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You are asking for more cringeworthy mental deterioration , more up do date , on a world stage no less, I take it ?Outside of memes, what exactly is the decline?
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Joe Biden confuses All Blacks with Black and Tans during Ireland trip
White House edits transcript after US president referred to military force rather than New Zealand rugby teamRory Carroll and Lisa O'Carroll
Thu 13 Apr 2023 09.24 EDT
In yet another cringeworthy gaffe, President Biden made reference to British forces that persecuted Irish people instead of a New Zealand rugby team while delivering a speech in Ireland.
Speaking about Irish former international rugby player Rob Kearney — who is the president’s fifth cousin — Biden called him “a hell of a rugby player and he beat the hell out of the Black and Tans.”
the president referenced the “Black and Tans” — the nickname for members of the notoriously brutal Royal Irish Constabulary, who were enlisted by the British to fight against Irish Republicans and committed atrocities against civilians during the Irish War of Independence over 100 years ago.
The White House has corrected a gaffe by Joe Biden that confused New Zealand’s All Blacks rugby team with the British military force known as the Black and Tans that terrorised Ireland.
An official transcript of the remarks released on Thursday crossed out “Black and Tans” and inserted “All Blacks” instead.