The British public could have been left wondering if there had been yet another Prime Minister ousted on Tuesday after U.S. President Joe Biden brought it upon himself to congratulate “Rashee Sanuk” for ascending to the top elected position in the UK.
It comes as Britain’s actual new Prime Minister-in-waiting, Rishi Sunak, formally takes office today, replacing car-crash premier Liz Truss after a disastrous 49 days of her being in Number 10.
Hailing Sunaks’ appointment as being a groundbreaking milestone, Biden started off his bilateral relationship with the new head of state by getting his name wrong.
“We’ve got news that Rashee Sanuk is now the Prime Minister,” Biden remarked, to thunderous applause.US President Joe Biden congratulates “Rashee Sanook” on becoming the new Prime Minister. https://t.co/eCLUr0lVJq pic.twitter.com/dUCnHjBNRf
— Gareth Davies (@GD10) October 25, 2022
The President went on to suggest that it was particularly interesting that Sunak had become Prime Minister under the Conservative Party, saying that the multi-millionaire’s appointment to the position “matters”.
“As my brother would say: go figure!” he remarked. “And the Conservative Party!”
“Pretty astounding,” he went on to say.
Biden’s apparent amazement that the UK Conservative party could deliver a Prime Minister of a different race to his own probably underlines his lack of understanding of UK politics. Despite the name, the Conservative Party is in practice at its core very progressive, centrist, and globalist.
