Feb. 21, 2023: 2024 hopefuls rev their engines
President Joe Biden is in Europe, reminding everyone that he\u2019s commander in chief \u2014 even as Republicans back home are angling to try to take his job.\nToday, he\u2019ll huddle with Polish President Andrzej Duda and give a speech at Warsaw Castle ahead of the one-year anniversary of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine later this week. The meeting comes as the media is still buzzing about his surprise visit to Kyiv \u2014 a risky endeavor that reportedly infuriated cronies of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who may respond as he delivers his annual parliamentary address today in Moscow.\nMeanwhile, on the home front, GOP presidential contenders are revving their engines.\n\u2014 In his Don\u2019t-Call-It-A-Campaign-Yet campaign, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hit up New York, Chicago and Philly yesterday, touting his tough-on-crime agenda and goading liberal cities and prosecutors as \u201cwoke\u201d and out of touch. NYT\u2019s Jonathan Weisman and Emma Fitzsimmons have more. NBC\u2019s Natasha Korecki writes that in speaking to \u201cthe rank and file of some of the biggest police unions in the country, DeSantis was homing in on a specialized electorate Trump has owned since he first ran for president in 2016.\u201d\nTomorrow, Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) will head to Iowa, while former President Donald Trump will head to East Palestine, Ohio, the site of a train derailment two weeks ago that has unleashed toxic chemicals into the surrounding community.\nSubscribe to the POLITICO Playbook newsletter\nRaghu Manavalan is the host and senior editor of POLITICO's Playbook Daily Briefing.Jenny Ament is the executive producer of POLITICO Audio.