 to an event at which President Biden was under intense scrutiny when he got the name of his own Vice President, Kamala Harris, wrong. Earlier, world leaders at the NATO summit had cringed when Mr Biden introduced a key European ally as his sworn enemy. However, these were Mr Biden's only obvious mistakes. Over the best part of an hour in his unscripted news conference, he confidently discussed the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, as well as economic policy and his own election prospects.