JAMES FREEMAN
Freeman is commenting on President Biden’s comments to foreign press while in Europe for a NATO meeting (March 24, 2022) in which he stated Russia using chemical weapons “would trigger a response in kind” from NATO. Two days later (March 26, 2022), President Biden made what Tom Nichols (The Atlantic) called another ‘unforced error’ when Biden said “For God’s sake, this man”—meaning Putin—“cannot remain in power.” White House staff quickly clarified that Biden “was not calling for a regime change in Russia.”
James Freeman is assistant editor of The Wall Street Journal's editorial page and author of the weekday Best of the Web column. He is the co-author of "Borrowed Time: Two Centuries of Booms, Busts and Bailouts at Citi," recognized as a New York Times Editors' Choice and a Financial Times Business Book of the Month. He is a contributor to the Fox News Channel and a host of "Deep Dive" on Fox Nation. Before joining the Journal in September 2007, James served as investor advocate at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, where he encouraged the transformation of financial reporting technology to benefit individual investors. He is a graduate of Yale.
