Biden fumbles acronym during Pacific Islands forum speech: ‘Doesn’t matter what we call it’
September 26, 2023
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as posted by the channelPresident Biden botched a simple acronym while speaking to leaders from the Pacific Islands on Monday in his latest verbal blunder.
Biden, 80, got stumped as he was trying to dictate the abbreviation of his administration’s Pacific Islands Infrastructure Initiative at a White House forum.
“Today I’m pleased to announce we’re working with Congress to invest $40 billion in our Pacific Islands Infrastructure Initiative,” he told the roundtable of leaders. “We call it the P, PI — anyways, doesn’t matter what we call it but that’s what it is.”
“I was gonna get back to acronyms and I’m gonna withstand not doing that,” he added, earning laughs from some of those gathered at the 18-member forum.
Biden suffered a speech impediment as a child and has been open about his lifelong challenges of overcoming a stutter.
However, those with a critical eye on the oldest-ever US president have tied his recent gaffes to his increased age and questioned whether he is fit to lead the country for a second term.
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