(Townhall) President Joe Biden faced a pivotal moment as he held his first press conference after his disastrous debate performance on Thursday.
Biden spoke to reporters on the final day of a NATO summit the president was hosting in Washington as he faces mounting pressure to drop out of the 2024 race.
The presser got off to a bad start when Biden didn’t take the stage until a whole hour after it was scheduled.
Democrats held their breath to see if Biden could successfully speak in front of cameras. Following the debate, the 81-year-old president claimed he was having a “bad night;” however, his opening remarks at the press conference showed otherwise.
Within minutes of taking the stage, Biden referred to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Just moments later, Biden rambled and minced words despite reading directly from a teleprompter.
Daily Wire founder Ben Shapiro called Biden a “total mess,” while others pointed out the 81-year-old president was up past his bedtime.
The “big boy” presser begins with Biden reading off a teleprompter.
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) July 11, 2024
🚨Biden takes the stage after being two hours late and immediately coughs and mumbles. pic.twitter.com/do7smjAbUU
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) July 11, 2024
Biden then claimed that overall prices had dropped. However, costs have been up over 20.1 percent since he took office, and inflation has been above three percent for the 39th month straight.
He also said that other countries want to trade their economies for the U.S. economy because it’s just so good, and Americans are thriving financially.
BIDEN: “We’re gonna make sure that rents are kept at 5% increase, corporate rents for apartments and the like, homes, are limited to 5%.”
What? pic.twitter.com/bLRqpXrC8G
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 11, 2024
Biden then called Vice President Kamala Harris “Vice President Trump.”
You can’t make this up, folks.
