Joe Biden called the Ukrainian leader “Putin” when introducing him at an event in Washington. He later corrected himself, saying that “Zelensky is going to beat President Putin.”
He Russian government spokesman Dmitry Peskovexpressed himself this Friday about the unfortunate confusion of the US President Joe Biden by calling the Ukrainian leader “Putin” Volodymyr Zelensky within the framework of the cNATO summit that was celebrated in Washington for the 75th anniversary of the alliance.
The remarks took place during the government’s regular press conference. Although in principle Kremlin official declined to comment on Biden’s lapseswho has been criticized and mocked for claiming that it is an “internal matter for the United States,” finally condemned the insults against Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Peskov considered that Biden’s usual statements regarding his Russian counterpart, referring to the president with epithets such as “murderer”, “dictator” or other similar ones, are “absolutely unacceptable”“This is a behaviour that a head of state cannot allow,” the spokesman said.
According to the Russian official, this It is something that “does not favor the American president”especially given the context of the electoral campaign due to the elections that will be held in the country on November 5. “These are the things we focus on and what we consider totally unacceptable,” he said.
Regarding Biden’s mistake, he reiterated that it is “an internal matter for the United States and a concern for American voters,” and noted that the entire world is paying attention to the president.
Joe Biden introduced Zelensky as “President Putin”
A new mistake by the president of USA, Joe Bidenset off alarm bells again this Thursday. Amid calls for him to withdraw his re-election, he presented the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, as “President Putin” at a summit of the NATO in Washington.
The 81-year-old Democratic presidential candidate was headlining a NATO event. Everything was going well, without any problems, until he introduced Zelensky“And now I would like to give the floor to the President of Ukraine, who has both courage and determination. Ladies and gentlemen, President (of Russia) Putin“he said to an audience of timid applause. Zelensky remained quiet.
Quickly, Biden corrected himself. He said the name of his Ukrainian counterpart well and tried to explain the failure“I will defeat President Putin, President Zelensky. I am very focused on defeating Putin“, he clarified the name of the leader of the country with which Ukraine has been engaged in a war for more than two years.
Source: Ambito
