Biden mistakenly says Iranians instead of Ukrainians in State of the Union speech

Even with the teleprompter running, and the correct words scrolling before him, President Biden went off script making a blunder that had social media wondering what map he was looking at.

In a blistering attack on Russia and its bully president, Biden said Russian leader Vladimir Putin had isolated himself with his unprovoked attack on Ukraine.

Only, Biden got the country wrong.

“Putin may circle Kyiv with tanks,” Biden said Tuesday night in his State of the Union address. “But he will never gain the hearts and souls of the Iranian people. He will never extinguish their love of freedom. He will never weaken the resolve of the free world.”

Iranian. Love of freedom. That’s not how they wrote it up.

Social media smelled the Biden blooper blood in the water and swiftly attacked.

“Putin will never gain the hearts and minds of the Iranian people,” conservative commentator Ann Coulter repeated on Twitter. “That’s a relief.”

Newxmax anchor Greg Kelly joined in on the trending Twitter topic.

“The IRANIAN PEOPLE,” he wrote. “WE STAND WITH YOU!”

Others were a bit more critical.

“Grandpa it’s past your bedtime,” one Twitter user wrote.

Others got philosophical.

“He referenced “Iranian” people,” another Twitter user wrote.. “Maybe he meant Ukrainian. Or maybe not.”

Source: nydailynews.com