President Biden thanked his Vietnamese counterpart on Monday in a since-deleted tweet that mistakenly featured the leader of the country’s national assembly.
“President Vo Van Thuong, thank you for such a productive meeting. This partnership is about unleashing the potential of our people and, with it, an extraordinary range of possibilities,” read the 80-year-old president’s post on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.
The image in the post, however, is not of the president’s meeting with Thuong, but one of Biden greeting the Chairman of Vietnam’s National Assembly, Vuong Dinh Hue.
The two bespectacled and black-haired men split on the same side.
The tweet, which came from the official @POTUS Biden account, was later deleted and was not replaced until late Monday night.
“YIKES,” writer John Hasson tweeted after seeing the mistake.
Vietnam National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue shakes hands with US President Joe Biden during a meeting at the National Assembly in Hanoi, on September 11, 2023. AFP via Getty Images
“THE PEOPLE WERE PUBLISHED IN THE ROOM,” National Review contributor Pradheep Shanker quipped in a tweet.
Biden met with both polls in Hanoi on Monday during his visit to the socialist republic.
His meeting and lunch with Thuong took place at the presidential palace, where the two leaders discussed issues of cooperation, business, economic relations, and Vietnam’s aspirations to become a high-income country, according to a White House group report.
Biden deleted a tweet thanking the president of Vietnam with a picture of the wrong leader.
Biden later met with Hue at the National Assembly and the two discussed bilateral relations between the US and Vietnam, opportunities for future cooperation and issues of the legacy of the Vietnam War.
The social media blunder is not the first time White House staff have had to scramble to delete wrong or misguided tweets.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was mocked last month for posting a tweet suggesting she had run for president of the United States.
President Joe Biden makes a toast with Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong during a State luncheon at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi on September 11, 2023. POOL/AFP via Getty Images
“Investing in America means investing in ALL of America,” read Jean-Pierre’s since-deleted post on X. “When I ran for President, I promised that I would not leave any part of the country.”
The White House also deleted a tweet last November that gave the Biden administration credit for an increase in retiree Social Security checks after users fact-checked the claim and showed the increase was tied to cost-of-living adjustments based on inflated levels. from inflation.
The president’s Vietnam stop, aimed at strengthening ties with the leadership of a country widely seen as a strategically important Asia Pacific ally, comes after a two-day stopover in India for the G-20 summit.
Biden joked that he was ready to take a nap during a news conference in Vietnam on Sunday.
“I tell you what, I don’t know about you, but I’m going to sleep,” Biden said in response to a question about why he hasn’t spoken to Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
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Source: thtrangdai.edu.vn/en/
