US President Joe Biden committed a grave mistake on Thursday, which may be the "last straw" in his presidential career, with increasing demands from Democrats for him to step down from power due to his deteriorating mental state.
US President Joe Biden mistakenly referred to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as "President Putin", to the astonishment of the audience, before correcting himself during the NATO summit in Washington.
“And now I want to pass the floor to the president of Ukraine, who is just as courageous and determined, ladies and gentlemen, President Putin,” Biden said, referring to Zelensky before correcting himself.
Biden remedied the situation several seconds later, returned to the podium and said, "President Zelensky. I am very focused on defeating Putin."
Zelensky's face appeared grim when Biden described him as Russian President Putin, Ukraine's main enemy.
“He needs to withdraw,” a Biden campaign official said. “He will never recover from this.”