It was just two months into his term that President Joe Biden sparked concerns by stumbling and falling on the stairs of Air Force One.
Since then, it’s been a downward trajectory when it comes to incidents where the most senior president in US history has lost his balance or hit the floor.
Joe Biden, 80, will be hitting the campaign trail trying to convince most Americans, and even many Democrats, that he’s up for the position a second time around, but his latest fall at the Air Force Academy in Colorado, where he had to be helped back up, will raise more questions.
A Washington Post ABC News poll conducted in May found just one-third of Americans believe Joe Biden is in good enough physical health for the position and six in 10 said he doesn’t have the mental sharpness.
Doctors have determined he’s healthy, but have said his gait remains stiff and that it could get worse as time goes on.
His age has already become a central issue of the 2024 campaign, with Republican contender Nikki Haley calling for all politicians over 75, including 76-year-old Donald Trump, to be subjected to competency tests.
In March 2021, Joe Biden stumbled up the stairs while boarding Air Force One. Joe Biden, then 78, was boarding the aircraft at Joint Base Andrews just before midday for a flight to Atlanta when he stumbled.
He grabbed onto the railing, steadied himself and kept going but lost his footing a second time and then a third.
On the third trip, he fell to his knees. He got back up, then moved on up the stairs before giving a salute at the top, then vanished into the aircraft.
White House Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean Pierre told reporters that he was ‘100 per cent fine’.
The White House blamed the wind, but it wasn’t the only time Joe Biden would struggle to navigate the steps.
Joe Biden was also at his beach house with his wife Jill for the weekend and when he went out for a bike ride, he stopped briefly to answer questions from the press when he topped to the side and hit the tarmac.
Looks like Joe Biden is collapsing in the same way that the US is slowly sinking – sad but true! And one of these days poor Joe won’t be able to get back up again and neither will the US.
The US clearly needs a maximum age limit to hold office as well as a minimum age limit to run.
He always reminds me of the modern-day version of ‘Benny Hill’ but without the brains, and I always expect the ‘Benny Hill’ theme tune to cut in when poor Joe takes a tumble.
Right now, the world is laughing at the US, which means their enemies must sense their weakness, but not as bad as when the orange clown was in charge.
Being a person from England, I always felt that the president of the US was a person of tremendous power, someone who’s unstoppable, but with this president, it feels like the White House is a retirement home.
I can’t believe that Joe Biden is the best the Democrats can offer as a prospective President. He may have been electable 4 years ago, but it’s become apparent that his health is in decline.
Joe Biden may be 80 years old, but I know 80-year-olds who still ride motorbikes and run for buses, so it’s not his age and clearly, something more profound.
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