Biden mistakenly invites people to Moscow in State of the Union gaffe

President Joe Biden mistakenly invited people to fly to Moscow on board Air Force One during his State of the Union speech as he bashed the high costs of prescription drugs.

“I want to cap the cost of insulin at $35 a month for every American,” Mr Biden said on Thursday night.

“Every four years people have talked about it but finally we got it done – gave Medicare the power to negotiate lower prices on prescription drugs just like the VA is able to do for veterans,” he added.

“That's not just saving seniors money, [it’s] saving taxpayers money. We cut the federal deficit by $160bn because Medicare will no longer have to pay those exorbitant prices to Big Pharma.”

“This year Medicare's negotiating lower prices [on] some of the costliest drugs on the market that treat everything from heart disease [to] arthritis. It's now time to go further and give Medicare the power to negotiate lower prices for 500 different drugs over the next decade,” Mr Biden argued.

Mr Biden said the effort “will not only save lives, it will save taxpayers another $200bn”.

The president announced that starting next year, he hopes to cap “total prescription drug costs for seniors on Medicare at $2,000 a year… I want to cap prescription drug costs at $2,000 a year for everyone”.

At this moment, the president mistakenly referred to flying to Moscow – before recognising his minor gaffe and correcting himself.

US President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 7, 2024

“If you want to get into Air Force One and fly to Toronto, Berlin, Moscow, I mean… even Moscow,” Mr Biden said, adding that he would be able to get prescription drugs “for 40 per cent the cost you’re paying