While touting the passage of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act in Minnesota, Biden repeated the debunked claim that he previously drove a tractor-trailer.
“I used to drive a tractor-trailer,” the president said during an event at Dakota County Technical College.
The statement from Biden is one of several instances of the president falsely claiming that he drove such a vehicle. While speaking at an event in Pennsylvania over the summer, the president proclaimed he had previously driven “an 18-wheeler.” When pressed by Fox News for evidence of such an instance occurring, a White House official pointed to a “December 1973 article from the Wilmington Evening Journal that showed Biden rode in an 18-wheeler on a 536-mile haul to Ohio.”
8. Biden Made Up Story About 1967 Visit To Israel
At the Dec. 1 White House menorah lighting in celebration of Hanukkah, Biden made up a story about a 1967 visit to Israel during the Six-Day War.
“I have known every — every prime minister well since Golda Meir, including Golda Meir,” Biden said in the East Room. “And during the Six-Day War, I had an opportunity to — she invited me to come over because I was going to be the liaison between, she and the Egyptians about the Suez, and so on and so forth.”
Yet Meir was not elected prime minister until 1969, two years after the Six-Day War. The Israeli prime minister in 1967 was Levi Eshkol, who served between 1963-1969.
9. Biden Couldn’t Remember His Secretary of Defense
Biden appeared to forget who his secretary of defense was during a White House event promoting two female generals on International Women’s Day, March 8.
“I want to thank the former general. I keep calling him general, but my… the guy who runs that outfit over there,” Biden said.
10. Joe Biden Confused Titles Of World Leaders
Biden confused the titles of South Korean President Moon Jae-in on May 21, 2021, a day after the U.S. president referred to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “President Netanyahu.”
Biden called the South Korean president “prime minister” while presenting a Medal of Honor to a 94-year-old Korean War veteran.
“The people in the Republic of Korea haven’t forgotten, as evidenced by the fact that the prime minister of Korea is here for this ceremony,” Biden said, according to the New York Post.
Biden confused Netanyahu’s title the day before in remarks celebrating the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
11. Biden Mistakes Libya For Syria At G7 Summit
Biden mixed up Syria for Libya three times at the G7 Summit in England during June 13 remarks on Russian aggression in the Middle East.
“In Libya, we should be opening up the passes to be able to go through and provide, provide food assistance and economic assist— I mean, vital assistance to a population that’s in real trouble,” Biden said, going on to charge Russia with violations of international norms in Syria, and then again wrongly referencing Libya.
“As long as they’re there without the ability to bring about some order in the region, you can’t do that very well without providing for the basic economic needs of people,” Biden said. “So I’m hopeful that we can find an accommodation where we can save the lives of people in, for example, in Libya.”
12. Biden Gets Corrected At G7 Summit After Insisting On Introduction Of South Africa President
Biden was corrected by U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the G7 Summit in England on June 13 when Biden interrupted the host leader to demand he introduce the president of South Africa, who had just been introduced.
“And the president of South Africa,” Biden cut into Johnson’s roundtable remarks.
“And the president of South Africa, as I said earlier on,” Johnson dismissed.
“Oh, you did,” a frail Biden said at the table while others laughed.
“I did, I certainly did,” Johnson finished.
