Joe Biden confuses his dates saying he met with world leaders in England and ... trends now
U.S. President Joe Biden, 80, has again fumbled while delivering a public speech, this time confusing dates of his inauguration, the G7 summit and NATO 2021.
During a speech in Arizona celebrating a library to be built honoring his friend and fierce Trump critic, the late Republican Sen. John McCain, Biden began to issue a warning about the future of democracy.
As he did, he began by applauding his ascent to the helm, claiming 'America is back' after he was elected in November 2020, but a looming threat approached.
While delivering his most direct condemnation of Donald Trump in many months, Biden fumbled on the context of conversations with world leaders, giving detractors fodder for criticism.
'The first meeting I attended of the G7, the seven wealthiest nations in the world, in Europe, the NATO meeting, I sat down, it was in Feb, Feb, January, after being elected, so, late January, no uh, early February, and it was in England,' he said attempting to build context.
'And I sat down, and I said, 'America is back.' And Macron looked at me, and he said, 'Mr. President, for how long, for how long?'
U.S. President Joe Biden, 80, has again fumbled while delivering a public speech, this time confusing dates of his inauguration, the G7 summit and NATO 2021
Biden was elected in November 3, 2020, was inaugurated Jan 20, 2021 and received a call from Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) January, 26, 2021.
During that year, Biden flew to the G7 summit in Brussels June 13, 2021 and later attended the NATO summit in Cornwall, England, June 14, 2021.
Despite his attempts to deliver a rousing speech, Republicans were quick to jump at the latest gaffe quickly snipping it out and plastering it across the internet.
However, seemingly unperturbed by the confusion, Biden pushed on taking aim at his leading Republican challenger and portraying him as a man driven by hatred and a desire for retribution with no fidelity for the principles of American democracy as the nation knows it.
'And then, the Chancellor of Germany said, 'Mr. President, what would you think if you picked up the paper tomorrow, tomorrow, the London Times, and it said a thousand people broke down the doors of Parliament, marched, and killed two bobbies in order to overthrow an election of the new prime minister? What would you think then? What would America think?' he continued.
'What would we think, the leading nation in the world, having gone through what we went through?'
'And many of you travel internationally. Many of you know people from around the world. I'd be surprised if you heard anything different than the concern about: Are we okay? Is the democracy going to be sustained?'
