Posted on 07/11/2024 5:55:37 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
President Joe Biden on Thursday mistakenly referred to Vice President Kamala Harris as “Vice President Trump” in the opening question of his highly-anticipated solo press conference in Washington.
“Look, I wouldn’t have picked Vice President Trump to be vice president [if] I think she’s not qualified to be president,” Biden said, confusing his second-in-command with his November election opponent, former President Donald Trump.
The president misspoke and appeared to lose his train of thought several times as he fielded reporters’ questions.
In another blunder, Biden wrongly referred to his chief of staff as “my commander in chief” before catching his mistake.
Following his bungled debate performance against former President Donald Trump on June 27, Biden came into this press conference on a mission: Prove to the public that he can handle tough questions in an unscripted environment.
Earlier Thursday evening, Biden added salt to his political wounds at a scripted NATO event honoring Ukraine where he accidentally introduced Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as “President Putin.”
“And now I want to hand it over to the President of Ukraine, who has as much courage as he has determination. Ladies and gentlemen, President Putin,” Biden said, before quickly correcting himself.
Throughout Thursday’s press conference, Biden delivered stumbling, sometimes meandering responses to questions on foreign policy, inflation and other issues, which he tried to use to attack Trump.
He gave a seven-minute response to a question about China, for instance, where he occasionally trailed off mid-sentence and tripped over some words.
“Some of our European friends are going to be curtailing their investment in Russia, I mean, excuse me, in China,” the president said.
When he cited numbers, he repeatedly prefaced with a disclaimer that he might get the number wrong: “Don’t hold me to the exact number.”
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He farted. Biden does not break wind. Unly thing he ever broke was the country.
Biden would wake up at 10 AM and be told what had happened.
He has never been in charge.
Maybe Jill would tell him.
Who knows.
“Wasn’t this supposed to be the press conference where we would all see how sharp and coherent he is?”
Um, in reality, it was!
Likely talking to the microphone in his ear that was not turned up enough.
Reminds me of one of the best lines I’ve ever written, and it definitely applies to Biden:
“Now I’ve lost my train of thought, and I wish you were on it.”
If you look close when Joe turns to his left, you can see a tiny black ear piece.
Just replace Biden with Harris and the answer is clear.
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