{"id":2291857,"date":"2024-07-10T11:29:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T15:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-awkward-joke-about-wife-of-nato-official-flops-causes-confusion\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T11:32:42","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T15:32:42","slug":"bidens-awkward-joke-about-wife-of-nato-official-flops-causes-confusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-awkward-joke-about-wife-of-nato-official-flops-causes-confusion\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden\u2019s Awkward Joke About Wife of NATO Official Flops, Causes Confusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbidens-awkward-joke-about-wife-of-nato-official-flops-causes-confusion%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2291857&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses an incident where\u2063 President Joe Biden made a joke that was perceived as\u200d inappropriate during a NATO event. The joke, involving\u2062 the\u200b NATO Secretary General&#8217;s wife, was poorly received and \u2062caused backlash on social media. The article highlights how Biden&#8217;s actions and remarks \u200dhave contributed to doubts \u200babout his ability \u200bto lead and maintain the presidency. The incident is seen \u200cas evidence of Biden&#8217;s\u2063 declining support within his own party. the article suggests that Biden&#8217;s \u200dbehavior is causing concern and may ultimately lead to his\u200d removal from the presidential ticket.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"> <?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/cillianzeal\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/cillianzeal\/%20\"><span>C. Douglas Golden<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   July 10, 2024 at 7:02am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Do you know when you don\u2019t want to be telling unnecessary jokes which don\u2019t make much sense, even when one reads the official transcript put out by your people? President Joe Biden, on the week in which Democrats seem to be slowly coming to the conclusion he needs to be replaced atop the presidential ticket.<\/p>\n<p>Do you know when said joke <em>really<\/em> doesn\u2019t need your words to be slurred in a way that those watching the event are left wondering whether you just made an untoward, vulgar remark about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-nato-secretary-general-in-north-macedonia-for-2-day-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/off-to-a-bad-start-putin-schools-biden-with-one-phone-call\/\" title=\"Off to a Bad START: Putin Schools Biden with One Phone Call\">secretary-general<\/a> of NATO<\/a>? President Joe Biden, on the week in which Democrats seem to be slowly coming to the conclusion he needs to be replaced atop the presidential ticket.<\/p>\n<p>Do you know this happened to on Tuesday night? Take a guess. Just take a wild guess.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, President Joe Biden \u2014 who told donors he is \u201cdone talking about the debate\u201d in which his performance was poor enough that his own party seems to be slowly agreeing he can\u2019t be the nominee despite a strongly worded letter released on Monday morning \u2014 couldn\u2019t do the vigorous campaigning he\u2019d hoped to do to shore up his eroding base because this is the week the North Atlantic Treaty Organization meets to commemorate its 75th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>The stories were supposed to be about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-takes-hilariously-vicious-shot-biden-day-debate-ask-doctor-bidenica\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden\u2019s<\/a> \u201cnew commitments to help Ukraine bolster its air defense against Russia\u201d announced during his address in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday evening, as per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2024\/07\/09\/biden-nato-speech-democrats-doubt-cand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNBC<\/a>. And, indeed, that did make stories \u2014 as it should, since our involvement in the Ukraine conflict is one of critical issues of this campaign.<\/p>\n<p>However, as CNBC also noted, Biden made the speech \u201cas his reelection campaign teeters.\u201d And, if one needed evidence as to <em>why<\/em> it was teetering, consider the clip that went viral on social media after the speech Tuesday night:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Awkward moment from Biden at NATO <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S586BTo3pu\">pic.twitter.com\/S586BTo3pu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealSaavedra\/status\/1810796906093891895?\">July 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">What in the world did Biden say about this guy\u2019s wife??<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iMI2RzAtHx\">pic.twitter.com\/iMI2RzAtHx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1810805117689479432?\">July 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/danielmcinerny.substack.com\/p\/take-my-wife-please\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Henny Youngman<\/a>, ladies and gentlemen. Take NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg\u2019s wife. Please! Thank you. I\u2019ll be here all weekend. Try the steak.<\/p>\n<p>However the joke was supposed to land, it also didn\u2019t help that the words were slurred so badly that <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IvanH0220\/status\/1810801281851871580\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">numerous<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PamelaHensley22\/status\/1810853935906783720\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">users<\/a> on social media also thought Biden had completely lost leave of his senses and was saying, \u201cI realize, as I was f***ing your wife, I personally asked you to extend your service. Forgive me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, obviously he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-parkinsons-expert-drops-bomb-biden-live-air-shuts-nbc-host-trying-downplay-decline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">isn\u2019t quite that far gone<\/a>, or else he would have tendered his resignation shortly after the speech. And, to be fair, the official White House transcript of the event makes slightly \u2014 and I do emphasize <em>slightly<\/em> \u2014 more sense of it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Secretary, you\u2019ve guided this alliance through one of the most consequential periods in its history. I realize I \u2014 as I was talking to your wife \u2014 I personally asked you to extend your service. [Laughs.] Forgive me. [Laughter.] And you put your own plans on hold,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2024\/07\/09\/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-75th-anniversary-of-the-north-atlantic-treaty-organization-alliance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transcript<\/a> reads.