Nine ad-libbed words at the end of Joe Biden's fiery speech on Russia's invasion of Ukraine sent officials scrambling to prevent global outrage.
Veering off script and away from US foreign policy, the President finished a 27-minute address in Poland yesterday with “For God’s sake, this man [ Vladimir Putin ] cannot remain in power."
Within minutes aides were trying to insist he was merely saying Putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over regional neighbours, rather than advocating for regime change.