Then they aren't much in the way of sanctions."

"King Of Stuff" podcast host Jon Gabriel said: "Then what's the point?"

Spectator Editor Stephen L. Miller also tweeted: "Not a serious administration."

Many netizens believe that getting tough on Russia's oil exports is the most meaningful way to punish the country for its military actions in Ukraine because its main export is energy resources, and it provides Europe with roughly 40 percent of its natural gas. 

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Joe Biden Announces New Sanctions on Russia

Joe Biden announced on Thursday new sanctions on Russia that target the country's largest banks and companies, The Guardian reported.

The said sanctions effectively cut off Russia from western financial markets and imposed restrictions on the exports of advanced technology used to power the country's tech and military sector.

"Putin is the aggressor. Putin chose this war. And now he and his country will bear the consequences," Biden said. The president noted that these new measures would "impose severe cost on the Russian economy, both immediately and over time."

According to U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, the new sanctions would impact nearly 80 percent of all banking assets in Russia.

In a statement, Yellen said the "Treasury is taking serious and unprecedented action to deliver swift and severe consequences to the Kremlin and significantly impair their ability to use the Russian economy and financial system to further their malign activity." 

Senator Josh Hawley Calls on Joe Biden to Resign Amid Russia-Ukraine Crisis

Senator Josh Hawley, a Republican, called on Joe Biden to resign as he was "unfit" to be in office, The Daily Mail reported.

At the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Florida on Thursday, Hawley said Vladimir Putin felt emboldened to attack Ukraine because Biden "shut down" U.S.' energy production and gave Russia the green light.

"Is it any wonder that Vladimir Putin feels emboldened to do whatever the heck it is he wants to do?" he noted.

It can be recalled that when he assumed the presidency, Biden has shut down U.S. energy production projects like the Keystone pipeline while lifting the sanctions on the Nord Stream II pipeline that carries gas to Germany from Russia. 

The president reportedly lifted the sanctions as a diplomatic favor to Germany, adding that the pipeline was already 98 percent complete anyhow. This week, Biden reinstated the sanctions on the company in charge of building the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.

However, Hawley believed that the president had not been tough enough on Russia's energy sector.

As the U.S. "is the number one energy-producing nation" globally, the senator said Joe Biden should send a message to Vladimir Putin that "we are going to be the ones who supply the oil and gas to the world, which shut down your energy sector."

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Written by: Joshua Summers

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