WATCH: Biden confuses Ukraine with Russia, Zelenskyy with Putin during gaffe-filled trip to Lithuania
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Via: vic-eldred • 3 years ago • 91 commentsBy: Brandon Gillespie (Fox News)
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President Biden committed multiple speaking gaffes during his trip to Lithuania this week to shore up support for Ukraine amid its war with Russia, including confusing the two nations, as well as their leaders.
President Biden committed multiple speaking gaffes during his trip to Lithuania this week to shore up support for Ukraine amid its war with Russia, including confusing the two nations, as well as their leaders.
While speaking to the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania on Wednesday Biden referred to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as "Vladmir," seemingly confusing Zelenskyy with Russian President Vladmir Putin.
Appearing to not realize his mistake, Biden went on to say he "shouldn't be so familiar," and referred to Zelenskyy as "Mr. Zelenskyy."
President Biden stands with President Volodomyr Zelenskyy during G-7 Declaration of Joint Support for Ukraine during the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 12, 2023.(Dominika Zarzycka/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Putin and Zelenskyy each hold a different version of the same name, with "Volodymyr" being the most commonly used version in Ukraine.
At a later speaking event following the summit, Biden confused the two nations, referring to Ukraine as Russia.
"Russia could end this war tomorrow by withdrawing its forces from Ukraine and recognizing its international borders and ceasing its attacks - its inhumane attacks - on Russia - I mean by Russia on Ukraine," Biden said, correcting himself.
President Vladimir Putin takes part in a conference call at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, March 4, 2022.(Andrei Gorshkov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
The gaffes are just the latest in a string of near-constant fumbles by Biden, including last month when he told reporters Putin was "clearly losing the war in Iraq."
They've also led to frequent questioning of Biden's cognitive abilities as president. Should the 80-year-old win a second term as president, he will be 86 when he leaves the White House.
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Just another day in the Biden presidency. How many more blunders before those who want him off the ticket start to really push?
The other thing is what Zelensky really means to the Biden policy makers.
I'm wondering how Zelensky feels about the democrats in charge?
Wow.
Do you really have nothing better to do than concentrate on such trivia?
I know you want the traitor to get back in office , but seriously, you have to do better than this.
The traitor is in office. China paid millions to buy him.
Biden would have to live to be 500 to top this -
Yes John, I recall that. Obama said that Abraham Lincoln formed the GOP.
They all make gaffes, but clearly Joe Biden is in the late stages of cognitive decline. That is most likely why he refused to take the cognitive test that President Trump willingly took (and Aced!)
Maybe he was just tired from Visiting the 57 states?
Funny how the media handles it,
In the case of Obama's gaffe, PBS deleted the statement from the text of the speech.
You are hilarious. Although Lincoln did not form the Republican Party he was the first politician from that party that most people from the 21st century recognize. That gaffe is not even close to being on the same level as Trumps gaffe about airports in 1776.
Correct. While I might excuse the guy next store for such an easy mistake, I'd expect a Harvard Graduate with a fully functioning brain to know the difference.
And Joe is absolutely in the late stages of cognitive decline. That is why Joe won't be debating anyone who can complete a sentence.
I'm sure most people can see it. What is interesting is to see people try and defend it.
Lol ... I had to take one of those after brain surgery and aced it. BTW, it's a tougher test than the one Donaldo prattled on about.
You think China paid millions to rig the election so that Biden would win?
Nonstop ridiculous conspiracy theories.
WTF are you talking about?
Where did Vic state that China paid millions to rig the election?
Do you even follow the news at all? Have you even followed a single one of the Republican investigations into the Biden family foreign money laundering? All of the LLC's they have set up to hide the transactions? The House fight to get the banks to release the transactions that were all flagged as being suspicious?
https://oversight.house.gov/release/comer-reveals-biden-family-members-receiving-payments-from-chinese-energy-company%EF%BF%BC/#:~:text=Afterwards%2C%20the%20Biden%20family%20received,Comer%20(R%2DKy.)
You must be one of those that think Hunter's butt ugly art pieces are really worth $75,000 to $250,000 each; and that the gallery that is selling them won't release the purchasers names in order to protect them. After Brandon promised that Hunter wouldn't associate with those that bought his artwork and wouldn't know who purchased them.
