Trump Confuses Obama & Biden In Speech – For The Seventh Time In Two Months

On Saturday, former President Donald Trump once again confused President Joe Biden with former President Barack Obama, at least the seventh occurrence of such a mix-up in recent months.

These repeated gaffes by Trump, 77, have made him a target of criticism. It’s a line of attack more commonly used against Biden, 80.

In a speech in New Hampshire on Saturday, Trump shared an anecdote about an interview with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, where he mistakenly stated that Orban had been asked, “What would you advise President Obama? The whole world seems to be exploding.”

Trump’s confusion between Obama and Biden has occurred numerous times in the last two months.

At a rally in Ottumwa, Iowa, on October 1, he referenced Obama when he meant Biden. 

During a Fox News Radio interview on October 11, Trump made the same error twice. 

In a speech before faith leaders in Washington on September 15, he mistakenly mentioned Obama three times instead of Biden.

Trump’s recent misstatements have become a focal point for his political opponents, who have taken advantage of his rhetorical blunders. The campaign for Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Florida) has been particularly keen to highlight these incidents on social media platforms.

The Biden-Harris campaign re-shared one of the tweets from the DeSantis war room account that featured a video of Trump where he referred to Sioux, Iowa, as “Sioux Falls.” Republican state Sen. Bradley Zayn quickly came onstage to correct him.

The DeSantis campaign also shared a clip in which Trump appeared to confuse former Gov. Jeb Bush (R-Florida) for former President George W. Bush at a speech in Summerville, South Carolina, on September 25.

In October, there was another incident at a speech in New Hampshire when Trump called Orban “the leader of Turkey.

A week later in Sioux City, Trump was able to correctly title Orban but stated that Hungary shares a border with Russia when neither Hungary nor Turkey borders Russia.

Biden’s campaign for reelection has drawn attention to his history of physical and verbal missteps. In several instances, he has tripped on stairs and fallen at public functions, which have been caught on camera and exploded across the media.

Trump has capitalized on the opportunity these missteps have allowed to question Biden’s mental acuity.

Despite relatively low approval ratings of around 40% for both the former and current president, Biden and Trump are each currently expected to secure their party nominations. 

A recent survey by The New York Times showed that Biden trails Trump in five out of six battleground states. This has caused concern among Democrats, and some have implored Biden to withdraw from the race. Biden, who has been open about his struggles with a stutter, acknowledges his tendency to misspeak and urges voters to focus on his policy record.

A recent survey found that 39% of voters at Siena College and The New York Times said Trump was too old to be president, whereas 71% believed Biden was too old.

Trump’s recent testimony at his business fraud trial in New York went off the rails when he attacked the judge and district attorney.