In his speech at the White House on Tuesday, President Joe Biden struggled to recall the name of Hamas, the terrorist group at war with Israel, until a member of the press eventually cued him in.
In response to a query regarding the process of reaching a hostage settlement following his address, Biden stated,
“This indirectly has a lot to do with the hostage deal and what’s going on in the Middle East — the decision on what we do relative to Israel, the decision what we do or in terms of American funding of whether we’re going to engage with the situation in Ukraine.”
“There is some movement, and I don’t wanna, I don’t wanna, let me choose my words — there’s some movement. There’s been a response from the, uh, there’s been a response from the opposition, but um,” Biden said.
A journalist interjected, informing the president, “Hamas?”
“Yes, I’m sorry — from Hamas,” Biden said in response to the reporter speaking up. “But it seems to be a little over the top. We’re not sure where it is. There’s a continuing negotiation right now.”
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