Biden makes quite a few mistakes at G7, and other world leaders openly laughed at his forgetfulness
When on the world stage at the G7 meeting this weekend, President Joe Biden had some mental lapses and mistakes. At one point, other world leaders openly laughed at Biden over his forgetfulness at the G7 conference in Cornwall, England.
During a press conference on Sunday, Biden stuttered and got confused while talking about Russia ahead of his June 16 meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Previously, first lady Jill Biden claimed that her husband was “so well prepared” for the meeting.
“He’s been studying for weeks working up for today,” she said. “He knows most of the leaders that will be here. Joe loves foreign policy. This is his forte.”
Biden already said he won’t hold a joint press conference with Putin because he doesn’t want to get “diverted” by who “talked the most.”
Also during the presser, Biden said, “I’m sorry, I’m going to get in trouble with staff if I don’t do this the right way,” before selecting Bloomberg to ask him a question. At another press meeting at the White House, Biden was using a “cheat sheet” to decide which reporters to call on.
When asked a question by the press, Biden answered in a strange whispering voice, “120 days, gimme a break. I need time.”
Biden gave a baffling remark during the presser, saying, “COVID, I know you all know, but a lot of people may not know what COVID is, that is a system whereby they’re going to provide funding for states to get access to vaccines.”
The White House released a correction for the president, stating that when he said “COVID,” he meant to say “COVAX.” Biden reportedly made this same mistake on three different occasions during the press conference. COVAX is a worldwide initiative aimed at fair access to coronavirus vaccines.
During the meeting, there was a conference between the G7 leaders of the U.S., U.K., France, Germany, Italy, Canada, and Japan, along with other leaders from India, South Korea, and South Africa.
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson introduced the leaders, who were not G7 members, “Welcome, those who have just joined us, we have some pretty spectacular weather. We have Prime Minister Modi [India], President Ramaphosa [South Africa], President Moon [South Korea] in just a minute.”
A puzzled Biden cut off Johnson to tell him that he did not introduce Ramaphosa, even though Johnson introducing the president of South Africa right before.
“And the president of South Africa,” Biden said, who was right next to Johnson.
Johnson replied, “And the president of South Africa as I said early on.”
The world leaders laughed at Biden’s forgetfulness and mistakes at the G7 roundtable. Then the press was hurried out of the room.
There was another weird moment during the G7 conference when Biden was stopped and asked a fairly easy question, “How are your meetings going in Cornwall, Mr. President?”
Jill Biden immediately cut off the random question, and frantically said, “Joe, c’mon,” as she waved her hands for him to come with her, which caused laughter from the people around. She then grabbed him and pulled him away.