Joe Biden supporters booed journalists at one of the president’s rallies after he accused reporters of “hammering me” for making “a lot of mistakes”.
Speaking in Detroit on Friday evening, Mr Biden addressed reporting of his gaffes on the world stage at the Nato conference, where he introduced Volodymyr Zelensky as “President Putin”.
Mr Biden acknowledged he had been panned by critics in the media, but suggested that the same scrutiny had not been applied to his Republican rival, Donald Trump.
“Now I’m not complaining, I’m just saying,” Mr Biden began.
“You may have noticed that since the debate, the press, and they’re good guys and women up there, they’ve been hammering me. I make a lot of mistakes.”
As he spoke, the crowd began booing and jeering at reporters who were assembled to cover the event.
The president protested at the crowd’s reaction, telling supporters: “Oh no, no, no, it’s okay.”
“They’ve been hammering me, because I sometimes confuse names. I say that’s Charlie, instead of Bill.
“But guess what, Donald Trump has gotten a free pass.”
The incident has been compared online to Trump’s tactic of referring to negative press coverage while speaking at campaign rallies, after which attendees have jeered at the press.
In 2019, a BBC cameraman was attacked by a Trump supporter at a rally in El Paso, Texas. The BBC complained to the White House about security arrangements for journalists covering the former president’s events.
Mr Biden’s rally came the day after he made two major gaffes at Nato events in Washington, DC.
Announcing a new Nato initiative to help Ukraine fight its war against Russia, Mr Biden accidentally referred to Mr Zelensky as “President Putin”.
At a second press conference 90 minutes later, he referred to Kamala Harris, his vice president, as “Vice President Trump”.
The incidents have increased speculation about his age and health ahead of the 2024 election.
Twenty-one sitting Democrats have called for him to stand down, and senior party figures including Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi reportedly have concerns about his leadership.
Speaking earlier on Friday, Mr Biden joked about the way his age was reported in the press.
“They say I’m naive even though I’ve been around 270 years,” he said.
“For the longest time I was too young, because I was the second youngest man ever elected to the United States Senate, and now I’m too old.”
“We gotta finish the job,” he added. “I promise you I am OK.”
HIs gaffes on Thursday were largely reported sympathetically in the US media, and he was praised for his responses to foreign policy questions.
The lead headline on the Washington Post website on Friday morning read: “Biden shows foreign policy depth in news conference with a few stumbles”.
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