Biden’s supporters may claim his age isn’t affecting the country, but his gaffes are clearly starting to get worse.
Biden’s latest speech to the Cook Islands leader included not only a promise of $40 billion for the Pacific Islands, but also a mispronunciation of the Pacific Islands acronym. He then went into rant about how he, and Mark Brown, the Cook Islands prime minister, were both from Baltimore.
“And that’s why the United States is formally establishing diplomatic relations with the Cook Islands. The real reason is we’re both from Baltimore, that’s a long story,” Biden said in his speech.
Nobody is surprised.
“Yeah, it’s a long story in that it’s not true,” Pat Gray says, unfazed. “He’s not from Baltimore, and neither is the prime minister of the Cook Islands.”
“It’s complicated,” Gray says, mocking the president. “Yeah, and the complication is that neither one of you have anything to do with Baltimore and yet you said you were both from there. That does complicate it, doesn’t it?”
Biden announced that America would give $40 billion to Pacific Islands. This is also untrue. Or, at the very least, it’s better to be false.
“So, today, I’m pleased to announce we’re…
