Transcripts for CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper 20220124 21:09

CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper January 24, 2022 21:09:00

forces in eastern europe if there had not been an invasion yet. but that wasn't what the president was saying at the press conference. saying if putin invades, they would bolster troop presence in poland. they talked about if they move, you would see the u.s. fortify nato allies. that's what is under consideration. president biden was briefed only at camp david this weekend. the options that he has. the idea that it is not a shift. it is a change because if they do end up going forward with this decision and you see the troop presence in latvia, lithuania, that's on putin's door step and that's what he has been trying to avoid and complaining about. it would be a much more forceful approach by this white house, this biden administration, compared to the more restrained stance they had where they were trying not to provoke russia before. it seems like the calculus has shifted. >> thanks to all of you. i want to bring in retired

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