At the end of the NATO summit on Thursday, President Joe Biden took the podium to introduce the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy .
Instead, he introduced Zelenskyy as “President Putin.”
Biden somehow recognized his mistake: “President Putin? I’m going to beat President Putin, President Zelenskyy. I am so focused on beating Putin,” Biden said, trying to make a joke about the gaffe. Zelenskyy is fighting a war against Putin’s aggression in Ukraine.
“I am better,” joked Zelenskyy, as he shook Biden’s hand. Over 500,000 Russians and Ukrainians have been killed or wounded since the war began in February of 2022, with a Russian invasion of its border nation.
It was yet another stumble by President Biden, and it occurred just before he was to hold a “Big Boy” press conference, as described by his communications team, directly with the media this afternoon, as he attempts to prove he is still fit for office.
