President Joe Biden had another episode of mistaking long-dead European politicians for contemporary ones on Wednesday, confusing German Chancellor Angela Merkel with former Chancellor Helmut Kohl—twice.
This follows from a flub at a campaign event this past weekend in which Biden referred to his time at a recent G7 summit with French President François Mitterrand —a man who has been dead for over twenty years.
“Mitterrand from Germany — I mean, from France — looked at me and said “You know, what — why, how long you back for?”” Biden said.
WATCH: Joe Biden says he recently met with “Mitterand from Germany.”
Mitterand was the FRENCH President between 1981 and 1995.
He also died in 1996. pic.twitter.com/W0YPBDp69n
— Raheem. (@RaheemKassam) February 5, 2024
Biden confuses European leaders, mixing up Helmut Kohl with Angela Merkel, and Francois Mitterrand with Emmanuel Macron https://t.co/6Q0412E9bq
— Bloomberg (@business) February 8, 2024
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Biden, 81, is currently fending off accusations of cognitive decline, a narrative which is now increasingly being suggested by members of the mainstream corporate press.
The situation was made even worse for the Biden administration when a top cybersecurity staffer in the Executive Office of the White House told investigative journalist James O’Keefe that White House officials are well aware Biden is “slowing down.” Despite Democratic operatives’ desire to get rid of Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, they feel like they can’t because no one in modern history has recalled a president, and the optics would therefore be terrible.
A recent poll from NBC News found that 75 percent of American voters are concerned about Biden’s mental and physical health.
Shane Devine is a writer covering politics, economics, and culture for Valuetainment. Follow Shane on X (Twitter).
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