(Daily Mail) President Joe Biden has repeated a lie about traveling 17,000 miles with the Chinese premier in his latest flubbed speech, where he also referred to the ‘O’Biden’ administration.
The 81-year-old was giving speaking at a White House event Thursday to mark Greek Independence Day when he repeated the false remarks.
He repeated the long-debunked claim that he had covered the extensive ground during visits with the Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Biden re-stated the claim while recounting an anecdote about how President Xi had once asked him to define America.
‘I was once asked by Xi Jinping, and I traveled 17,000 miles with him — I was out at the Tibetan plateau. He looked at me and he said, “can you define America?” I could say the same thing if he asked me to define Greece.
President Joe Biden has repeated a lie about travelling 17,000 miles with the Chinese premier in his latest flubbed speech
The 81-year-old restated the claims during a White House speech to mark the Greek Day of Independence
Biden repeated the lie at least 21 times as evidence of the relationship he has managed to foster with the Chinese premier
‘I said, “yes, one word” and I mean this sincerely, it’s recorded, I said, “possibilities.”‘
The president is fond of the claim, which earned him a ‘bottomless Pinocchio’ rating from the Washington Post. The Post describes the distinction as ‘false or misleading statements repeated so often that they became a form of propaganda.’
The outlet quashed the statement in 2021 after it noted the president had reiterated it around 21 times.
Biden has repeatedly used the 17,000 miles figure to exemplify the work he has put into fostering a relationship with President Xi.
The White House has never explained the figure. If Biden’s travel with Xi – in the same plane or vehicle – is totaled up, it’s far less than 17,000. If his travel to meet with Xi is tallied, it’s more.
However, the statement was not the only gaffe during the speech, which including an embarrassing moment where the octogenarian referred to the ‘O’Biden administration’ instead of Obama.
The mix-up came as Biden stumbled over his words, prompting laughter from the crowd before he righted himself.
The Washington Post debunked the claim in 2021, proving that the 17,000 figure was either a massive over calculation or an under calculation with the White House refusing to confirm