Brandon is guilty of the very things Democrats tried to hang on Trump and his family.
Okay, so let's assume Vic is talking only about China bribing Biden for favors after he was elected.
What, specifically, has China received from Joe Biden for their money?
Miss the entire Chinese spying balloon traversing Alaska and the US fiasco?
That is what we know of and is easily available. In fact it is indisputable.
So China bribed Biden and in return Biden intentionally did not shoot down the balloon so that China could spy on the USA?
Is that your conspiracy theory Ronin? This is what China paid millions for? This is the best plan that China and Biden could cook up?
Get a grip.
He is incompetent and senile, there is no longer any excuse to defend this piece of crap John.
For a half second he said Russia instead of Ukraine. Big fucking deal.
And he confused Putin for Zelensky, calling him Vladmir. Keep making excuses for this fool John, it puts you on the same level as a die hard MAGA supporter.
Does it matter John? How about Kamala? You'd take her too, right?
I'd have to kill myself if I thought I was on the same level as a die hard MAGA supporter.
Biden has been over there for three or four days meeting with NATO leaders, as a group and individually. He has given speeches without any incident. And you want to pick out a couple words and pretend that is representative of the trip. It is absurd.
He is over there representing the US. ALL OF US. Not just the dimwits that voted for this incompetency. He needs to act accordingly and know who the fuck he is talking about and to.
Let me repeat myself
Opinions will vary.
Yikes, it is the same name as Volodymyr. Fuckin' homophones.
The fucking old fool biden probably thinks a homophone is a gay cell phone. So your deflection from another of his obvious fuck-ups has failed miserably.
Kind of like when Trump was over there representing all of us? That time he pushed another leader out of the way so he could get to the front of the group and preen for the cameras? Now that was embarrassing.
A deflection? Hell, even the article pointed that out.
You need to pay attention. This is only one instance of MANY that he has made stupid remarks that have embarrassed the country.
Like trucks pulling up to the curb and selling guns
How many times did he forget where is own son died?
How many times has he been looking for people who aren't there?
How many times has he fallen down?
And you've given some pathetic excuse EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
Don't kill yourself. Seek professional help first. Not sure TDS is curable; but at least try.
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I think he had a bicycle accident a couple years ago and tripped over something and fell on a stage a couple weeks ago.
Joe Biden did NOT forget that his son died in the US from brain cancer. He says his son died in Iraq because he believes that place was the cause of the cancer (burn pits). It is a somewhat dubious use of language , but he did not forget where his son died, he was trying to make a point that his son died as a result of serving his country.
And tripped on the steps a few times heading into AF1
Yeah, that is some earth-shattering stuff Just Jim.
It's not, just ask DeSantis.
Biden has gone down more times than a fat kid at a buffet.
How many times has President Joe Biden fallen so far? (wtrf.com)
Oh you know that's a fucking lie just like the rest of us. And on top of it you actually expect to be taken seriously.
And there is the required "but Trruuummmmppppp" bullshit. Just had to get the sick up points from the rest of the Bididiots
This isn't about Trump. It's about the incompetent clown you voted for.
The man is a fucking embarrassment and yet we hear over and over again from the left that "he's doing just fine".
I’m old enough to remember when a few gaffes made Dan Quayle a joke. Now we have biden/Harris, who make Quayle look like Socrates by comparison, and the media wants to pretend this is all okay.
Yeah Biden continues to make mistakes. These are pretty trivial but still this is not what we want from a PotUS.
What amazes me though is all those who will tear Biden apart on every mistake (even the trivial ones) yet would vote for Trump after he attempted to steal the 2020 election while ignoring his constant barrage of lies (like he would end the Ukraine war in 24 hours or that the PRA gives him the authority to hold classified documents).
The lack of objectivity in partisans is striking.
Go nuts that Biden started to say Vladimire instead of Volodymyr (correcting himself immediately) yet no concern about Trump still claiming he won the 2020 election and that he could end the Ukraine war in 24 hours.
And another trump deflection on an article that has nothing to do with him. Are there not enough trump articles? or is the fact that everyone and now including myself are ignoring you because you have become a one hit wonder?
