[Breitbart] President Joe Biden on Sunday appeared to confuse French President Emmanuel Macron with his late predecessor Francois Mitterrand who died in 1996.The historical stumble came during a campaign speech in Las Vegas, where the octogenarian was recounting meeting leaders of G7 countries in 2021 in Cornwall, England. During the address to supporters, Biden mentioned speaking to the two-term (1981—95) French leader, confusing him for Macron.
"It was in the south of England. And I sat down and I said, ’America is back,’ and Mitterrand from Germany, I mean from France, looked at me and said — said, "you know what — why — how long you back for?"
"And I looked at him, and the — and the chancellor of Germany said, ’What would you say, Mr. President, if you picked up the paper tomorrow in the London Times and the London Times said, ’A thousand people break through the House of Commons, break down the doors, two Bobbies are killed to stop the election of a prime minister. What would you say?"
"I never thought about it from that perspective. What would we say if that happened in another democracy around the world?" he continued.
The White House later posted the remarks, which had the name Mitterrand excised and replaced with Macron.
Mitterrand, who was France’s president from 1981 to 1995, died in 1996 at the age of 79.