President Biden’s interview with Black Entertainment Television (BET), which aired on Wednesday night, has provided further evidence of the president’s cognitive decline as he appeared to struggle with naming his Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin. During the interview, Biden said, “It’s all about treating people with dignity. For example, look at the heat I’m getting because I named a, uh, the secretary of defense, [unintelligible] black man.”

Social media users quickly reacted to the clip, with some criticizing Biden’s mental fitness for office. “A POTUS who cannot remember the name of his SecDef — and instead calls him ‘the black man’ — is not mentally equipped to be in charge of 5,000 nuclear weapons,” one user wrote.

However, others defended Biden, arguing that the clip was being misconstrued. “I think people are misconstruing this clip. If you listen closely, Biden seems to say ‘the secretary of defense, a black man’ not ‘the black man’; and the context is he’s listing his black appointees,” another user tweeted.

Last month, Biden also forgot the name of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas at a White House event.

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