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Biden bungles British ‘President’ Sunak’s title at White House visit
NY Post ^ | 06/08/2023 | Emily Crane

Posted on 06/08/2023 1:38:14 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Who are you again?

President Biden tripped over British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s title during their White House meeting Thursday — referring to the UK pol as “Mr. President.”

The 80-year-old Biden’s gaffe came almost immediately after the two leaders sat down in the Oval Office ahead of their wide-ranging talks.

“Well, Mr. President,” Biden started to say before abruptly correcting himself. “Mr. President? I just demoted you.”

As Sunak, 43, laughed off the slip-up, Biden continued: “Mr. Prime Minister, it’s great to have you back.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: biden; british; bungles; president; primeminister; sunak
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I don’t think Biden is going to make it to the election. He is going to fall and seriously hurt himself. Willie Brown’s mistress will be our president and god help us.


21 posted on 06/08/2023 3:24:01 PM PDT by George J. Jetso
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To: ChicagoConservative27

you know, that guy over there...


22 posted on 06/08/2023 5:09:04 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: TokarevM57
You blaspheme! She is a DOCTOR
23 posted on 06/08/2023 6:07:28 PM PDT by laweeks
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To: Deo volente

And they made a laughingstock of Dan Quayle for misspelling a word.

He didn’t misspell it, whoever created his flash cards did. However, he didn’t ‘catch’ it, and repeated the mistake.

http://publicapologycentral.com/apologia-archive/political-2/dan-quayle-potato-incident/


24 posted on 06/09/2023 7:04:42 AM PDT by ro_dreaming (Who knew "Idiocracy", "1984", "Enemy of the State", and "Person of Interest" would be non-fiction?)
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To: GreenLanternCorps

Addressing the PM as “Prime Minister” outside of Parliament is a recent American style cultural import. Thatcher was referred to as Mrs and then Lady Thatcher (after her husband Dennis became a baronet) whilst she was Prime Minister. Frankly I think that was better. We shouldn’t be giving too many heirs and graces to politicians but our senior politicians have been happy to adopt the kinds of styles that are granted to their American counterparts because it makes them feel much grander.


25 posted on 09/07/2023 7:19:57 AM PDT by sinsofsolarempirefan
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