Biden blames Putin for Nalvany’s death and is ‘looking into’ how to respond: President bizarrely freezes in speech where he attacks TRUMP for inviting Russia to invade NATO allies and rips into Congress for not passing Ukraine aid

President Joe Biden laid the blame for Alexei Navalny’s death squarely on Russian President Vladimir Putin — and froze when he tried to phrase an attack on former President Donald Trump over his recent comments about Russia.

Biden told reporters that he was both “not surprised” and “outraged” when he learned that the 47-year-old Russian opposition leader had died while serving an 18-year prison sentence in a penal colony in Siberia — and that he was looking for ways to respond .

While the president used his time to commemorate Navalny, he also used the brief appearance to harass Congress for going on vacation for two weeks — instead of passing on Ukraine’s funding — and to give Trump a piece of his mind to give.

“We must all reject the dangerous statements of the previous president, who invited Russia to invade our NATO allies if they did not pay up. He said if an ally didn’t pay its dues, he would encourage Russia “to do whatever they want,” Biden said.

Then he stopped talking for a moment as he calmed his thoughts.

“I think I need to clear my head here and not say what I really think,” he continued after the break. ‘But let me be clear. This is an outrageous thing for a president to say.”

“I can’t fathom it, can’t fathom it – from Truman on down, they’re turning in their graves when they hear this,” Biden added.

The ex-president’s controversial comments were made at a rally in South Carolina on Saturday.

Trump said that during his term as president he told a NATO leader to pay up or he would “encourage” Russia to “do whatever they want.”

“As long as I am president, America will stand by our sacred promise to our NATO allies — as they have repeatedly held by theirs to us,” Biden said Friday. “Putin and the whole world must know that if an adversary were to attack us, our NATO allies would support us.”

“And if Putin should attack a NATO ally, the United States will defend every inch of NATO territory,” the president continued. “Now is the time for even greater unity among our NATO allies.”

In June 2021, Biden promised that there would be consequences if Navalny died in prison.

“I made it clear to him that I believe the consequences would be devastating for Russia,” the president said at the time, immediately after a meeting with Putin in Geneva.

When Biden was asked about that threat on Friday, he said Russia is already suffering that fate.

“That was three years ago,” he said. ‘In the meantime, they had to deal with a lot of consequences.’

Biden pointed to the 350,000 dead or injured Russian soldiers as a result of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, and the tough sanctions on Russia imposed by the US.

“And we’re considering what more can be done,” Biden said. “But what we talked about at the time, no actions were taken against Russia. And look what’s happened since then.’

“We’re looking at a whole range of options, that’s all I can say right now,” Biden added.

The president also stated that there was no way the US could provide additional ammunition to the Ukrainians without Congress passing the supplemental funding bill.

‘It’s time for them to take action, don’t you think? Instead of going on vacation for two weeks,” Biden said in a whisper before raising his voice. ‘Two weeks. They walk away. Two weeks! What are they thinking? My God.’

‘This is bizarre. And it just reinforces all the concerns and almost, I won’t say panic, but real concerns about the United States being a reliable ally,” Biden continued. ‘This is outrageous.’

He told reporters: “I hope so,” Navalny’s death leads to action on Capitol Hill to push the funding bill through the Republican-controlled House of Representatives.

‘Come on. What are these guys doing? What are they doing?’ Biden urged.