Biden mistakes dead leader for living one, again

This combination photo shows US President Joe Biden ((L) and France’s President Emmanuel Macron (R).//AFP

US President Joe Biden has confused a European leader with a dead predecessor for the second time in a week, telling a campaign event he met Helmut Kohl four years after the German chancellor passed away.

The 81-year-old’s gaffe late Wednesday came days after he said he had spoken to long-dead French president Francois Mitterrand, instead of current leader Emmanuel Macron, at the same G7 summit in June 2021 where he said he had met Kohl.

Biden, who is seeking reelection in November, often tells the same story about the summit held in the United Kingdom to illustrate what he says were global concerns about the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol by supporters of former president Donald Trump.

“Helmut Kohl of Germany looked at me and said, ‘What would you say Mr…