2023-06-17 00:30:32
“God save the Queen”: it was with this astonishing formula that US President Joe Biden concluded a speech on Friday devoted to the fight once morest gun violence.
The 80-year-old Democrat had just spoken at a rally in West Hartford, Connecticut (northeast).
At the end of an unsurprising speech, he addressed the audience to explain that he might not as usual linger to greet the participants, but that he was going to pose for photos.
” It’s OK? May God save the queen, my old “he then launched in conclusion. (“All right? God save the Queen, man”)
A White House spokeswoman said he was “speaking to someone in the crowd,” but gave no further context.
The formulation may seem all the more incongruous since it is now King Charles III who reigns in England, and no longer a queen.
The American president had also gone to the funeral of Elizabeth II.
The blunders that Joe Biden has been accustomed to for years are systematically noted by his most virulent Republican opponents, who want to see them as a sign of impaired mental faculties.
The American president responds to these attacks with strokes of humor. He also highlights the “wisdom” acquired during his long political life, as well as his political and diplomatic successes.
In his speech on Friday, he joked regarding his age. Referring to the unsuccessful struggle for years to toughen the law on firearms and the weariness of activists, the American president launched: “You are tired. I understand. But try to get back to it at 110. “.
In polls, a majority of voters believe Joe Biden, the 2024 presidential candidate, is too old to run once more.
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