Joe Biden‘s embarrassing gaffe where he called Ukraine leader Volodymyr Zelensky “President Putin” at the highly anticipated NATO summit, has been slammed by European Officials, who say it undid all their hard work.
As we reported on Friday, Biden made two major blunders, the first referring to Ukrainian President Zelensky as “President Putin” and later calling Kamala Harris “Vice President Trump.”
Here’s a recap:
During the speech, Biden falsely claimed that Trump praised Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and wanted to abandon NATO.
Democrats and the media have finally acknowledged Biden’s cognitive decline as pressure mounts for him to step down.
But Biden hit the final nail in the coffin of his campaign by mistaking Zelensky for his arch-enemy.
“It was awful,” one diplomatic source told the Telegraph.
While Biden’s campaign called the gaffe nothing but a “slip-up,'” others were not so forgiving.
“It’s taken the focus away from what has been a great summit for us,” one diplomat said.
Wath
Here's Secretaries Blinken, Austin and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan when President Biden said, "Vice President Trump." pic.twitter.com/chvT7eRqvY
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“The Americans had put in months of groundwork into preventing another ‘Vilnius moment’,” another official said.
Even Barack Obama is now privately expressing his concerns that Biden cannot defeat Trump, CNN reported.
Obama’s worries are “one of the worst kept secrets in Washington,” the outlet noted.
🇺🇸🇺🇦 Watch Zelensky's reaction as Biden calls him Putin 😭 pic.twitter.com/TfVoAoryDX
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As we reported on Thursday, Obama likely had a central role in actor George Clooney’s New York op-ed throwing Biden under a bus.
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