During the campaign, Macron was confused with Mitterrand, who passed away 28 years ago.
US President Joe Biden, who has been in trouble for a series of verbal mistakes, this time confused French President Emmanuel Macron with the late President François Mitterrand.
According to the US political media The Hill on the 5th (local time), President Biden shouted, “America is back” at the G7 summit he attended after winning the 2020 presidential election at a campaign rally in Las Vegas, Nevada the day before. recalled.
President Biden described the atmosphere at the time, saying, “Mitterand from Germany and France looked at me and asked, ‘How long will you be back?’”
The French president who attended the G7 summit to welcome the retirement of former President Donald Trump, who advocated an America-first policy, was Macron.
Mitterrand, who served as the first Socialist Party president, passed away in 1996, 28 years ago. Mitterrand was President of France from 1981 to 1995, when President Biden served as a senator.
The White House later issued a correction, crossing out Mitterrand’s name and changing it to Macron.
Biden’s gaffes and health concerns provided material for opponents, including the Republican Party, to attack cognitive decline ahead of the November presidential election.
Former President Trump, who is expected to clash in this year’s presidential election, argued that whenever President Biden’s speech mistakes were controversial, he had a cognitive problem and that he should be tested.
President Biden is 81 years old this year, and if he is re-elected, he will complete his second term at the age of 87.
It is assessed that former President Trump is also not free from verbal mistakes. He is 77 years old this year.
At a campaign rally in New Hampshire on the 19th of last month, he repeatedly confused his presidential rival, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
President Biden sarcastically wrote on
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