Biden Stares Dumbfounded at His Teleprompter, Says ‘I’m Not Gonna Even Try’

In a moment replete with comedic potential, President 👤Joe Biden gave us only partial fulfillment.

At the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation CEO Summit in San Francisco on Thursday, Biden spent more than ten seconds staring at his teleprompter, talking to himself and wondering if he should attempt to pronounce something one of his speechwriters had written.

Alas, in the end, he gave up. “I’m not gonna even try,” Biden said in a barely audible voice.

At that point, the APEC audience laughed, no doubt in part to relieve themselves from embarrassment.

“It’s better not to try and not mispronounce than try and mispronounce,” Biden said, sounding like Yogi Berra in an AFLAC commercial.

In the tense moments before he finally abandoned the quest, Biden appeared poised to attempt the pronunciation.

“Leading j — leading tech companies … like Anthropic … and — I’m gonna mispronounce,” he said before giving up.

Thursday on X, formerly Twitter, RNC Research shared a 22-second clip of Biden’s valiant effort.

“Biden’s brain malfunctions in real time: ‘I’m gonna mispronounce. I’m not gonna even try,'” an accompanying post read.