Yet another gaffe for Joe Biden, since the beginning of his presidency .
This time in Ireland , where the 80-year-old American leader – on the sidelines last night of a visit to a pub in Dundalk, the place of origin of some of his ancestors north of Dublin – confused the All Blacks, the legendary rugby representative of the New Zealand, with the "Black and Tans" British military unit also known for terrorizing the Irish-Catholic population of Ulster during the bloody civil war of the Troubles .
Biden, between a toast and a laugh in the company of the patrons of the club, exalted the figure of Rob Kearney : his distant Irish cousin and former Green rugby international, protagonist of the team that for the first time gave the colors of Ireland a historic victory over the very strong New Zealanders. However, he made a slip of the tongue , praising him as a champion capable of «beating the hell out» at rugby the Black and Tans». Wrong reference which in the subsequent written text released to the press, the White House corrected (by inserting "All Blacks" instead of Black and Tans): but without being able to hide the slide today in various American, Irish and British media.
(Unioneonline/vf)
