China News Service, July 1. US President Biden made another slip of the tongue.
According to the record on the official website of the White House, on June 30, local time, when Biden delivered a speech at a press conference after the NATO summit, he mistakenly said "Sweden" as "Switzerland".
Image source: Screenshot of the White House official website.
"I had a phone call with the Finnish head of state, and he suggested we have a phone call with the Swiss head of state," Biden said of NATO expansion.
After discovering that he had mispronounced "Sweden" as "Switzerland", Biden hurriedly said, "Switzerland, my God, I'm so excited about NATO expansion, it's Sweden."
Biden has previously expressed support for the two Nordic countries to join NATO, arguing that the rapid accession of the two countries is a setback for Russian President Vladimir Putin, because it means the expansion of NATO and has a greater impact on security near Russia's borders.
Regarding Biden's slip of the tongue, some netizens expressed their understanding: I don't blame him, it is common for foreigners to confuse (Switzerland and Sweden) with the two.
When someone asks me where I'm from, I say Sweden, and the usual answer is: "Oh, I love Switzerland!"
Image source: Network screenshots.
Some netizens directly "laughed out loud": I don't think any comedian can surpass Joe (Biden), I'm here to laugh.
Image source: Network screenshots.
Some netizens are not surprised by this, saying, "When he speaks, you should expect him to make a fool of himself."
Image source: Network screenshots.
For Biden's slip of the tongue, the outside world seems to have "comed at it".
Just over a month ago, during a speech at the Samsung campus in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Biden confused the name of the current South Korean president, Yoon Seok-youl, with the former president, Moon Jae-in.
At the time, Biden said, "Thank you so much, you, President Moon...Yin, thank you for everything you do."
After the "Public Meeting" in June last year, Biden even mistakenly called Russian President Vladimir Putin the former US President Trump.
After mentioning the word "President", Biden temporarily changed "Trump" to "Putin": "I listened to the President's... er... Trump, ah... Putin's press conference. "
Moreover, he referred to Vice President Harris as "the president" more than once.
In addition to the names of people and countries, Biden has also made a slip of the tongue in numbers.
In September 2020, Biden, who was still a presidential candidate at the time, made a "slip of the tongue" in his speech in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, saying that the death toll of nearly 200,000 new crowns in the United States was "200 million."
Biden's slip of the tongue shocked the American media, and reported that if Biden's words are true, it means that nearly two-thirds of people in the United States have died from the new crown...
Data map: US President Biden.
It may be that in order to avoid repeated "slips of the tongue" and other situations, the staff of the White House prepared everything for Biden.
Just a few days ago, when Biden held a meeting with wind energy industry executives to discuss wind power generation and other related matters, he accidentally picked up the memo prepared by the staff for it, which happened to be captured by the camera, and the content was almost detailed. Every move Biden has to make.
"Walk into the Roosevelt Hall and say hello to the attendees"; "Find your seat and take a seat"; "Short speech (two minutes)"; "After the reporter left, you asked the AFL-Federation of Trade Unions (AFL- CIO Chairman Liz Schuler asks a question"; "Thanks to the attendees"; "Leave the scene".
The small note lays out the work to be done by Biden step by step.
But judging from Biden's unexpected performance, he can't blame the White House for being so "intimate": because if you don't do this, the president's behavior may be even more uncontrollable... (End)