Biden says Russia is clearly ‘losing the war in IRAQ’

President Joe Biden departed the White House Wednesday with a cheat sheet on the Wagner uprising, but still bungled a response when asked about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s standing. 

Biden was asked on the South Lawn how damaged Putin was in the aftermath of this weekend’s aborted uprising by the Russian mercenary group. 

The president said that Putin had ‘absolutely’ been weakened, but added, ‘it’s hard to tell really,’ when asked to what extent. 

‘He’s clearly losing the war in Iraq. He’s losing the war at home and has become a bit of a pariah around the world,’ Biden said, clearly meaning to say Ukraine. 

The president, 80, was heading to Chicago to deliver an address on what his White House is calling ‘Bidenomics,’ when he made the gaffe. 

President Joe Biden walked to Marine One carrying a cheat sheet that included talking points about the ‘Vagner-Russia’ conflict 

Photographers on the South Lawn captured a notecard the president walked out with. 

The card read ‘Daily News Summary’ with the date. 

It started with ‘Vagner-Russia’ with talking points listed below. 

‘This was an internal Russian matter,’ the talking points read. ‘Too soon to know.’ 

During a closed-door fundraiser Tuesday night in the tony D.C. suburb of Chevy Chase, Maryland, Biden also said ‘Iraq’ when he was speaking about the war in Ukraine, a reporter for Bloomberg pointed out Wednesday. 

Some reporters are allowed into the room during Biden’s fundraising efforts, but cameras – both video and still – are barred.

As the president walked toward Marine One he also bristled when asked about the branding effort around ‘Bidenomics.’ 

Biden asserted it was the media – specifically The Wall Street Journal – who dubbed his economic agenda ‘Bidenomics.’ 

However the White House has used the term in recent days – just as Democrats colloquially use ‘Obamacare’ to refer to the Affordable Care Act healthcare law. 

 ‘Well, look, you guys branded it. I didn’t. I never called it “Bidenomics,” and so I was asked a question,’ the president said. 

A reporter pointed out that the White House’s economics team had been using the term in recent days. 

‘Now wait, let’s get it straight. The first time it was used was in the Wall Street Journal. OK? And I don’t go around beating my chest “Bidenomics” so the press started calling it Bidenomics,’ he said. 

Despite his tone when answering the question, Biden said he liked the term.

‘No, I like it, it’s fine,’ he said, noting that it referred to ‘my policies.’