It put terror into the hearts of Ukraine (as I posted Zelensky's indignant response that "There ARE NO MINOR INCURSIONS!!!!"
It was obviously a huge mistake as the WH issued clarifications and rewording for days.
And Putin saw his opening with weak leadership from the same guy who that had let him off the hook after he took the Crimea from Ukraine when he was VP.
Boom. Truth. Fact. No spin from me (though you are trying to spin this after the fact as if it was nothing).