President Biden has always been a gaffe machine, but his slip-ups have gotten more frequent, and his trip to Ireland last week was no different.
One of the most head-scratching moments of Biden’s Ireland trip was when he encouraged his audience to “lick the world.”
“Let’s go lick the world,” Biden told Irish leaders during a banquet at Dublin Castle on Thursday evening.
Joe Biden went to Ireland to share his message: Let’s go LICK the world! #FoxNews pic.twitter.com/HzzNZrdSDi
— Jesse Watters Primetime (@jesseprimetime) April 17, 2023
Biden still received applause and a standing ovation from the crowd of Irish leaders though, despite the licking remark.
On Thursday, Biden claimed (again) he has traveled 17,000 miles “with” Chinese President Xi Jinping.
“I met more with Xi Jinping than any world leader has over the last 10 years,” Biden said. “Over 91 hours of just one-on-one conversations, 68 in person. I’ve traveled 17,000 miles with him through Asia, primarily, through China.”
BIDEN: "I met more with Xi Jinping that any world leader has…Over 91 hours of just one-on-one conversations, 68 in person. I‘ve traveled 17,000 miles with him through Asia, primarily, and through China." pic.twitter.com/GmnLZFCnzP
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) April 13, 2023
Biden has been making this claim since at least 2020, and he said a version of it in 2016 as well.
In 2021, the White House tried to explain that Biden meant “the total travel back and forth” in China and the U.S. for meetings the two presidents held together.
However, even The Washington Post came up empty after racking its brains trying to figure out what Biden meant.
On Wednesday, Biden confused a rugby team with the violent 1920s-era British police force. The president mistook New Zealand’s All Blacks rugby team for the Black and Tans, a brutal police force deployed against the Irish during the Irish War of Independence.
“He was a hell of a rugby player, and he beat the hell out of the Black and Tans,” Biden said about former Irish rugby player Rob Kearney, Biden’s distant relative, during remarks in Dundalk, Ireland.
BIDEN JUST CALLED THE ALL BLACKS THE BLACK AND TANS!!!! pic.twitter.com/M2FREst26K
— Daragh Mulligan (@DazmanOnline) April 12, 2023
The president seems to be popular in Ireland. He jogged onstage to speak to a cheering crowd with the Dropkick Murphys playing in the background, and he was mobbed by supporters outside a pub.
Beyond Ireland, the last few months have given us no shortage of Biden gaffes.
Biden was even more incoherent than usual this week, mixing up China and Canada and promoting "tax credits for elected [sic] vehicles."
In Ottawa, the president declared: "Uh, I have, uh. We have, uh, um, ya know, uh."
Via @thaleigha_ & @AndrewStilesUSA https://t.co/OTqHtCKJuI pic.twitter.com/uN13L0N5pP
— Washington Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) March 31, 2023
A few weeks ago, Biden said he “applauds China” when he meant “Canada” during remarks to the Canadian Parliament.
That move surely caused facepalms among White House staffers.
Last month when he was supposed to address the nation about the Nashville school shooting that killed six, Biden said he “came down because he heard there was chocolate chip ice cream.”
Let’s not forget Biden’s habit of falling down the Air Force One stairs too.
Maybe the White House gaffe prevention squad went on vacation sometime last month.
Well, who could blame them?