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Claim: During a trip to Ireland in April 2023, U.S. President Joe Biden confused New Zealand’s “All Blacks” national rugby team for the “Black and Tans,” a British paramilitary force of the 1920s known for its brutality against the Irish people. Rating: U.S. President Joe Biden is known for his public gaffes, but one in […]
(CNN) President Joe Biden made a gaffe during his visit to Ireland on Wednesday as he confused a rugby team with a controversial 1920s-era British police force. Biden was speaking at the Windsor Bar in Dundalk, Ireland, when he appeared to mistake New Zealand’s
US President Joe Biden appeared to confuse the All Blacks with the Black and Tans during a speech in Ireland on Wednesday. The 80-year-old is currently on a trip around the Republic of Ireland, having visited Belfast and Northern Ireland first to deliver a speech to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement […]
For the first two days of Joe Biden’s trip to Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, the US President had largely stuck to the script, avoiding making any of the gaffes he is so famous for. And then it came. Speaking seemingly off the cuff in . . .
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US President Joe Biden appeared to confuse the name of the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team with the Black and Tans during a speech in Co Louth on Wednesday night. Mr Biden was speaking at the Windsor Bar in Dundalk when he suffered the slip of the tongue. The US president was thanking distant […]
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