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Biden Can’t Recall Trip To Ireland Two Weeks Ago – Until Reminded By A Child

Biden Can't Recall Trip To Ireland Two Weeks Ago – Until Reminded By A Child

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a media conference at a NATO summit in Brussels, Monday, June 14, 2021. U.S. President Joe Biden is taking part in his first NATO summit, where the 30-nation alliance hopes to reaffirm its unity and discuss increasingly tense relations with China and Russia, as the organization pulls its troops out after 18 years in Afghanistan. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool via AP)
  • No wonder President Biden needs a cheat sheet while taking questions from adults. The 80-year-old commander-in-chief had difficulty remembering his recent state visit to Ireland Thursday while being grilled by kids during a Take Your Child to Work event at the White House.
  • “The last country I’ve traveled, I’m trying to think of the last one I was in,” Biden mused to the children of administration staffers and members of the media.
  • “I’ve been to, met with 89 heads of state so far. So, uh, trying to think where was the last place I was; it’s hard to keep track.”
  • It was left to child to remind Biden that his most recent trip had been to Ireland. “Yeah, you’re right, Ireland. That’s where it was,” Biden said. “How’d you know that?”
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