However, President Harris, Jen Psaki, Blinken, and Pelosi, all DID say they were deterrents.
But in defense of Joe, they only wake him up for the really important meetings, so...
Plus I heard a soundbite of most of the individuals from his foreign policy team saying the sanctions were intended to deter Putin. Poor Joe, got a little confused for a while...
This is what happens when Joe wanders from a teleprompter.
Plus, is it just me, or does anyone else get annoyed with Dementia Joe when he says we're doing everything we can to help Ukraine, then subsequently announces several more rounds of sanctions?