As RedState reported, Joe Biden gave a speech asking for more money for Israel and Ukraine, as well as aid for the people of Gaza, on Thursday night. He's heading off to a campaign reception and then he's bailing for the beach late Friday while Americans and Israelis are still being held hostage by Hamas, and while our forces are being attacked in the Middle East.

It's a bad look to say the least, although we got some good news that Hamas had reportedly released two hostages. It's not clear what was involved in that release, although the Hamas statement mentioned the intercession of the Qataris. 

Biden did have one "work" event scheduled on Friday — a meeting with President Charles Michel of the European Council and President Ursula von der Leyen of the European Commission for the U.S.-EU Summit.

However, it didn't start well when he couldn't get his essential notes in order. He can't even make simple perfunctory remarks without detailed notes. But when they got stuck together, he was fumbling. 

Biden loses his train of thought after his pre-written scripts get stuck together during his meeting with EU leaders pic.twitter.com/8lpK3KiKEa

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If the script gets stuck together, he's in trouble. He doesn't know what to do so he just starts filling in with blather. 

And when Biden goes off script, that's when he gets into trouble. 

He went off again when he told the story of his "Uncle Frank," and about how he gave him the Purple Heart. 

Biden again claims he once awarded his Uncle Frank a Purple Heart he earned at the Battle of the Bulge.

There is no evidence any of the story is true. pic.twitter.com/gdA6ldItBg

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But there's no evidence that this story is true or that Biden's Uncle Frank ever received the Purple Heart. Moreover, the White House has never provided any evidence to support this story, when asked. There's simply no evidence that it ever happened. "We couldn’t find any record that Frank Biden was awarded a Purple Heart, either while he was alive or posthumously," says Fact Check.

You can hear the people in the meeting react to the story. How will they react if they find out that what Biden said to them isn't supported by the evidence? And that's one of the big problems with him — we have a loose cannon sitting in the seat of power. How many times has he said things like this now? And what must these leaders think of him? 

Last time Biden told the story, he claimed it happened while he was vice president. Today, he claimed it happened when he was a senator.

There is no evidence to back up either claim.https://t.co/z6fQT9FkjR

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Then, of course, at the end of the meeting, Biden didn't take any questions from reporters — who likely would have had a lot to ask about the Israeli war and the hostages still being held by Hamas. 

Biden takes no questions as his handlers force the press out of the room.

Later today, Biden is heading to the beach. pic.twitter.com/gjONOfGSl9

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