Joe Biden laughs off Zelenskyy blunder at NATO summit

'Have you seen a more successful conference,' the US President told journalists when questioned about the error.

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00:00I wanted to ask you about your, you mixed up President Zelensky and Putin earlier today.

00:10You now have sort of your key allies, including the British Prime Minister, the President

00:13of France and the German Chancellor having to step in and make excuses for you on that.

00:19Officials here are saying off the record that your decline has become noticeable.

00:23Hasn't this now frankly become damaging for America's standing in the world?

00:27Thank you.

00:28Have you changed our standing in my leading this conference?

00:30Have you seen a more successful conference?

00:32What do you think?

00:34And the move, the Putin piece, I was talking about Putin and I said, and now at the very

00:38end I said, here, I mean, Putin, I said, no, I'm sorry, Zelensky and then I added five

00:47other names.

00:48Guys, the idea, anybody suggests that, that we haven't had an incredibly successful conference.

01:00How many times did you hear in that conference, I know it sounds too self-serving, but other

01:07leaders, heads of state in thanking me saying the reason we're together is because of Biden,

01:13because Biden did the following.

01:16Look folks, this is a, well, anyway, I thought it was the most successful conference I've

01:23attended in a long time and find me a world leader who didn't think it was.