You are the one deflecting.
My point is that you et. al. are going nuts over rather trivial mistakes while ignoring the outrageous behavior of Trump. It is partisan blindness.
Deal with my point instead of issuing a mindless claim of deflection.
This has nothing to do with Trump? Trump will likely be the gop's nominee when Biden is up for reelection a year from now. The entire point of all you guys bashing Biden is to help Trump!
It is a stupid game many of a certain ideology are playing. They want to criticize Biden on everything no matter how trivial yet deflect from the observation that they allow (and many defend) Trump to make outrageous claims after attempting (for the first time in US history) to steal a US presidential election (among many other things).
The hypocrisy is off the chart. The lack of objectivity is stark.
And sure, those who commit these blatant acts of partisan blindness do not want to be called out so they claim "but Trump" as a deflection.
For years, Trump was the embodiment of everything wrong with America on this site in particular. He's a Nazi, a traitor, crazy, liar etc.. A man unfit to be President.
Now those same people: Biden's no worse than Trump.
Trump is now the Democrat's standard of Presidential fitness. Goes a good way to explain why he's now beating Biden.
That is a complete misrepresentation of my point.
My point is that those who go nuts over the trivial errors of Biden yet defend Trump's outrageous Big Lie acts, etc. and his current lies (e.g. 2020 election rigged, he would end Ukraine war in 24 hours) show zero objectivity.
It is fair to criticize Biden ... especially on mistakes of substance ... but failing to criticize Trump (the likely GOP nominee) for outrageous acts and lies is over-the-top blind partisanship.
Presidents are our national executives. Those we must trust to hires the best people to manage the best people. Joe Biden is a flawed human being, as we all are. Yet he is also vastly experienced as a manager of government with over forty years at the top realms of our governance. He can be trusted to continue as our leader. To choose wisely who leads our defense and who protects our laws. Who we elect to pick who will protect our healthy and safety. We know in this we can trust Joe Biden.
We know we cannot trust Trump, again!
True, but don't you think it would have been better to reply to Ronin? He is one that needs to recognize what you wrote.
Not really...
It isn't like you really support Joe Biden.
You merely dislike Trump even more so!
True, I do not support Biden. He is too old to be PotUS and I am very concerned that if reelected he will not be able to finish his term and that would lead to a president Harris.
And I do not think 'dislike' accurately expresses my position on Trump. I am fully convinced by his actions that Trump should never hold public office, much less the presidency. It is irresponsible, irrational and unpatriotic for us to allow that to occur.
To wit, my position on Trump is not about whether or not I like him (I do not like him, I think he is an asshole) but rather his abysmal character and the demonstration that Trump will indeed abuse the powers of the presidency for his own personal gain and will put his own personal gain above the needs of the nation.
Stated differently, I could see myself voting for a flaming asshole for PotUS if I believed said asshole would be a good PotUS.
You and like use the 'deflection' tactic when your hypocrisy is exposed. If you are going to criticize Biden on trivialities then expect people to point out how you fail to criticize (and some even defend) Trump on his non-trivial, willful negative acts.
Pretty sure readers see through your tactic.
There is nothing wrong with criticizing Biden for his failures. But to do so with no balance just illustrates blind partisan hypocrisy.
Biden is same age as Michael Bloomberg and way younger than Rupert Murdoch, Clint Eastwood and Mel Brooks. People are living and working longer nowadays.
Biden always stuttered and misspoke and been a bit doddering yet was also always dependable as both US Senator and Vice President. He has lead us out of Covid and managed to avoid a recession that was assumed unavailable. He has lead the West and Europe against Putin. Joe got a budget and his infrastructure bill passed. Thing are way better than they were in 2020...
Underestimating Biden would be unwise.
Joe earned the respect and support of a dozen contenders in 2020 and he enjoys overwhelming support for renomination.
Ever noticed how toxic these MAGAs are?
They can't convert Biden voters with this!
you've mentioned him more than anyone else here...
Biden is too old JBB. Nothing you say will change that fact. The fact that other people older than him are still alive and functioning is irrelevant. We are talking about the PotUS and the potential of Harris ascending to same.
