Just when you thought President Joe Biden was a gaffe machine, New York City Mayor Eric Adams just said, “Hold my beer.”

During an interview with WPIX-TV’s Dan Mannarino, the mayor completely fumbled an answer when asked what word he would use to describe 2023.

Adams replied:

"New York. This is a place where every day you wake up, you could experience everything from a plane crashing into our Trade Center to a person who’s celebrating a new business that's open. This is a very, very complicated city, and that's why it's the greatest city on the globe.”

Mr. Mayor, describe 2023 in one word. "Ugh, New York. This is a place where everyday you wake up, you could experience everything from a plane crashing into our Trade Center to a person celebrating a new business that's open...And that's why it's the greatest city on the globe." pic.twitter.com/0jjv9DMzJ6

— Just one person (@Newyorkist) December 18, 2023

Adams’ comments referenced the 9/11 terrorist attacks in which al-Qaeda operatives flew planes into the World Trade Center, killing over 3,000 people.

Naturally, social media did its thing in response to Adams’ verbal slip.

Eric Adams, Come to New York, a plane piloted by terrorists could fall out of the sky at any minute!

"Go on, bite the big apple!" https://t.co/t0TsmVpcgt pic.twitter.com/aWeZRUrN0s

— Heather Champion (@winningatmylife) December 18, 2023

NYC Mayor Eric Adams just gave a shocking statement on how he’d describe 2023:

“New York.

This is a place where you wake up where you can experience everything from a plane crashing into our trade center to a person celebrating a new business.”pic.twitter.com/vroDVCyNoL

— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) December 18, 2023

In all seriousness, Adams probably doesn’t think that New York City is great because another 9/11 terrorist attack could happen. But what if we put the shoe on the other foot? What if former President Donald Trump or another Republican politician made a gaffe like that? The headlines would be hysterical and completely dishonest. The press would be claiming that Republicans want more 9/11s to happen to those horrible elitist progressives.

During the interview Adams also discussed the ongoing border crisis and how it is affecting the Big Apple. The mayor has been critical of the Biden administration for refusing to take action on the problem. Meanwhile, the city has been forced to make a series of budget cuts to handle the constant influx of asylum seekers and illegal immigrants showing up in the city.

The immigration problem, along with other issues, has driven Adams’ support to some of the lowest approval ratings for a New York mayor.

As Adams nears the end of his second year in office, voters give the mayor a negative 28 - 58 percent job approval rating with 14 percent not offering an opinion, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea-ack) University poll of registered voters in New York City released today.

This is the lowest job approval rating for a New York City mayor since Quinnipiac University began polling New York City registered voters in 1996. Before today, the previous low was a negative 31 - 60 percent job approval rating for Mayor Bloomberg in July 2003.