Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape responded to US President Joe Biden after the latter hinted that his uncle, an American World War II pilot, had been eaten by “cannibals” after crashing on the Pacific island, Politico reported.
“President Biden’s remarks may have been a slip of the tongue; however, my country does not deserve to be labeled as such.”
Biden made the questionable remark last week at the United Steelworkers headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He spoke about the death of his uncle Ambrose Finnegan, an Army Air Corps member on reconnaissance missions during World War II.
And he got shot down in New Guinea, and they never found the body because there used to be — there were a lot of cannibals, for real, in that part of New Guinea.
Marape, for his part, called on Biden to “clean up” the remains of World War II victims “scattered all over” Papua New Guinea.
“Perhaps, given President Biden’s comments and the strong reaction from PNG [Papua New Guinea] and other parts of the world, it is time for the USA to find as many remains of World War II in PNG as possible, including those of servicemen who lost their lives like Ambrose Finnegan.”
According to Politico, Biden repeatedly suffered memory lapses and gaffes while running against Republican nominee Donald Trump for a second term in the White House.