I know. Don't you think you should argue with people who are attacking Biden?
I disagree. Biden has more experience as a leader than anyone else running and he can still be trusted to continue leading his team of competent executives. He will be judged like Truman as an underdog who stepped into the breach when he was most needed to steady our ship of state during difficult times serving with grace, dignity, honor and ultimately with successful competence.
That he was badly "misunderestimated".
The last laugh will be at his detractors...
What I find the to be the saddest part of it, If we have a Trump article, one of the thousands telling everyone that Orange man is bad, and anybody comes along and makes a comment about anybody else, like a reference to Hillary destroying evidence, or Biden lying about X, we get a 3 to 5 paragraph on the "Big Lie' with multiple accusations of being a trump supporter and a enabler and multiple accusations of defending trump, and yet when we get an article about Bidens Gaffs and mistakes we instantly get a But trump comment and that isn't a deflection or in any way a defense of Biden? Seems a bit hypocritical but then when you choose sides it is going to appear that way. when any Biden flaw is mentioned,
I'm still trying to figure out if you are trying to convince others or yourself with some of these bullshit and totally laughable comments.
Listen, for once and for all.
Momentarily saying Russia when you meant Ukraine , for half a fucking second, is not huge gaffe. It is barely even a baby gaffe. Thats just the fact of it and easy to see and understand if you are not a MAGA looking for something about Biden to bitch about.
We come on this forum and have to constantly listen to this shit from you guys. It is an embarrassment to Newstalkers.
I acknowledged Biden’s flaws. And I do not support him for PotUS. So by definition that is not deflection.
I made the point that you and others are all excited about trivial mistakes of the likely D nominee yet there is no outrage on the willful, significant bad behavior of the likely GOP nominee.
Why is it that you, et.al. are all a flutter about little things with Biden yet are silent (or worse, defend) the worst acts of Trump?
It is behavior like yours that has enabled Trump a real chance at the GOP nomination.
Just who the hell do you think you are? And do you want to be the Pot or the Kettle?
Yet you would vote for Brandon- who lies literally about everything. Of course the media calls it "Bidonisms"; "Joe being Joe"; and "Joe living in his own reality".
It is bad to try and steal an election. Please tell Al Gore, Hillary Clinton, and a long list of Democrats that have disputed election results and claimed they were stolen. In fact tell the whole damn Democrat Party, DOJ, and FBI that did everything in power to remove Trump from office. Including illegally spying on him and his campaign.
Speaking of illegally holding classified documents- what about Brandon's from the time he was a Senator and VP? What is his fucking excuse? Still planning on voting for him?
It sure as hell is. Every time Brandon is called out for being a Human Fuck Up Machine- you are there with a full blown "But Trruuummmmppppp!!!!!!".
Practice what you preach for a change.
Your post is pure fantasy. You have no argument so you resort to lies.
My point is that if you are going to criticize the potential D nominee on trivialities then you cannot defend/ignore the outrageous acts and lies of the potential R nominee.
You deflect with your typical bullshit.
That's some serious TDS you're hauling around R-2.
Biden looks frail to a degree, or at least no longer spry. He walks rather stiffly, which sometimes give the appearance that he doesnt know where is going.
I think it is more of a physical issue than a mental one. He is interviewed, he gives speeches, he travels all over the place. If he were senile he couldnt do any of that.
The right is desperate to deflect off of Trump. And to perhaps a lesser extent DeSantis. It is the only chance they have of winning.
Absolutely.
Look at the glaring, irrational, unbalanced partisanship at play. Just amazing that those supporting the GOP exclusively (R partisans) —given their likely nominee is Trump— are silent about Trump's historically outrageous (and likely criminal) behavior yet get all bent out of shape because Biden started to say Vladimire instead of Volodymyr (and corrected himself in a split second).
It is pathetic and counterproductive. An illustration of blind partisanship at its worst.
This is exactly the kind of behavior that has enabled Trump to have enough power to yet again occupy the only GOP presidential nominee slot.
The GOP partisans do not want Biden (understandably) but by their own actions enable Trump who would almost certainly lose to Biden in the general.
The stupidity of this is staggering.
True, some troll 24/7/365