The Guardian and Sky News reported that Biden had confused Russian President Putin with Ukrainian President Zelenskiy in a slip of the tongue in his speech at the NATO summit earlier in the day, scholtz, the German chancellor, and Maqueron, the French president, spoke up in defence, saying “Slip of the tongue happens”. Biden himself CNN the slip later in the day, CNN reported.
“Now I want to give it to the Ukrainian president, ladies and gentlemen, President Putin, who has both the courage and the determination,” Biden said in a speech at the summit, according to earlier reports, “He’s going to beat President Putin, President Zelenskiy,” he said, correcting himself as soon as he realized his mistake. Then he tried to “Smooth things over,” saying, “I was so focused on beating Putin.”
The Sky News Network said Scholtz defended the president by saying, “Slips of the tongue happen, and if you’re always looking at everyone, you’ll find enough slips of the tongue.”
Earlier Sunday, Biden mistakenly confused Russian President Putin with Ukrainian President Zelenskiy in a speech at a NATO summit
The Guardian, citing French media, said Maqueron also defended Biden, saying he had misspoken. “Slips of the tongue happen, and they happen to me,” Maqueron said.
CNN reported that Biden held his first personal news conference since his “Disastrous” television debate performance at the end of last month.
At the news conference, CNN said, Biden defended himself in response to an earlier slip of the tongue that “Confused Putin with Zelensky.”.
“I was talking about Putin, I was talking about now, it’s over, I was talking about Putin. I’ve said, ‘No, I’m sorry, Zelenskiy, ‘ and I’ve said at least five other names since then,” Biden said.
In addition, CNN said, when asked if he was undermining America’s standing in the world, biden replied, “Do you think my leading this meeting has done any damage to our standing, have you seen a more successful meeting [ than this one ] , and what do you think?”
Biden holds a news conference on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Washington, DC, Monday
CNN noted, however, that Biden made the mistake of referring to vice president Harriss as “Vice President Donald Trump” during his press conference. Reporters asked whether Biden was worried about her ability to defeat Donald Trump if Harriss ran against Donald Trump, the report said. “If I didn’t think she was qualified to be president, I wouldn’t have chosen Vice President Donald Trump as vice president,” Biden said.
In addition, at a personal news conference, Biden vowed to stay in the race and“Move on,” according to CNN and the Guardian. He also described himself as“The most qualified person to run for president”. He said he had beaten Donald Trump before and “Will beat him again”.
President Biden has been asked to withdraw from the 2024 presidential election for days after his “Car accident-like performance” in the first televised debate, according to a previous report. Still, Biden refused to withdraw. Mikell Larosa, former press secretary to the First Lady’s Jill Biden, told ABC News, only Biden’s“Inner Circle,” consisting mainly of his family and a few of his closest advisers, can shape his political future.
As the Wall Street Journal reported earlier, Biden’s inner circle has been trying to mask the negative effects of his aging. For more than a year, Biden’s advisers have been aggressively arranging president Biden’s schedule, activities and personal interactions, trying to mask signs that age is having an effect on the American president. As Biden’s slip of the tongue became more apparent, his top advisers kept assuring everyone that“The president is fine.”. But after the debate, many democratic donors and lawmakers said they had been“Misled.”. They questioned whether the“Assurances” were merely an attempt to assuage concerns about Biden’s status.