In a speech that has closely stuck to the facts, Joe Biden’s love for veering off-script and adlibbing saw him repeat a spurious claim about travels with the Chinese premier.
Speaking about his relationship with Xi Jinping, the president said: “I travelled 17,000 miles” with him.The Washington PostA fact-check by the paper notes that he has not travelled anywhere close to 17,000 miles “with” him. He has spent many hours with Xi during his time as vice president, but they “often did not even travel parallel routes to their gatherings, let alone physically together.”
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