Biden mixes up presidents of Mexico and Egypt in speech defending memory –video

Joe Biden on Thursday mistakenly referred to Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as the leader of Mexico. The comment came as he was making remarks on a special counsel report concerning his handling of classified documents, and that referred to his memory as 'poor', which he denied in an angry rebuttal. The US president also said Israel's offensive on Gaza has been 'over the top' - his sharpest criticism yet of Tel Aviv's conduct during the war.

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