Papua New Guinea leader takes offense after Biden implies his uncle was eaten by cannibals during WWII
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Biden spoke at a Pennsylvania war memorial last week about his Army Air Corps aviator uncle Ambrose Finnegan, who was shot down over Papua New Guinea.
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‘Lost for words’: Joe Biden’s tale about cannibals bemuses Papua New Guinea residents
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Papua New Guinea leader takes offense after Biden implies his uncle was eaten by cannibals during WWII
Papua New Guinea’s leader defended the nation after President Joe Biden appeared to imply his uncle’s body was eaten by “cannibals” there during World War II.
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape accused Joe Biden of disparaging the South Pacific island nation by implying that an uncle of the U.S. president had been eaten by ''cannibals'' there during World War II.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape accused Joe Biden of disparaging the South Pacific island nation by implying that an uncle of the U.S. president had been eaten by “cannibals” there during World War II.
Twice last week, President Biden suggested without evidence that his uncle had been eaten by cannibals there after his plane went down off the New Guinea coast during World War II.
Marape reacted to Biden’s comments claiming that his uncle was eaten by “cannibals” on the island in World War II, in a statement to the Associated Press.
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape has accused President Biden of disparaging the South Pacific island nation by implying that an uncle had been eaten by "cannibals" there during World War II.
President Biden is facing heavy criticism from the leader of Papua New Guinea after his comments suggesting his uncle was eaten by cannibals in the nation.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape accused Joe Biden of disparaging the South Pacific island nation by implying that an uncle of the U.S. president had been eaten by “cannibals” there during World War II.
At a war memorial last week, President Joe Biden implied his uncle, a World War 2 pilot who was shot down over Papua New Guinea, may have been eaten by cannibals.
Prime Minister Marape said his nation doesn't deserve to be labeled cannibals. In controversial statements last week, US president Biden implied his uncle may have been eaten by cannibals in the country during WWII.
Papua New Guinea prime minister James Marape blasted President Biden on Sunday, saying his nation did not “deserve” to be called “cannibals” after the commander in chief falsely suggested last week that his uncle was devoured by New Guinea natives during World War II.
U.S. President Joe Biden's claim his uncle — an American World War II pilot — had been eaten by “cannibals” in Papua New Guinea after crashing on the Melanesia island chain was firmly rejected Sunday.
Biden had insinuated that his uncle, 2nd Lt. Ambrose J. Finnegan Jr. was eaten by humans in the Oceanic nation after his plane was gunned down on the island, because his body was never found.
MELBOURNE, Australia — Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape accused Joe Biden of disparaging the South Pacific island nation by implying that an uncle of the U.S. president had been eaten by “cannibals” there during World War II.
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