The old adage that “dog bites man” is not news but “man bites dog” is a story, needs a Bidean update. “Biden forgets” is not news but “Biden remembers” sure is. On this Slow News Day Tuesday on a Thursday, Joe Biden forgot the name of Australia’s Prime Minister, calling him “that fella down under.”
Joe Biden held a virtual summit with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison to announce a new security partnership between the nations in the South Pacific. Things got off to a rocky start:
EARLIER: “Thank you, Boris. And I want to thank #ThatFellaDownUnder.”
— Bloomberg Quicktake (@Quicktake) September 16, 2021
Here’s the moment Biden appears to forget Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s name during a press conference to unveil a new security partnership https://t.co/MdLcZ33HDr pic.twitter.com/tzwE1pwTk5
Biden didn’t “appear” to forget Morrison’s name, he actually did forget it.
“Thank you, Boris, and I want to thank, er … that fella Down Under,” Biden said.
Biden turned toward Morrison and continued to not remember his name:
“Thank you very much, pal. Appreciate it, Mr. Prime Minister,” said Biden.
“Prime Minister,” “pal,” and “That Fella Down Under” were so close and yet so far. At least he didn’t call Morrison “Crocodile Dundee” or “Yahoo Serious” and he did remember that Australia is down under and not in the “middle of the country” like he thinks Nevada is.
In Joe’s defense, he doesn’t always remember his own name. Sometimes he’s “Joe Obama” and others, “Joe Biden’s husband.” Actually, I’m not sure that is much of a defense. Clearly his mind is gone.
And while it’s the Australians who should be offended by this, somehow it’s the French. Apparently this new security alliance completely screwed over France, who was building nuclear submarines for Australia. The Hill reports:
France on Thursday accused President Biden of making an “unpredictable decision” like former President Trump “used to do” after he scrapped a $40 billion submarine defense deal that the European nation had signed with Australia…
“This brutal, unilateral and unpredictable decision reminds me a lot of what Mr. Trump used to do,” said French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian.
But it’s actually a lot more like what Biden does and that is, f*ck everything up:
The U.S., Australia and the United Kingdom on Wednesday established a new trilateral security partnership in the Indo-Pacific. The three planned to launch an 18-month review exploring how Australia could best acquire nuclear-powered submarines.
So Australia had a deal with France to acquire nuclear submarines and Biden scrapped that deal to help Australia acquire nuclear submarines? That is in no way something Trump would have done but it has “Joe Biden” written all over it.
Another old adage, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” needs a Bidean update as well: “If it ain’t broke, f*ck it in the ass.”
It’s actually astounding how much damage this mindless old fool can cause. If you had “ruin our relationship with European allies” on your Biden Buffoonery Bingo card, you just scored.
