US President Joe Biden incorrectly referred to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida as “President” twice at a press conference after the closing of the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan.
According to the Mainichi Shimbun, President Biden said at a press conference after the closing of the G7 summit on the 21st, “It is not an exaggeration, but I would like to thank President Kishida for the leadership as the G7 chairman.”
At the US-Japan summit on the 18th, right before the G7 summit, he said, “President Kishida, I am glad to see you again.”
According to the media, President Biden has made many mistakes before, and in the United States, it is said that this is why he holds less frequent press conferences compared to previous presidents. President Biden was born in 1942 and is 81 years old.
President Biden also showed confusion over names, such as calling President Seok-yeol Yoon “President Roon.”
At a press conference after the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan on the 21st, while answering a question about how to strengthen the Korea-US-Japan alliance to confront China, President Biden said, “I had a detailed discussion with President Loon of Korea who recently visited Washington. We talked about it,” he said.
According to the tally of the University of California, Santa Barbara, President Biden held an average of 10.3 press conferences a year before the Hiroshima G7 summit. This is the lowest number of times among former presidents, following former President Reagan (5.75 times a year). Former President Trump held an average of 22 press conferences per year, and former President Obama 20.38 times.
Source: Donga
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