He calls Harris Trump – Biden misrepresents Zelensky as Putin

“I now pass the baton to the president of Ukraine, who has equal parts courage and determination. Ladies and gentlemen, President Putin,” Biden said before walking away from the lectern.

Biden was quick to point out mistakes
After Biden’s misstep, a murmur went through the hallway. The 81-year-old quickly realized his mistake, backtracked and said: “He will defeat President Putin. President Zelensky. I am so focused on defeating President Putin.”

“I am better”
Ukrainian President Zelensky, who had been sitting next to Biden at the lectern, also tried to exaggerate the situation, jokingly responding: “I’m better.”

Biden confuses his vice president with Trump
As if that wasn’t embarrassing enough, Biden also confused his Vice President Kamala Harris with his rival Donald Trump.

Video of Biden’s second faux pas:

“What do you think of Kamala Harris as a presidential candidate?” a reporter asked of the president. Biden’s response: “I wouldn’t have picked Vice President Trump as vice president if I didn’t think she had what it takes to be president.” Silence in the audience, no question from the reporter.

Trump smug: “Good job, Joe”
Trump’s response was not long in coming: during the US president’s press conference, the 78-year-old posted a video clip of Biden’s faux pas. Trump added sarcastically at the end: “Great job, Joe!”

Biden defended his participation in the US elections
During the press conference, Biden also defended his participation in the presidential election. He is the “most qualified” person to defeat his Republican challenger Trump.

Doubts about Biden’s mental fitness
Biden is under constant scrutiny at the NATO meeting after he raised doubts about his mental and physical fitness during a televised duel against Republican challenger Donald Trump in late June.

“I’m not doing this for my legacy. I’m doing everything I can to get the job done,” Biden told reporters who asked about his candidacy.

Advisers have doubts about Biden’s victory
In recent days, Biden advisers have been trying to find ways to convince Biden to drop out of the race, the New York Times reported, citing unnamed sources. Biden remains adamant that he wants to stay in the race. According to the newspaper, his inner circle of advisers, which includes his family, are also said to be in favor.

“This is clearly not true.”
The White House denied that Biden’s team was not united behind the Democrat. “That is clearly not true,” the newspaper quoted White House spokesman Andrew Bates as saying. “President Biden’s team is fully behind him.”

But NBC also reported that several Biden allies consider his chances of winning the November election to be zero. “He has to get out,” the station quoted an unnamed Biden campaign representative as saying. “He will never recover from this.”