Pete Buttigieg defends 80-year-old Biden for confusing Iraq and Ukraine TWICE in 24 hours: dismisses concerns about the president’s age — saying the “all that really matters is the ability to do your job” doing’
- Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg defended President Joe Biden’s blunders
- He was asked Wednesday evening if Biden is confusing Iraq and Ukraine
- Buttigieg said Biden was “focused at the same time, on the big picture and very focused on details” when they’re in the room together
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg defended President Joe Biden for confusing Iraq and Ukraine twice in the space of 24 hours earlier this week.
Buttigieg appeared Wednesday night on the newly rebranded CNN Primetime with Kaitlan Collins when asked about the back-to-back blunders.
Collins asked the 41-year-old former mayor what he tells Americans who are concerned about the 80-year-old president’s “missteps.”
“Well, what I’d say is I wish you could be in the room with him, as I often am, and see how he’s simultaneously focused, on the big picture and very focused on details,” Buttigieg replied.
Buttigieg then argued that Biden’s administration was “exceedingly effective.”
“And, frankly, one of the arguments I made when I was running for president at an unusually young age is that all that really matters is whether you can do the job,” Buttigieg added.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg (right) defended President Joe Biden for confusing Iraq with Ukraine twice during a 24-hour period earlier this week during an interview Wednesday night with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins (left)
Buttigieg announced his 2020 presidential bid at the age of 37.
He dropped out of the race and endorsed Biden after the current president convincingly won the South Carolina primary and ahead of Super Tuesday, which allowed the former president to garner moderate Democratic support and eventually defeat the progressive nominee, Senator Bernie Sanders, in the democratic primaries. .
Biden announced his reelection bid for 2024 in late April.
This week he raised money for Chevy Chase, Maryland, Chicago and New York City, among others.
At one of the Chevy Chase fundraisers on Tuesday night, Biden dropped in on Iraq while referring to Ukraine.
‘Think about this: if someone had told you – and my staff wasn’t so sure either – that we could bring all of Europe together in the attack on Iraq and get NATO fully united, I think they would have done. I told you it’s not likely,” Biden said. “The only thing Putin counted on was the possibility of splitting NATO.”
The next morning, talking to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before leaving for Chicago, he made the gaffe again.
President Joe Biden confused Iraq and Ukraine for a second time Wednesday morning when he spoke to reporters on the South Lawn before traveling to Chicaco
President Joe Biden walked to Marine One with a cheat sheet that included talking points about the ‘Vagner-Russia’ conflict
The official White House transcript of one of Biden’s fundraisers Tuesday night in Chevy Chase, Maryland, shows he said Iraq instead of Ukraine
The president said Russian President Vladimir Putin had “absolutely” weakened the weekend’s Wagner uprising, but added “it’s hard to say” when asked to what extent.
“He is clearly losing the war in Iraq. He is losing the war at home and has become a bit of a pariah around the world,” Biden said, referring to Ukraine.
Biden was even holding a cheat sheet when he blundered the second time.
Photographers on the South Lawn captured a note card with the president walking out.
The card read “Daily News Summary” with the date.
It started with ‘Vagner-Russia’ with the topics of conversation below.
“This was an internal Russian affair,” the topics of conversation read. “Too early to know.”