President Joe Biden has held a rare solo press conference in Washington D.C. following a busy day of NATO Summit events and has suffered another stumble, just hours after calling the Ukraine president “President Putin”
The press conference was widely seen as an opportunity for the president to prove to voters that he can handle tough questions without a Teleprompter following his disastrous debate performance against former President Donald Trump in June.
“Vice President Trump”
US President Joe Biden, 81, spoke on Thursday, about 7.30pm local time, where he quickly mixed up Vice President Kamala Harris with political rival Donald Trump.
“Look, I wouldn’t have picked Vice President Trump to be Vice President, but I think she was not qualified to be president,” he told reporters.
Bad Nights
Biden was pressed on how he knew he wasn’t going to have bad nights, like the debate, especially when running the country.
“The best way to assure them (American voters) is the way I assure myself, and that is, am I getting the job done.”
“Am I getting the job done? Can you name somebody who has gotten more major pieces of legislation passed in three and a half years? I created 2,000 jobs just last week. If I slow down, I can’t get the job done. That is a sign that I shouldn’t be doing it. There is no indication of that yet. None!”
“President Putin”
AFP journalist Danny Kemp brought up an earlier gaffe made by Biden when he introduced the Ukraine President as “President Putin”.
The two laughed about this slip-up.
“Did you see any damage in our standing of my leading this conference?” Biden asked back.
“Have you seen a more successful conference?”
More to come…