Joe Biden's Verbal Misstep: President Confuses Iraq with Ukraine in Latest Comment on Putin's Actions
President Joe Biden has once again raised eyebrows after erroneously referencing Iraq instead of Ukraine in a recent discussion regarding Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of the Eastern European nation, as confirmed by sources to RadarOnline.com.
The 80-year-old President's linguistic slip happened on Wednesday while he was speaking to journalists on the South Lawn of the White House. His next stops were Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland and then on to Chicago.
The mix-up occurred after a reporter queried the President about Putin's continued invasion of Ukraine, especially in light of a recent failed coup against Putin and Moscow, initiated by Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of Wagner Private Military Company.
Responding, President Biden stated, "It's hard to tell, but he is clearly losing the war in Iraq, he's losing the war at home, and he has become a bit of a pariah around the world.”
Biden continued to outline the international response, emphasizing, “And it's not just NATO. It's not just the European Union. It's Japan… It's, you know, 40 nations."
According to previous reports by RadarOnline.com, this is not the first instance of the seasoned leader mistaking Ukraine for another country. During last year's State of the Union address, he confused Ukraine and Iran.
In his address, Biden mistakenly stated, “Putin may circle Kyiv with tanks, but he'll never gain the hearts and souls of the Iranian people."
These verbal slips have fueled speculation about the President's cognitive abilities and his capacity to competently helm the nation.
These speculations gained momentum in April when Biden, at 80, declared his intention to run for a second term in the 2024 Presidential race.
Despite his age—which would be 86 by the completion of a hypothetical second term—Biden does not appear perturbed. However, his Republican adversaries have leveraged these errors as evidence of his unfitness for a second term in office.
As the Hill reported recently, "Republicans are seizing on recent gaffes from President Biden, putting a spotlight on his slip-ups to attack Biden’s competency ahead of both the midterms and a 2024 presidential race."
The outlet added, "The RNC did not make Biden’s age a central part of its criticism, but it is an implicit and sometimes explicit part of the attacks from various Republicans... But today’s gaffes are being used by Republicans to question Biden’s competency, given his age.”