US President Biden confuses Ukrainians with Hungarians and Russians

US President Joe Biden gave a speech earlier this week at a facility that manufactures anti-tank missiles in Alabama. In many instances, Biden made serious mistakes in his speech, confusing Ukrainians with Hungarians and Ukraine with Russia.

The President of the United States, Joe Biden, turns 80 this year. Many have been concerned about his mental well-being – not unreasonably. Oftentimes, he makes mistakes in his speeches that are more serious than what one should let themselves make as the President of the United States.

Did Russia receive Javelins? Or did Ukraine?

This time, Biden gave a speech about the Russian invasion of Ukraine and how the United States helped Ukraine defend itself. However, at one point during the 16-minute-long speech, as the New York Post reports, he said that the United States “made sure Russia had Javelins” (Javelins are anti-tank missiles – ed.) and how the “Hungarian” resistance was successful against Russia.

“Before Russia attacked, we made sure Russia had Javelins and other weapons to strengthen their defences so Ukraine was ready for whatever happened,”

the President said at one point during his speech in the Alabama facility where those Javelins are, in fact, made.

After this, Biden talked about a Hungarian fighter fighting against the Russian invasion.

“Just a few days ago, the Wall Street Journal quoted a young Hungarian fighter saying ‘Without the Javelins, it would have been very hard to stop the enemy pushing ahead.’”

As for the fighter he was talking about, the Wall Street Journal reported him as a private first class named Oleksandr in Ukraine’s 128th Separate Mountain Assault Transcarpathian Brigade. There was no mention of him being Hungarian.

He is prone to make mistakes

At the start of his speech, Biden made a remark about how he is aware that he has a tendency to stumble and misspeak during his speeches.

“Every once in a while I make a mistake, not like, well, once a speech,”

he said, after which he made not one but two major mistakes when talking about the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.

Source: New York Post