“Happens to everyone”: Scholz and Macron stood up for Biden, who called Zelensky Putin

“Happens to everyone”: Scholz and Macron stood up for Biden, who called Zelensky Putin Vladislav Kravtsov

Scholz and Macron stood up for Biden, who misspoke by calling Zelensky Putin/Collage 24 Channel (photo by Getty Images)

US President Joe Biden twice misspoke in Washington, calling Vladimir Zelensky “President Putin,” which caused a stormy reaction online. His European colleagues stood up for the American leader.

We are talking about French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Politicians were sympathetic to Joe Biden's “blunder”.

What Scholz and Macron said about Biden's slip

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, commenting on the situation with Joe Biden and his representation of Zelensky as “Vladimir Putin,” noted that slips of the tongue happen to everyone.

If you keep an eye on everyone all the time, you will find plenty of them. However, this does not change one iota of what President Biden stated very clearly in his speech, said the head of the German government.

A similar statement in connection with this incident, which aroused great public attention, did Emmanuel Macron. He said that “it happens to everyone, including me.”

How Biden misspoke and called Zelensky Putin

• The network noticed that President Biden twice misspoke, mistakenly calling Vladimir Zelensky “President Putin” . The first incident occurred during his speech on the Ukraine Compact, and the second at a press conference after the NATO summit.
• The President of Ukraine jokingly responded to Biden's slip and noted that he better, which the US President could not disagree with. In addition, Biden added to the President of Ukraine that “you are damn better.”
• It is worth noting that Biden mixed up the name of not only Vladimir Zelensky, but also US Vice President Kamala Harris . The American leader mixed up his last name and called the politician “Trump”.