Six Biden-Harris howlers on Ukraine

It’s 15 months since President Biden swept into the White House, where, judging by his current poll ratings, his tenure might not be a long one. Of course, many in his party never thought the 79 year-old would run again in 2024: the problem for Democrats is that his deputy Kamala Harris is even more unpopular. Still, while the pair’s record in office is mixed since taking over, America has clearly had a ‘better war’ in Ukraine than they did in Afghanistan, eight months ago. Nevertheless, the two have both made a number of gaffes which, had they been made by Biden’s predecessor, would almost certainly have had far greater publicity and condemnation. Below are six howlers from the dynamic duo at the top of American policymaking…

1. Chemical weapons

Biden made a trio of slip-ups on three successive days during his recent European tour. First, on 24 March, the president told a press conference that if Russia used chemical weapons it would ‘trigger a response in kind’ – suggesting that America would unleash retaliatory chemical weapons on Putin’s soldiers.