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Biden mixes up Angela Merkel with Helmut Kohl, the second time this week he's confused a European leader with their 20th century equivalent (www.forbes.com)
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Biden, 81, recalled a 2021 conversation with world leaders regarding the Jan. 6 riots:

“And then Helmut Kohl turned to me and said, ‘What would you say, Mr. President, if you picked up the London Times and learned that 1,000 people had broken down the doors of the British parliament, killed some bobbies on the way in, to deny the prime minister to take office?"

Kohl served as Germany’s chancellor from 1982 to 1998 and died in 2017. Merkel was the country’s leader at the time of Biden’s conversation.

(He made this same mistake twice in the same meeting)

Earlier this week, Biden confused French President Emmanuel Macron with late President François Mitterrand—who led the country from 1981 to 1995 and died in 1996

Biden claimed he declared “America is back” in 2021, and “Mitterrand from Germany — I mean France — looked at me and said, ‘How long you back for?’”

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[-] Rom@hexbear.net 27 points 5 months ago

Uncritical support to the blood clot in his brain

[-] HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net 25 points 5 months ago

lemme tell ya that eva braun was a rare bird, but boy could she boogie!

[-] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 22 points 5 months ago

Reported for ableism. Don't you know he has a stutter? maybe-later-kiddo

[-] Snackuleata@hexbear.net 11 points 5 months ago

I'd like to think this is true and Biden's just having the lamest near death experiences.

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 10 points 5 months ago

If I did standup - I'd start with...

Biden, 81,...

[-] Detectorist@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 5 months ago

Maybe he's like that kid from The Sixth Sense and he sees dead people?

[-] JohnBrownNote@hexbear.net 7 points 5 months ago

Mitterrand from Germany

guy is from the timeline where the nazis won and he's trying to make here worse instead of rounding up the justice league to go fix there.

[-] Fishroot@hexbear.net 6 points 5 months ago

maybe he is still living in Europe's neo colonial golden era

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