JOE Biden misintroduced Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky as “President Putin” at NATO conference.
The President of the United States spoke today during the Ukraine Compact initiative at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington.
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He said: “Now I want to give the floor to the President of Ukraine, who has both courage and determination, ladies and gentlemen, President Putin.”
Biden quickly corrected himself when greeting Zelenskyy on stage.
“I will defeat President Putin, President Zelenskiy. I’m very focused on defeating Putin,” Biden said.
It comes after new British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer responded to claims that Biden is “senile” as he seeks to run for a second term against old foe Donald Trump.
The Labor leader defended his American counterpart after holding an hour-long bilateral meeting at the White House in the middle of the summit.
Biden faces growing calls to step down as the Democratic nominee ahead of the US elections in November.
When asked by the BBC whether Biden was senile, after a growing number of people suggested he was, the prime minister dismissed the question.
He said: “No, yesterday we had a very good bilateral meeting, we were charged for 45 minutes, we lasted almost an hour, we resolved a large number of issues at a fast pace.
“He was really in good shape.”
When asked whether Biden was mentally agile, Sir Keir said: “Absolutely, he was aware of all the details.
“We were moving at a fast pace on a number of issues, which was very important for me, because obviously it was my first opportunity to have a bilateral like this.
“And he showed incredible leadership.”
Sir Keir added: “If there is one thing that came out of the council session yesterday, it was a clear understanding from everyone here that we face more threats now than we did many years ago.
“And that we need the determination of NATO as an Alliance that has been in this defensive alliance for a long time, and President Biden has led on some of the most challenging issues that we face globally.”
The prime minister also said the president was in “good shape” after being asked whether he had seen George Clooney’s comments that he should resign.
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