I think it’s his failure to carry it off that is funny. In a kind of bitter way. Rather than news.
Meanwhile Biden says he will respond ‘in kind’ if Russia uses chemical weapons.
Lot of time being spent in the news discussing what these ‘carefully chosen words’ imply. From my understanding of the English language ‘in kind’ is pretty clear. If you punch me, I’ll respond in kind ie punch you back. You react to what someone has done to you (positive as well as negative) by doing the same thing back. I’ve looked it up, that’s the definition. I read this as a promise to use chemical weapons should Putin do so. Which would be illegal under international law. Which leads me to believe that these words weren’t ‘carefully chosen’ at all, there is no way he will use chemical weapons. He probably won’t even respond much beyond more of the same stuff he is doing already - Obama and him allowed Assad, backed by Putin, to get away with using chemical weapons in Syria despite threatening action, which is why Putin won’t take this seriously.
Of course, it could also be said that Biden might not be fully in control of what he says.