2023-06-17 01:46:48
UNITED STATES
“God save the Queen”: Biden’s astonishing expression
The American president, accustomed to blunders, concluded a speech on Friday devoted to the fight against gun violence with this surprising formula in many respects.
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US President Joe Biden at the National Summit for Safer Communities in West Hartford, Connecticut on June 16, 2023.
The 80-year-old Democrat had just spoken at a rally in West Hartford, Connecticut (northeast), devoted to the regulation of firearms. At the end of an unsurprising speech, he addressed the audience to explain that he could 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, old man” he then launched as a conclusion (“All right? God save the Queen, man”). A White House spokeswoman said he was “speaking to someone in the crowd” with the remark, but did not provide 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 also went to the funeral of Elizabeth II on September 19, 2022.
“Too old”
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 about his age. Referring to the unsuccessful fight 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 again. The Democrat would be 86 at the end of a second term.
(AFP)
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