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Watch: Biden confuses Zelensky with Putin

The bizarre gaffe occurred at a Ukraine-themed event in Washington, DC.

US President Joe Biden has mixed up Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky with Russian President Vladimir Putin during an event in Washington, DC.

The embarrassing gaffe occurred on Thursday when Biden was hosting the launch of the so-called Ukraine Compact, an initiative aimed at concluding bilateral security agreements with Kiev.

Flanked by NATO and EU leaders, the US president delivered a short speech and was about to hand over the podium to Zelensky.

“And now I want to hand it over to the president of Ukraine who has as much courage as he has determination,” Biden said while inviting Zelensky to speak. But instead of introducing him by name, Biden unexpectedly told the audience: “Ladies and gentlemen, President Putin!”

Apparently realizing his mistake, Biden returned to the podium and tried to correct himself, saying: “President Zelensky! I’m so focused on beating Putin, we [have] to worry about it… anyway… mister president.”

Zelensky interjected with “I’m better,” to which Biden replied, “You are a hell lot better.”

According to the BBC, later that evening Biden mixed up his own vice president, Kamala Harris, with his election rival and Republican frontrunner, former President Donald Trump. “I wouldn’t have picked Vice President Trump,” he told reporters.

Following last month’s disastrous televised debate with Trump, multiple Democratic Party politicians and major donors, as well as leading US news outlets, have urged Biden to suspend his reelection campaign so that the party could select a different candidate. Biden, however, dismissed growing concerns about his age and mental decline, insisting that he is the best person to defeat Trump in November.

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  1. The fact that the mainstream media are finally talking about what everyone else has known about this old fool for ages make me wonder if it’s not just a Psy-op so he can step down and not be prosecuted for this crimes. They already said he could not be prosecuted for classified doc’s because he was a forgetful old man, and that was back when they still wanted him running the country. As for Zelensky he is just a puppet for nato. basically a globalist stooge.

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