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Many in the world have been mourning since the death of Queen Elizabeth II and condolences have comes from around the world.
Among those who have sent their condolences to the Royal Family and the United Kingdom include former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden.
But cameras caught something awkward when President Biden was signing the late Queen’s condolence book.
As he visited the British embassy in Washington DC on Wednesday the president appeared to have a pre-typed notecard with a message of condolence on it for the Queen that he appeared to copy in print rather than actually writing his own thoughts.
Biden, the great pretender caught by cameras using cheat card to sign condolence book for Queen Elizabeth.
Lib social media gushed over
Biden’s visit to British Embassy in DC.
“Such class’,one user posted. Can you imagine orange man doing this?’No, he’d sign w/o a cheat card. pic.twitter.com/lBts9UoUlN
— Tosca Austen (@ToscaAusten) September 9, 2022
After the death of the Queen was announced, Joe Biden visited the British Embassy in Washington DC to sign a condolence book. However, cameras captured him copying a message that had been prewritten on a cue card for him, presumably by his handlers.https://t.co/v3PxdBY88a
— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) September 9, 2022
President Biden writing in a condolence book for Queen Elizabeth just copying what’s been written down for him from a note card. So heart felt, isn’t it?
— NeverFakeNewsBill 🇺🇸 (@BillofRight7) September 8, 2022
It is fair to say that the president could have typed the note himself, or dictated it, and then copied it in handwritten form when he arrived at the embassy.
And that may be what the White House says to reporters if asked about it. But the optics were not fantastic.
The White House did share a photo of what the president penned in the condolence book and, judging by the penmanship, he should have simply taped the typed version to the book.
White House releases a photo of Joe Biden's message in the condolence book for Queen Elizabeth at the British Embassy pic.twitter.com/kNUaqEHePk
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) September 8, 2022
But in March President Joe Biden was taken to task after a speech in which he appeared to use note cards to stick to his script and answer tough questions.
The card, which was photographed, was titled “Tough Putin Q & A Talking Points,” and explained how the man many have called a “puppet” was to answer them.
Part of the noted read:
“’If you weren’t advocating for regime change, what did you mean? Can you clarify?” it said as a possible question he would be asked.
“I was expressing the moral outrage I felt towards the actions of this man,” one of the answers read.
“I was not articulating a change in policy,” another said.
And he was asked a question like that by Fox News reporter Peter Doocy, though he went off script again.
“Are you worried that other leaders in the world are going to start to doubt that America is back if some of these big things that you say on the world stage keep getting walked back?” the reporter said.
“What’s getting walked back?” the president responded.
“It — made it sound like, just in the last couple of days — it sounded like you told U.S. troops they were going to Ukraine. It sounded like you said it was possible the U.S. would use a chemical weapon. And it sounded like you were calling for regime change in Russia,” Doocy said.
“None of the three occurred,” Biden said.
“None of the three occurred?” Doocy said quizzically.
“None of the three,” Biden said again though there is video and documentation showing that all three of those things happened.
After talking about other topics Doocy got back to what the president said about Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“Mr. President, I still want to get back to your original words that he cannot remain in power. Can you help us understand: You have more foreign policy experience than any President who has ever held this office. Whether those are your personal feelings or your feelings as President, do you understand why people would believe you, as someone commanding one of the largest nuclear arsenals in the world, saying someone cannot remain in power is a statement of U.S. policy? And also, are you concerned about propaganda use of those remarks by the Russians?” the reporter said.
“No and no,” the president said.
“Tell me why. You have so much experience. You are the leader of this country.
“Because it’s ridiculous. Nobody believes we’re going to take town — I was going to — I was talking about taking down Putin. Nobody who believes that,” he said.
Another part of the notes references how to answer recent comments by French President Emmanuel Macron who appeared to chastise the president for his comments.
Biden had to have “I was not articulating a change in policy” written verbatim on a notecard so he wouldn’t screw it up… and he still screwed it up pic.twitter.com/OvEwlHQVry
— Jake Schneider (@jacobkschneider) March 28, 2022
“Is this now threatening to splinter unity with your NATO allies?” the card said of the possible question.
“No. NATO has never been more united,” the answer said.
In an interview with F Channel 3 in France, the French president advised his counterpart to refrain from using that language, Reuters reported.
“I wouldn’t use this type of wording because I continue to hold discussions with President Putin,” he said. “We want to stop the war that Russia has launched in Ukraine without escalation — that’s the objective. If this is what we want to do, we should not escalate things — neither with words nor actions.”
