US President Joe Biden confidently stated on Thursday that he intends to run for another term and win, despite drawing attention to his fitness due to a series of verbal mistakes during a significant summit.
The 81-year-old president aimed to display his control as he presided over the NATO summit in Washington, following concerns among Democrats that he might lose to Donald Trump after a problematic debate performance two weeks ago.
During a crucial evening news conference that followed, Biden mistakenly called VP Kamala Harris "Vice President" Trump.
Biden calls Zelenskyy "Putin"
Struggling to persuade many Americans of his continued fitness for office, Biden has been receiving cautious expressions of support from NATO leaders, at least partially because of concerns about the possibility of another Donald Trump presidency.
Biden was concluding NATO's three-day 75th-anniversary summit in Washington with a strong declaration that "Ukraine will prevail" against Russian President Vladimir Putin, and he praised the bravery of Ukraine's iconic wartime leader, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Turning to Zelenskyy in his war efforts, Joe Biden said, "Ladies and gentlemen, President Putin."
Biden quickly corrected himself, and Zelenskyy, a former comedian, promptly made light of the gaffe, saying, "I am better than Putin."
But the momentary lapse quickly revived memories of his debate two weeks earlier against Trump—he had failed in his own task of reassuring the public that he still had his wits.
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