Biden makes a series of verbal gaffes at NATO summit

The 81-year-old, U.S. President Joe Biden had a series of verbal slip-ups on Thursday alongside the NATO summit in Washington.

Biden mistakenly referred to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as “President Putin”.

“And now I want to hand it over to the president of Ukraine, who has as much courage as he has determination, ladies and gentlemen, President Putin,” Biden said at the NATO summit, drawing gasps from those in the room.

Verbal gaffes are not unusual in the long political career of Biden, who overcame a childhood stutter, but there is closer attention on him amid the fallout from his dismal debate performance against Republican candidate Donald Trump last month.

Trump, who is 78, and also has faced concerns about his age, frequently made false claims during the debate and often rambles during campaign speeches.

Biden tries to move past concerns that he is too old to run for re-election.

Below is a summary of Biden’s mistakes on Thursday.