Friday 27 May 2022 10:10 PM Biden raises eyebrows by saying North Korea stood with the US against Russia trends now
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President Biden mistakenly claimed Friday in his commencement address to graduates at the Naval Academy that North Korea side with the U.S. against Russia after its invasion of Ukraine.
'Did anybody think, when I called for sanctions against Russia, in addition to NATO, did Australia, Japan, North Korea, some of the [Association of Southeast Asian Nations] countries would stand up and support those sanctions?' Biden asked the more than 1,200 midshipmen in the class of 2022.
Biden charged Russian President Vladimir Putin with trying to wipe out Ukraine's culture.
'Not only is he trying to take over Ukraine, he's really trying to wipe out the culture and identity of the Ukrainian people - attacking schools, nurseries, hospitals, museums, with no other purpose,' he said.
He called it a 'direct assault on a fundamental tenets of rule based international order.'
The president used his classic stage whisper to remind the class: 'I'm your commander-in-chief.'
President Biden mistakenly claimed Friday in his commencement address to graduates at the Naval Academy that North Korea side
