{"id":1134,"date":"2024-07-12T02:46:31","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T02:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/?p=1134"},"modified":"2024-07-12T02:46:31","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T02:46:31","slug":"biden-confuses-biden-again-and-macron-schultz-spoke-up-to-defend-him-slips-of-the-tongue-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/?p=1134","title":{"rendered":"Biden \u201cConfuses\u201d Biden again, and Macron Schultz spoke up to defend him: slips of the tongue happen"},"content":{"rendered":"

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 \u201cSlip of the tongue happens\u201d. Biden himself CNN the slip later in the day, CNN reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow I want to give it to the Ukrainian president, ladies and gentlemen, President Putin, who has both the courage and the determination,\u201d Biden said in a speech at the summit, according to earlier reports, \u201cHe’s going to beat President Putin, President Zelenskiy,\u201d he said, correcting himself as soon as he realized his mistake. Then he tried to \u201cSmooth things over,\u201d saying, \u201cI was so focused on beating Putin.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Sky News Network said Scholtz defended the president by saying, \u201cSlips of the tongue happen, and if you’re always looking at everyone, you’ll find enough slips of the tongue.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nEarlier Sunday, Biden mistakenly confused Russian President Putin with Ukrainian President Zelenskiy in a speech at a NATO summit<\/p>\n

The Guardian, citing French media, said Maqueron also defended Biden, saying he had misspoken. \u201cSlips of the tongue happen, and they happen to me,\u201d Maqueron said.<\/p>\n

CNN reported that Biden held his first personal news conference since his \u201cDisastrous\u201d television debate performance at the end of last month.<\/p>\n

At the news conference, CNN said, Biden defended himself in response to an earlier slip of the tongue that \u201cConfused Putin with Zelensky.\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI 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,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n

In addition, CNN said, when asked if he was undermining America’s standing in the world, biden replied, \u201cDo 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?\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nBiden holds a news conference on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Washington, DC, Monday<\/p>\n

CNN noted, however, that Biden made the mistake of referring to vice president Harriss as \u201cVice President Donald Trump\u201d 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. \u201cIf I didn’t think she was qualified to be president, I wouldn’t have chosen Vice President Donald Trump as vice president,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n

In addition, at a personal news conference, Biden vowed to stay in the race and\u201cMove on,\u201d according to CNN and the Guardian. He also described himself as\u201cThe most qualified person to run for president\u201d. He said he had beaten Donald Trump before and \u201cWill beat him again\u201d.<\/p>\n

President Biden has been asked to withdraw from the 2024 presidential election for days after his \u201cCar accident-like performance\u201d 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\u201cInner Circle,\u201d consisting mainly of his family and a few of his closest advisers, can shape his political future.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe president is fine.\u201d. But after the debate, many democratic donors and lawmakers said they had been\u201cMisled.\u201d. They questioned whether the\u201cAssurances\u201d were merely an attempt to assuage concerns about Biden’s status.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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