Biden confuses Iceland with Ireland at Nordic summit – One America News Network

July 14, 2023 Sophia Flores US 0

U.S. President Joe Biden attends a press conference in Helsinki, Finland, Thursday, July 13, 2023. Biden is in Finland to attend the US–Nordic Leaders' Summit. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) — U.S. President Joe Biden attends a press conference in Helsinki, Finland, Thursday, July 13, 2023. Biden is in Finland to attend the US–Nordic Leaders’ Summit. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

OAN’s Abby Grasser
2:30 PM – Friday, July 14, 2023

President Biden confused Iceland with Ireland in a speech at the Nordic Summit.

On Thursday, the summit hosted the leaders of Iceland, Finland, Sweden, Demark and Norway.

It was my honor to join President Niinistö and our Nordic friends in Helsinki on the heels of a productive U.S.-Nordic Leaders’ Summit and a historic NATO Summit in Vilnius where Finland took its rightful place at the table as our newest Ally. pic.twitter.com/PNhFZrC2dg

— President Biden (@POTUS) July 14, 2023

During the speech at the Nordic Summit in Helenski, Finland, Biden seemed to forget the name of Iceland’s Prime Minister. However, Biden blamed his remarks on a Freudian slip.

“Frederiksen of Denmark and the Ministry of Dóttir of Ireland,” Biden remarked. “Dottir of Ireland! You can tell that’s a Freudian slip. I’m thinking of home, Dóttir of Iceland, and I want to say, I think we’ve had a very productive summit.”

The president, whose ancestors left Ireland more than 165 years ago, joked he made the mistake because he was thinking of home.

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