Israeli PM wrongly refers to Boris Johnson as Boris Yeltsin

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Source: The Guardian

Sun 8 Sep 2019 19.19 EDT

The office of Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has released a video that clumsily tries to edit out a gaffe where he calls the British prime minister by the wrong name.

Netanyahu misspoke at Sunday’s weekly cabinet meeting, referring to his UK counterpart Boris Johnson as Boris Yeltsin, the former Russian president who died in 2007.

“I’ve returned from a very pleasant visit in London, where I’ve met with Prime Minister Boris Yeltsin and the US defence secretary,” Netanyahu said at the start of the meeting.

Cabinet ministers immediately interjected, and Netanyahu gave a wry smile before correcting himself, saying he was checking to see if his colleagues were paying attention.





Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/09/israeli-pm-wrongly-refers-to-boris-johnson-as-boris-yeltsin

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Here's the real video:

Link to tweet

And here's the doctored version:

Link to tweet

Poor Bibi! We should send him another $3 billion on top of the $3 billion we've already sent, whaddaya say?

[Grokenstein]

1. Dotards, Dotards Everywhere!! n/t

[NanceGreggs]

2. And did he immediately ...

... send out a dozen tweets about how Johnson's last name actually is Yeltsin - and how he can prove it with a Sharpie?

[htuttle]

3. He's got Russia on his mind, apparently

Probably just got off the phone with them.

[Lucky Luciano]

4. What a douchebag. We all know he meant Johnson - he's not as dumb as fuckface...

...but clearly just as petty.

[BamaRefugee]

5. Not a huge deal, Lawrence O'Donell did it the other night too

[James48]

6. Hard to tell them apart

After all, meeting with a US Defense Secretary, and Boris Yeltsin at the same time is expected these days.