(Daily Mail) President Joe Biden wandered around the podium like a ‘lost puppy’ during a crucial press conference regarding the on going conflict in Israel alongside Jordanian King Abdullah at the White House on Tuesday.
After delivering remarks, Biden, 81, told the king: ‘Your majesty, over to you.’ The Scranton-native proceeded to stand back to the king’s left, laser focused on the floor, apparently looking for a marker. Right-wing commentator Benny Johnson described the president as looking like a ‘lost puppy.’
A few seconds later, Biden walks to the other side of the king, still looking for a mark. He then goes back to his first choice, in front of Jordan’s flag. ‘I switched sides on you,’ he remarked while smiling at the king.
This latest embarrassing moment comes after a week of a gaffes which saw him forget the name of terror group Hamas, refer to 46-year-old French President Emmanuel Macron by name of deceased president François Mitterrand, who passed away age 79 in 1996, and finally referring to former German leader Angela Merkel as deceased chancellor Helmut Kohl.
Also last week, Biden pushed back against a report from special counsel Robert Hur in which the octogenarian president’s mental faculties were severely questioned to the point that it was speculated he could not pinpoint when his son, Beau, died.
Hours after the Abdullah gaffe, liberal icon Jon Stewart skewered Biden’s response to the report with even The New York Times editorial pages questioning the Democrat’s presidency.
Biden delivered remarks reiterating his desire for peace in Israel on Tuesday
After handing the podium over to King Abdullah from Jordan, Biden wandered behind the monarch in search of his marker
‘I switched sides on you,’ Biden told the king, prompting anxious laughter
