'Great Job, Joe': Trump Mocks Biden Gaffes In Middle Of US President's Press Conference

Former US President Donald Trump mocked incumbent Joe Biden on Thursday as the president, already under pressure over his mental fitness, made glaring verbal slips during a high-stakes press conference.

This followed a day of verbal errors by Biden, including mixing up the names of world leaders. Biden was asked if he had confidence in Vice President Kamala Harris to face Trump if she had to replace him as the presidential candidate. He replied, “I wouldn’t have picked Vice President Trump to be Vice President if I didn’t think she was not qualified to be president.”

In a Truth Social post, Republican former President Trump said, “Crooked Joe begins his ‘Big Boy’ Press Conference with, ‘I wouldn’t have picked Vice President Trump to be vice president… Great job, Joe.” In another post, he added, “Crooked Joe has a case of Trump Derangement Syndrome.”

On Thursday, Biden mistakenly referred to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as Russian President Vladimir Putin before correcting himself at the NATO summit. “And now I want to hand it over to the president of Ukraine, who has as much courage as he has determination, ladies and gentlemen, President Putin,” Biden said, referring to Zelenskyy.

While correcting himself about two seconds later, Biden added: “President Putin, you’re going to beat President Putin, President Zelenskyy. I am so focused on beating Putin.” The room at the summit gasped when Biden misidentified Zelenskyy as Putin. Zelenskyy responded to Biden’s comments by saying, “I am better (than Putin).” Biden replied: “You are a hell of a lot better,” as some in the room laughed before Zelenskyy began his own address.

Biden has been under intense scrutiny and has faced doubts, including from members and donors of his own Democratic Party, about his re-election chances after a weak and faltering performance in a debate late last month against Trump. Biden has thus far vowed to push on with his re-election bid and refused to step aside as his party’s presidential candidate while claiming he is best positioned to beat Trump in the November elections.

(With agency inputs)