US President Joe Biden made a big mistake, in a passionate call for supporting Ukraine against a Russian invasion, he mistakenly referred to Ukrainians as “Iranians.“
What Biden said: “Putin may circle Kyiv with tanks, but he’ll never gain the hearts and souls of the Iranian people.”
The slip-up immediately caused the word “Iranian” to trend on Twitter.
President Joe Biden delivers his first State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, Tuesday, March 1, 2022, in Washington as Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., look on him.
Biden says “Iranian people” instead of “Ukrainian people”#SOTU pic.twitter.com/J3KFh5NlHx
— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) March 2, 2022
“Biden: “Putin will never gain the hearts and minds of the Iranian people!’ That’s a relief,” conservative columnist Ann Coulter tweeted.
Biden: “Putin will never gain the hearts and minds of the Iranian people!”
That’s a relief.
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) March 2, 2022
“Iranian people, Uranium people, Ukrainian people! You know…the thing!” Claremont Institute communication director Nick Short posted on Twitter.
Oh no
He said “Iranian people” not “Ukrainian, right? #Biden #SOTU pic.twitter.com/AbRrXHH8wT
— Rick Newman (@rickjnewman) March 2, 2022
The misstep risked drawing attention from his overall message of a united front for Ukraine and against Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Before the mix-up, Joe Biden drew bipartisan applause for supporting Ukraine and announcing that the U.S. would ban Russia from its airspace.
The fact that Joe Biden, as a child, struggled with a stutter. The U.S. President endured bullying until he worked to overcome the speech condition by reciting the words of Yeats and Emerson in the mirror.
