There seems to be no end in sight for the mind-boggling gaffes and age-related blunders of US President Joe Biden as the octogenarian head of state drops yet another clanger while bragging about a self-concocted analogy between the United States and the rest of the countries around the world.
The very latest installment in the recurring series of Biden attempting to deliver an unrehearsed speech hit a snag on Wednesday when he was speaking near the Clay Wade Bailey Bridge on the Ohio River to highlight his proclaimed success in passing infrastructure funding as well as the significance of bipartisanship with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
While boasting about the virtues of American infrastructure, the 80-year-old president veered off into a “phrase” he claimed to be paraphrasing from his “old neighborhood” by saying the “world is not a patch in our jeans.”
“Our best days are ahead of us. And I mean this from the bottom of my heart. I’ve been doing this a long time, folks. Our best days are ahead of us. Are not behind us. I’ve long said. I mean, this. I have never, ever, ever been more optimistic about America’s prospects. And am today. Never. Never. I’ve traveled over 140 countries around the world. I’ll paraphrase the phrase of my old neighborhood: The rest of the countries, the world is not a patch in our jeans, if we do what we wanna do, we need to do,” the US president said.
Biden’s off-the-cuff comment left many social media users struggling to understand what he was saying as a quick Google search turned up zero results for the esoteric expression.
“In today’s episode of ‘what the hell did @JoeBiden’ say?” RedState columnist Buzz Patterson joked in a tweet, posting a video of Biden’s remarks......More Below
US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is preparing to leave the Trump administration after what a new report has described as months of tension with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, potentially triggering another change at the army’s top echelons.
According to the Friday report by The Wall Street Journal, Driscoll is expected to step down before the end of the year and could leave his post earlier. The newspaper cited people familiar with discussions over his departure.
The Journal reported that Driscoll and his family vacated the official residence assigned to the army secretary at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall this summer, a move that could indicate he was preparing to leave the position.
The reported departure would come at a time of continuing uncertainty at the top echelons of the army.
Hegseth abruptly removed Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George in April, while Trump has not yet nominated a permanent successo....more below
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The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) warns the enemies that any act of aggression against the Islamic Republic will not go unanswered.
In a statement on Thursday, the IRGC issued a “stern warning” to the enemies after US forces launched strikes against the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas.
Following the US military attack on a point on the outskirts of Bandar Abbas Airport with aerial projectiles, the IRGC carried out new strikes targeting the US air base from which the attack originated in the wee hours of Thursday, it added.
“This response is a serious warning to the enemy that they should know the act of aggression will not go unanswered,” the IRGC emphasized.
The elite military force warned of a “more decisive” response if the enemy repeated any act of aggression.
It also said the responsibility for the consequences of any IRGC response lies with the aggressor.
The statement comes after the IRGC Navy on Thursday forced an American tanker to turn back. The tanker ...
