Joe Biden introduced him as "President Putin"! Breathtaking really. I mean, it's like introducing Winston Churchill as Adolf Hitler or Salavadore Allende as Augusto Pinochet. This was the gaffe of gaffes. I mean - Putin has effectively killed thousands of Ukrainians and in Mr Zelensky's eyes he must seem like the devil incarnate.
We all make slip-ups or mis-speak but in my opinion the time has come to stop making excuses for Mr Biden. Enough is enough. What will his mental state be like in 2028 when he is eighty six years old?
I have no doubt that he is a good man and that if he were ten years younger he would have made a truly great president, bringing dignity and wisdom back to The Oval Office after the crazy and disturbing years of Trump's first presidency. However, the immediate future of The United States is infinitely more important than the stubbornness of an old man whose faculties are clearly in serious decline.
It is time for him to go and the pressure behind the scenes is becoming inexorable. I wish that he would resign on his own terms - jumping before he is pushed. His wife and family should be assisting with that decision - even though up to now their apparent motto seems to have been, "whatever Joe wants".
As I come to the end of this blogpost, Joe Biden is soon to be quizzed in a solo press conference in which he will not be able to rely upon the crutch of an auto-cue. He will be exposed and there will be more scrutiny of his performance than the answers he gives with regard to NATO.
Especially if you are an American citizen, you might be wondering why a limey like me should even be commenting on this matter. The truth of it is that who leads America is critical to the rest of the western world. We do not want to see a narcissistic, ill-informed, lazy, draft-dodging bully boy back in The White House. One term was quite enough. A second term would be disastrous - not just for America.
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