President Biden drew immediate online reaction after again mixing up the names of foreign political leaders, this time trying to emphasize his mental health.
The president gave a short address to the nation from the White House on Thursday night, fielding questions from reporters about concerns about his age and memory stemming from special counsel Robert Hur’s report on Biden’s handling of classified documents. I responded. Biden began referring to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi as the “President of Mexico” shortly after claiming that he had “no problem” with his own memory.
“As you know, initially Mexican President Sisi… [sic] We didn’t want to open the gates to allow humanitarian supplies to come in. [to Gaza]. I talked to him. I persuaded him to open the gate,” the president said.
The irony of the mix-up, which came so soon after Biden defended his memory, struck many social media users.
U.S. President Joe Biden answers questions about Israel after speaking about the special counsel’s report in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 8, 2024, but a surprise last-minute addition to the day’s schedule Ta. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Mark Rotter, director of communications at the America First Policy Institute, said: “Did he let the president of Mexico open the gates to refugees from Gaza? God. Anyone who thought this was a good idea should be fired.” ” he wrote.
New Yorker reporter Susan Glasser said, “Yes, it’s ‘Mexican President’ Sisi. It was an appearance to dispel concerns about his age, but it’s bad for Biden. What a year it’s been. ” he shouted.
“So Sissi is the president of Mexico,” joked New York Post columnist John Poddarts.
North Carolina Congressman Dan Bishop summed it up by saying, “If this speech was intended to allay voters’ concerns about his age and mental health, it failed miserably. It was painful to watch.” .
Chuck Roth, an investigative reporter for the Washington Free Beacon, responded to New York magazine’s Jonathan Chait, who said, “That’s a pretty effective performance by Biden,” saying, “Yes, I’d call El Sisi the Mexican president. “He was really spot on when he called it that.”
“This is the danger of live press conferences denying the issue of mental acuity. President Biden just called Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi the president of Mexico,” RealClearPolitics correspondent Susan Crabtree, a staff member, explained.
“Putin seems to think he’s negotiating with the Mexican president to allow aid to Gaza,” conservative commentator Viva Frey wrote. How dare you show that you are not an old man.”
“We just had a disaster reporter on Joe Biden. He confused the leaders of Mexico and Egypt while saying his memory was fine. He lost his memory. It’s great to see this. It’s tough. It’s a legitimate 25th Amendment deadline. I don’t know if we’ll meet another 11 months to complete his term,” Outkick founder Clay Travis declared.
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President Biden referred to “Sisi” as the Mexican president while discussing aid to Gaza. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
When asked for comment, White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates referred Fox News Digital to a post by Atlantic staff writer Yair Rosenberg.
“Biden has gaffeped names throughout his career. In 2008, he introduced his running mate as “Barack America, the next president of the United States.” “He was clearly talking about Egypt, whose name is Sisi, and he was detailing his policies and broader issues. Twitter is not interested at all,” Rosenberg said on Sunday, when House Speaker Mike Johnson I wrote this along with a video that confuses Israel and Iran.
The speech came just hours after Special Counsel Robert Hur released a report that did not recommend criminal charges against the president for mishandling classified documents. These records include classified documents related to Afghanistan’s military and foreign policy, including records related to national security and foreign policy, which are classified as “confidential sources and methods.” Hoare said he was involved in the
But Hoar described Biden as “a sympathetic, well-meaning older man with a poor memory.” In his more than 300-page report, Mr. said, “I will follow my ideas fully.” By the ’80s.
Biden cited the special counsel’s report on the handling of classified materials and the state of the war in Gaza. (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)
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It was also the third gaffe this week for Biden to publicly mix up the names of world leaders. On Sunday, Biden claimed to have met French President François Mitterrand, who died in 1996, at the first Group of Seven (G7) meeting of 2021. On Wednesday, he recalled that he spoke with late German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, even though Kohl had passed away. In 2017, at the same G7 meeting.
FOX News’ Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
