Yeah, well, unfortunately it’s not warm enough for him to get the guy’s name right:
did POTUS just mistakenly refer to President Ghani as Karzai?
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) March 24, 2015
@IngrahamAngle Did US President just call Afghan President Ghani 'Karzai' in his Afghan drawdown speech?
— Steve Harvey (@SteveHin6) March 24, 2015
Yes. Yes he did:
Obama got @LeoShane's name right, but called Ghani "President Karzai".
— Lauren Jenkins (@laurenist) March 24, 2015
President Obama called President #Ghani "President Karzai" in his joint press conference with prez #Ghani #AFG
— Abdullah Yadgare (@Abdullahyadgare) March 24, 2015
@BarackObama still mistakes #PreGhani's name with #Pre Karzai
— Ahmad Farid Amiri (@AmiriOzair) March 24, 2015
https://twitter.com/RagnarsRepos/status/580443307467268096
Ah Jeez, Obama just called Ghani "President Karzai".
— John Sifton (@johnsifton) March 24, 2015
I think Obama just called Ghani "President Karzai." Yikes.
— Paul D. Shinkman (@PDShinkman) March 24, 2015
Obama mistakenly refers to Afgan President Ghani as former president Karzai
— Jeff Mason (@jeffmason1) March 24, 2015
Youch. Obama muddles the Afghan president standing next to him, calling Ghani Karzai.
— Jonathan Boone (@Jon_Boone) March 24, 2015
Video: In press conference, Obama mistakenly referred to Afghan President Ghani as "Karzai"http://t.co/35FFgfAuIghttps://t.co/XUtLiPQqFt
— Capital Journal (@WSJPolitics) March 24, 2015
Smartest. President. Evah.
oops. POTUS called Ghani "Karzai." Wonder where his head was?
— gwen ifill (@gwenifill) March 24, 2015
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Same place it usually is.
https://twitter.com/InMirzWords/status/580446052853145600
That seems… pretty bad. RT @jeffmason1 Obama mistakenly refers to Afgan President Ghani as former president Karzai
— Patrick Brennan (@ptbrennan11) March 24, 2015
yes. shameful RT @JohnJHarwood: did POTUS just mistakenly refer to President Ghani as Karzai?
— Prudence Paine (@PruPaine) March 24, 2015
https://twitter.com/Priestic1/status/580446962215989249
Oops! I blame the Teleprompter. “@jeffmason1: Obama mistakenly refers to Afgan President Ghani as former president Karzai”
— Melissia (@ProudoftheUSA) March 24, 2015
Did he also refer to him as "a corpsemen?" "@JohnJHarwood: did POTUS just mistakenly refer to President Ghani as Karzai?"
— Jack in the East (@talkradio200) March 24, 2015
https://twitter.com/meadabawdy/status/580444477711581184
Oh yeah. Totally.
Were he a Republican, he'd be "dumbest POTUS ever". RT @gwenifill: oops. POTUS called Ghani "Karzai." Wonder where his head was?
— Allan Bourdius (@UnrealAllan) March 24, 2015
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