Both Joe Biden and Donald Trump have made gaffes in the last 24 hours as Americans consider their suitability to run for office in November's elections.
Two separate paragraphs of the two making mistakes in public speaking have been shared online. Among them, Trump appears to confuse the date of the Michigan Republican primary with the eve of Thanksgiving.
Separately, Biden, when talking to reporters about the proposed aid package for European countries, seems to confuse NATO with Ukraine.
In a passage published by the left-wing news Meidastouch, Trump can be seen telling supporters at a rally in Michigan to vote in the primary election on "November 27," the eve of Thanksgiving. The Michigan Republican primary will actually be held on February 27, and Trump did clarify that before he made a mistake.
Trump's office has been contacted through the contact on its request, requesting comment.
Biden seems to have conflated NATO with Ukraine in a conversation with reporters in an unknown location. Referring to the current House vote on the $60 billion international aid package, Biden said: "It's time for us to get Congress home and pass legislation to fund NATO." Ukraine is not a member of NATO.
Critics of the 81-year-old incumbent Biden say he is too old to run for a second term, a sentiment that has been amplified since the release of Robert Hur's report earlier this month, which investigated the handling of classified documents from his time as deputy to Barack Obama.
The documents were found in his home and personal office in 2022.
The report declined to bring charges against **, describing him as an "old man" with a "poor memory" who could not remember when his son died or when he served as a deputy. Biden and the White House vehemently refuted these claims.
Mr. Trump, 77, has faced similar criticism, albeit to a different extent than Mr. Biden. Nikki Haley, who ran against former ** for the Republican nominee in November, used concerns about his age to ramp up support for her campaign — though that seems to have had little effect given that he is likely to be nominated for the third time.
Speaking in South Carolina, the former U.N. ambassador's hometown, Haley criticized Biden and Trump's age.
I've always said that if you go back a few months, Joe Biden wouldn't be a **. You look at what has happened in the last few days and you will understand what I am talking about. In fact, we are talking to a special prosecutor about their memory decline, their memory is declining," she told reporters.
It's not just Joe Biden. You can look at the same thing, whether it's Donald Trump confusing me with Nancy Pelosi, his temper tantrums, what he's done. It's time for a new generation of leaders. The party that fired their 80-year-old candidate is the one that will win.
ABC News A poll conducted by Ipsos in January and released in February found that 59% of Americans believe both Biden and Trump are too old to serve **. Another 27 percent said only Biden was too old to be re-elected, compared with 30 percent for Trump.