United States: Joe Biden confuses Emmanuel Macron with François Mitterrand in the middle of the primary campaign

Yanis Darras 12:18 p.m., February 6, 2024

Joe Biden and the names, that's two. Aged 81, the current American president, on his way to trying to run for a second term, continues to distinguish himself with a new slip of the tongue. Traveling to Las Vegas in Nevada this Sunday, just before the Democratic primaries in the state, the candidate wanted to tell an anecdote. 

In front of hotel workers, the 46th President of the United States recalled his arrival at the 2021 G7, which was then held in England. "Right after my election, I went to the G7. It was in the south of England. I sat down and said: 'America is back!'" he explains, before to continue his story. “And then, Mitterrand of Germany… I mean, of France, looked at me and said: how long are you back?”

A candidate criticized because of his age

In reality, Joe Biden did not meet François Mitterrand during this G7 meeting, but Emmanuel Macron. The American president, however, met François Mitterrand in 1988, when the Democrat was still president of European affairs in the United States and they were discussing a treaty on Soviet nuclear weapons, reports the

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A few weeks before the start of the presidential campaign, this new error does not improve Joe Biden's image. The candidate for re-election is particularly criticized by the Republicans because of his age and his repeated errors. When he was elected in 2020, Joe Biden became the oldest serving president in the United States, beating the previous record held by a famous... Donald Trump.