“My country does not deserve to be labeled as such,” James Marape hit back at the U.S. president.
  • PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    That’s pretty mild, should mention something about dog and stick like Kim. Papua does not have nukes though so it’s understandable.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
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    3 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape clapped back at Joe Biden, after the U.S. president implied his uncle — an American World War II pilot — had been eaten by “cannibals” after crashing on the Pacific island.

    “President Biden’s remarks may have been a slip of the tongue; however, my country does not deserve to be labeled as such,” Marape said in a statement, several media outlets reported Monday.

    Biden made the controversial remark last week, when recounting the death of his uncle Ambrose Finnegan, an Army Air Corps member who flew reconnaissance missions during World War II.

    Defending his country, Marape also urged Biden to “clean up” the remains of World War II casualties “scattered all over” Papua New Guinea.

    “Perhaps, given President Biden’s comments and the strong reaction from PNG and other parts of the world, it is time for the USA to find as many remains of World War II in PNG as possible, including those of servicemen who lost their lives like Ambrose Finnegan,” he said.

    Biden has repeatedly slipped up with memory lapses and gaffes as he runs against Republican candidate Donald Trump for a second term in the White House.

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