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"President Biden speaks at NATO Summit\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MeP7z1GCsDM?start=721&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Obviously, no \u201cdirty\u201d joke (maybe awkward and poorly-timed), if perhaps no obvious sense made to anyone who isn\u2019t the secretary general or his wife, either.<\/p>\n<p>However, do you know when it\u2019s time to play it absolutely straight and not ad lib jokes about people\u2019s wives that sound like inside baseball even when the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-stumbles-badly-white-house-transcript-people-cant-even-make-sense-beer-brewed-gaffe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White House transcript doctors<\/a> play with it? If and when you are the sitting president of the United States, people complain that you are both incoherent and slurry with your remarks, and both of those things are part of the reason why your own party is rapidly coming to the conclusion that you cannot serve another four years in office.<\/p>\n<p>Which is, even Joe Biden would admit, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bidens-defiant-letter-house-democrats-slammed-breathtakingly-cynical-dishonest-side\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">where he found himself Tuesday<\/a> evening at the NATO event.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, he couldn\u2019t stop himself from going forward with a \u201chey, let me insert a funny about the NATO secretary here\u201d and was still absolutely certain this wouldn\u2019t be another bad-viral Biden moment at the exact time at which he could least afford a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnns-jake-tapper-dumbfounded-reading-nonsensical-quote-biden-air\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bad-viral Biden moment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And what did we end up with? A bad-viral Biden moment. What a surprise. It was a little past half-after 5 p.m. \u2014 and, as we know from prior reports, this is a guy who\u2019s only really vital <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/shock-wh-aides-admit-biden-dependably-engaged-25-percent-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yes, it may have been minor, but this was another straw on the back of a camel which had long been buried under a pile of straws and needs to dig itself out in the next week or two before the Democrats leave it buried for good. It was yet more proof that, given enough of a chance to, Biden will put himself deeper into the mess he\u2019s made for himself.<\/p>\n<p>This is a president who has lost all self-preservation skills. It would be a kindness to take him off his own re-election bid, both for the Democrats and for Biden himself. Both parties, inasmuch as the latter can be considered to be in compos mentis, refuse to do it. They deserve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/msnbc-correspondent-breaks-bad-news-post-debate-polls-joe-biden-doesnt-lead-single-one\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">whatever whirlwind they reap<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn recently made that comment to Floyd Brown, founder of The Western Journal. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>And if the leftists and the elites get their way, that\u2019s exactly what will happen \u2014 no real election, no real choice for the Electoral College, and no real say for the American people. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal is fighting to keep that from happening, but we can\u2019t do it alone.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We work tirelessly to expose the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marine-fails-to-report-for-duty-drops-off-the-grid-with-a-dead-phone-and-completely-emptied-bank-account\/\" title=\"Marine Goes Missing: No Contact, Dead Phone, Empty Bank Account\">lying leftist media<\/a> and the corrupt America-hating elites.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech\u2019s stranglehold is now so tight that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without help<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  from you, we will not be able to continue the fight. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The 2024 election is literally the most important election for every living American. 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Douglas Golden on July 10, 2024 at 7:02am discusses President Joe Biden&#8217;s recent speech at a NATO event where he made an awkward joke about the NATO Secretary General&#8217;s wife. The joke was poorly timed and delivered, leading to confusion and criticism on social media. This incident adds to the growing concerns about Biden&#8217;s ability to serve another term as president, as his own party is starting to question his candidacy. The article emphasizes the need for Biden to stop making inappropriate jokes and focus on serious issues, especially as his reelection campaign is in jeopardy. The author suggests that Biden should step down from his reelection bid for the good of the country and his party. The article also includes a note from the Deputy Managing Editor urging readers to support The Western Journal in their fight against leftist media and corruption<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":663,"featured_media":2291858,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/JOE.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34517,3620,7624,4410],"class_list":["post-2291857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-awkward-joke","tag-biden","tag-nato","tag-wife"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/JOE.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/663"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2291857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2291858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2291857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2291857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2291857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}