Biden’s Meeting With Netanyahu Called ‘Really Embarrassing’ As He Goes Off-Script and Forgets Quote
When President Joe Biden mumbles his way through prepared remarks, the performance often saps listeners’ confidence in him. Likewise, when the president tries extemporaneous speaking, the results invariably prove…
When President Joe Biden mumbles his way through prepared remarks, the performance often saps listeners’ confidence in him.
Likewise, when the president tries extemporaneous speaking, the results invariably prove calamitous.
At a meeting Wednesday in Israel with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Biden showcased both of these deficiencies in a display of ineptitude that one commentator called “really embarrassing.”
That embarrassing moment came when the president tried to recall an anecdote. He failed.
“You know, years ago I asked the secretary of state when he and I were working in the Senate to write something for me, and, he said — he wrote a line — that I think is appropriate,” Biden began.
Having raised listeners’ expectations, the president then delivered a dud.
“He said, it’s not — we need — not just — well, I won’t go into it,” Biden said.
Thus, from the time he mentioned it to the moment he attempted to relay it, Biden forget the anecdote.
Wednesday on X, formerly Twitter, journalist Michael Tracey shared a 39-second clip of the