This Time 'Gaja' Becomes 'Ukraine'... Biden's Another Verbal Slip

U.S. President Joe Biden, who has recently been embroiled in controversies due to a series of verbal slips, made the mistake of confusing the Palestinian Gaza Strip with Ukraine twice. To make matters worse, President Biden also received the worst performance ratings in his job evaluation.

On the 1st (local time), while announcing plans to airlift relief supplies to the Palestinian Gaza Strip, President Biden confused Gaza with Ukraine. During his remarks ahead of a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Biden said, "We need to do more, and the United States will do more," adding, "Soon, we will join other countries, including Jordan, in air-dropping relief supplies to 'Ukraine'." He also emphasized, "Support for Gaza is woefully insufficient," stressing that "innocent lives and the lives of children are in jeopardy."

U.S. President Joe Biden delivered a speech on the 13th of last month (local time) at the White House in Washington DC, urging the passage of a security budget bill that includes support for Ukraine and Israel.
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Regarding this, the White House press corps explained that President Biden intended to say 'Gaza' but mistakenly said 'Ukraine' and later corrected himself during the process. On the 2nd, the British daily The Guardian reported, "President Biden confused Gaza and Ukraine twice while announcing that the U.S. would provide urgently needed aid to Palestine."

President Biden, 81 years old this year, has recently made several verbal slips, raising concerns about cognitive decline due to old age. On the 8th of last month, he confused former German Chancellor Angela Merkel with the late Helmut Kohl, who passed away in 2017. Additionally, during a campaign rally held on the 4th of last month in Las Vegas, Nevada, he recalled the 2021 G7 summit and confused French President Emmanuel Macron, who attended the meeting, with former President Fran?ois Mitterrand. Mitterrand served as President of France from 1981 to 1995 while Biden was a senator and passed away 28 years ago in 1996. Two days later, on the 6th of last month, he struggled to immediately recall Hamas, the Palestinian militant group at war with Israel, referring to them as the 'opposite side' before finally remembering.

Meanwhile, a survey conducted by the U.S. daily The New York Times (NYT) and Siena College from the 25th to 28th of last month, targeting 980 registered U.S. voters, found that 47% strongly distrust President Biden's job performance. The NYT stated that this is the highest level recorded in their own surveys. President Biden also trailed former President Donald Trump (44%) in favorability ratings, with 38% favorability.

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