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President Biden made a number of gaffes throughout his journey to Lithuania this week to bolster help for Ukraine throughout its struggle with Russia, together with complicated the 2 nations and their leaders.
Throughout a speech on the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania referred to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as “Vladmir” on Wednesday, apparently complicated Zelenskyy with Russian President Vladmir Putin.
Biden did not appear to understand his mistake, occurring to say that he “should not be that well-known”, referring to Zelenskyy as “Mr. Zelenskyy”.
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President Joe Biden delivers his remarks as Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky stands apart throughout the G7 Declaration of Joint Assist for Ukraine throughout the NATO high-level summit at Litexpo Convention Middle in Vilnius, Lithuania on July 12, 2023. (Dominika Zarzycka/NurPhoto through Getty Photographs)
Putin and Zelenskyy every have a unique model of the identical title, with “Volodymyr” being probably the most generally used model in Ukraine.
At a later talking occasion after the summit, Biden confused the 2 nations, referring to Ukraine as Russia.
“Russia may finish this struggle tomorrow by withdrawing its troops from Ukraine and recognizing its worldwide borders and stopping its assaults — its inhuman assaults — on Russia — I imply Russia on Ukraine —,” Biden mentioned, self-correcting.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin participates within the launch of a brand new ferry through a convention name on the Novo-Ogaryovo residence exterior Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 4, 2022. (Andrei Gorshkov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photograph through AP)
The blunders are simply the newest in a string of near-constant fumbles by Biden, together with final month when he instructed reporters that Putin was “clearly dropping the struggle in Iraq.”
They’ve additionally led to frequent doubts about Biden’s cognitive talents as president. Ought to the 80-year-old win a second time period as president, he might be 86 when he leaves the White Home.
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Brandon Gillespie is an affiliate editor at Fox Information. Observe him on Twitter at @brandon_cg.
WATCH: Biden confuses Ukraine with Russia, Zelenskyy with Putin throughout gaffe-filled journey to Lithuania
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