Joe Biden mistakenly calls Ukrainian people 'Iranian', in address to US Congress

The misstep risked drawing attention from his message of a united front for Ukraine & against Russian President Vladimir Putin.

NewsBharati 02-Mar-2022 11:41:08 AM

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Washington DC, February 2: Joe Biden, President of the United States, appeared to have confused Ukrainian people with Iranian people during his State of Union speech. He said, “Putin may circle Kyiv with tanks, but he’ll never gain the hearts and souls of the Iranian people.”

The White House website specifically mentioned the transcript of the speech ‘As Prepared for Delivery’ where ‘Ukrainian’ was mentioned instead of ‘Iranian’. Daniel Chaitin, Deputy News Editor, Washington Examiner, also pointed out the fact that after the gaffe made by the President, the White House used ‘Prepared for delivery’ instead of ‘as delivered’ with the transcript of the speech.

After Biden talks of standing with the "Iranian people" during the #StateOfTheUnion, the White House sends this out (adding "prepared for delivery" instead of "as delivered)":

"CORRECTED TITLE: Remarks of President Joe Biden – State of the Union Address as Prepared for Delivery"
— Daniel Chaitin (@danielchaitin7) March 2, 2022

The video of the blunder made by the US President has gone viral on social media and is being widely shared. Thomas Massie, the Republican Congressman, wrote several phrases in a tweet thread that had confused the audience during Biden’s speech. He asked, “Does anyone speak Biden? Can you translate these?”

Kamala appears to mouth “Ukrainian” when Joe Biden said Iranian. She was trying to help him.#StateOfTheUnion

pic.twitter.com/OksiYwyuVk
— Vanessa Vallejo (@vanessavallej0) March 2, 2022

The US President has made multiple errors in the past that has put his health in question. In December 2018, he had even called himself a “gaffe machine”.

In August 2021, he confused facts about his late son during an interview and claimed Beau had served in the Navy in Afghanistan. In October 2021, there were rumours floating in Rome that US President Joe Biden had a “bathroom accident” during his meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican.

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In February 2021, he casually dropped N-word during Munich Security Conference. Last year social media had pounced on his gaffe when he mistakenly called his Vice President Kamala Harris as "President Harris".

The misstep risked drawing attention from his overall message of a united front for Ukraine & against Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Biden, as a child, did struggle with a stutter. He endured bullying until he worked to overcome the speech condition by reciting the words of Yeats and Emerson in the mirror.