È Bush alto?

Anche per qualcuno gaffe-incline quanto il Presidente degli Stati Uniti George il W Bush, era nella forma rara il venerdì, confondente Apec con l'OPEC e trasformante le truppe australiane in Austriaci. La linguetta del presidente Bush si è avviata slittare quasi non appena ha cominciato comunicare ad una tribuna di affari la vigilia di una sommità economica Asia-Pacifica di cooperazione (Apec) a Sydney.

“Sig. Primo Ministro, grazie per la vostra introduzione,„ lui ha detto al Primo Ministro John Howard. “Grazie per essere così ospite fine per la sommità dell'OPEC.„

As the audience of several hundred people erupted in laughter , Mr Bush corrected himself and joked, “He invited me to the Opec summit next year.”Australia has never been a member of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. Later in his speech, Mr Bush recounted how Mr Howard had gone to visit “Austrian troops” last year in Iraq. There are, in fact, no Austrian troops there. But Australia has about 1,500 military personnel in and around the country.

Upon finishing his speech, the US president took the wrong way off-stage and, looking perplexed, had to be re-directed by Mr Howard to a centre-stage exit. But not before a veteran White House correspondent seized the opportunity to ask Mr Bush whether there had been any new message in his speech. Apparently misunderstanding the question, he bristled and asked, “Haven’t you been listening to my past speeches?” before turning away.

Mr Bush is no stranger to the occasional faux pas, and often jokes about his habit of mangling the English language. One of his gaffes came in May when, at a welcoming ceremony for Queen Elizabeth II, he nearly placed her in the 18th century.

REUTERS

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