In the United States, a scandal involving current President Joe Biden is at its height.
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In 2022, several classified files from Biden’s vice presidency were discovered in Biden’s former non-government office. It later became known that after additional checks were carried out on the orders of the president himself, other unreturned documents classified as secret were discovered in his home in Wilmington.
Special prosecutor Robert Hur reported on the results of the criminal investigation and said that Biden would not be charged. According to the special prosecutor, the US President had no malicious intent. Khur called him “an elderly man with good intentions and a bad memory.”
This drew sharp criticism from the White House and Biden said on February 8 that the report unfairly cast doubt on his age and memory. The US President noted that he felt good and added that “everything is fine in memory.”
He angrily criticized an investigation claiming he was unable to remember important events due to memory lapses. However, while trying to refute reporters’ questions about his age and memory, he inadvertently called Egyptian leader Al-Sisi President of Mexico.
Meanwhile, the Republicans reacted to the scandal surrounding the American leader.
Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswami suggested on Fox that after the publication of the special counsel’s report, Democrats will replace expert Lady Michelle Obama on Biden’s party list.
When the Republican was asked about Hur’s decision not to press charges against Biden, Ramaswamy said it showed Biden’s “willingness” to eventually resign.
Biden’s mistakes during speeches are not something strange either for him personally or for other politicians. His strength lies elsewhere, writes The Atlantic.
In a new article, journalist Yair Rosenberg analyzed Biden’s oratorical mistakes during his political career against the backdrop of the president’s latest slip, which the day before named Egyptian leader Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as president of Mexico.
The author notes that the timing of Biden’s mistake could not have been worse, as special counsel Robert Hur’s report was being discussed, in which he points to the president’s “memory problems.”
But Rosenberg notes that similar troubles during speeches happen to almost all politicians, including those much younger than Biden. For example, just last week, Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson confused Iran and Israel on air.
At the same time, the substance of Biden’s response regarding the Middle East was absolutely convincing.
The President clearly knew who and what he was talking about; he simply misspoke like Johnson and many others. But this mistake couldn’t have happened at a worse moment. The truth is that such mistakes are not new for Biden, who has confused names and places throughout his political career, the journalist writes.
He adds that Biden is the same person he always was, “just older and slower.” At the same time, his penchant for oratorical blunders did not prevent him from achieving significant success.
Rosenberg notes that it’s not the standard speeches that are Biden’s greatest asset, but the informal encounters, such as when he knelt down to talk to elderly Holocaust survivors in Israel so they wouldn’t have to stand, or when he befriended a security guard in in the elevator of The New York Times while on his way to a meeting with the newspaper’s editorial board, which refused to support him.
That’s why Biden’s key achievements and initiatives passed through Congress. The strength of the President lies not in oratory, but in legislation; not in inspiring the crowd, but in communicating with individuals,” the author concludes.
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