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(The Guardian) Joe Biden, speaking to reporters at the Nato summit just now, mistakenly referred to Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, as “President Putin”.
Biden quickly realised his mistake and corrected himself. Zelenskiy joked: I’m better.
Of course this isn’t the first time Joe Biden has mixed up the names of leaders. The US president has a long history of verbal gaffes.
In February during a Las Vegas rally, Biden mixed up the names of the French leaders, Emmanuel Macron, with François Mitterrand. Later that same week, Biden mixed up the former German chancellors Helmut Kohl with Angela Merkel. “I am a gaffe machine,” Biden admitted in December 2018 when asked about potential liabilities of his election campaign.
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Biden mistakenly calls Zelenskiy ‘Putin’
Joe Biden accidentally introduced Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy as “President Putin” in a gaffe that will fuel further concerns about his mental acuity that have threatened to scuttle his presidential campaign.
Biden made the mistake during a signing ceremony alongside Zelenskiy on the final day of the Nato summit in Washington DC. It came just an hour before a rare press conference by Biden that has been called “make-or-break” for his campaign, as a growing number of political allies and donors have been calling for him to drop out of the race.
Concluding his opening remarks, Biden handed over to Zelenskyy with the words: Now I want to hand it over to the president of Ukraine, who has as much courage as he has determination. Biden said: Ladies and gentlemen, President Putin!
Realising his mistake, Biden caught himself and said: President Putin! We’re going to beat President Putin. President Zelenskiy. I’m so focused on beating Putin. We’ve got to worry about it. Anyway, Mr. President.
“I’m better,” Zelenskiy said, shaking Biden’s hand.
“You are a hell of a lot better,” Biden concluded his remarks.
The remark elicited gasps in the hall, where the two men were flanked by dozens of advisers, and in the press centre, where hundreds of journalists were watching the remarks live on an internal television feed.
(The Guardian) Joe Biden, speaking to reporters at the Nato summit just now, mistakenly referred to Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, as “President Putin”.
Biden quickly realised his mistake and corrected himself. Zelenskiy joked: I’m better.
Of course this isn’t the first time Joe Biden has mixed up the names of leaders. The US president has a long history of verbal gaffes.
In February during a Las Vegas rally, Biden mixed up the names of the French leaders, Emmanuel Macron, with François Mitterrand. Later that same week, Biden mixed up the former German chancellors Helmut Kohl with Angela Merkel. “I am a gaffe machine,” Biden admitted in December 2018 when asked about potential liabilities of his election campaign.
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Biden mistakenly calls Zelenskiy ‘Putin’
Joe Biden accidentally introduced Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy as “President Putin” in a gaffe that will fuel further concerns about his mental acuity that have threatened to scuttle his presidential campaign.
Biden made the mistake during a signing ceremony alongside Zelenskiy on the final day of the Nato summit in Washington DC. It came just an hour before a rare press conference by Biden that has been called “make-or-break” for his campaign, as a growing number of political allies and donors have been calling for him to drop out of the race.
Concluding his opening remarks, Biden handed over to Zelenskyy with the words: Now I want to hand it over to the president of Ukraine, who has as much courage as he has determination. Biden said: Ladies and gentlemen, President Putin!
Realising his mistake, Biden caught himself and said: President Putin! We’re going to beat President Putin. President Zelenskiy. I’m so focused on beating Putin. We’ve got to worry about it. Anyway, Mr. President.
“I’m better,” Zelenskiy said, shaking Biden’s hand.
“You are a hell of a lot better,” Biden concluded his remarks.
The remark elicited gasps in the hall, where the two men were flanked by dozens of advisers, and in the press centre, where hundreds of journalists were watching the remarks live on an internal television feed.
