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President Biden has repeated a lie about travelling 17,000 miles with the Chinese premier in his latest flubbed speech in which he also referred to the 'O'Biden' administration.
The 81-year-old was giving speaking at a White House event on Thursday to mark Greek Independence Day when he repeated the false remarks.
He repeated the long-debunked claim that he had covered the extensive ground during visits with the Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Biden re-stated the claim while recounting an anecdote about how President Xi had once asked him to define America.
'I was once asked by Xi Jinping, and I traveled 17,000 miles with him — I was out at the Tibetan plateau. He looked at me and he said, "can you define America?" I could say the same thing if he asked me to define Greece.
President Biden has repeated a lie about travelling 17,000 miles with the Chinese premier in his latest flubbed speech
The 81-year-old restated the claims during a White House speech to mark the Greek Day of Independence
Biden repeated the lie at least 21 times as evidence of the relationship he has managed to foster with the Chinese premier
'I said, "yes, one word" and I mean this sincerely, it's recorded, I said, "possibilities".'
The president is fond of the claim, which earned him a 'bottomless Pinocchio' rating from the Washington Post.
The outlet quashed the statement in 2021 after it noted he had reiterated it around 21 times.
Biden has repeatedly used the 17,000 miles figure to exemplify the work he has put into fostering a
