Biden’s unorthodox solo press conference appearance at the end of the NATO summit was billed as make or break. The octogenarian’s opening performance lived up to the stakes…

The US President finished his speaking section by introducing President Zelensky as… “President Putin“. A gasp filled the room…

The BBC helpfully clarified on its live blog “Vladimir Putin is the president of Russia.” Biden tried to recover:

“I’m so focused on beating Putin! We got to worry about it! Anyway…“

British hacks naturally took the opportunity to ask Starmer afterwards if he still insisted that Biden’s cognitive abilities were fine. The PM urged to “look at the substance of what has been achieved over the last days… a bigger NATO, a stronger NATO, a real sense of resolve… Zelensky described the sessions as a success.” Starmer said Biden “deserves credit for that, as does the team that works with him.“ A careful answer there with reference to Biden’s team…

At the extremely long subsequent news conference Biden referred to Kamala Harris as “Vice President Trump“. Now that would be quite the joint ticket…