President Joe Biden tripped two times while going up the steps to his airplane at Andrews Air Force Base on Tuesday (Pictures: AP)
President Joe Biden stumbled again – twice – while walking up the staircase to his Air Force One plane.
Biden, 81, almost fell while climbing the stairs at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on Tuesday.
The commander-in-chief saluted American military personnel and then began making his way up the steps while holding the handrail. Around the fifth step, he tripped slightly with his right foot, caught himself, then stumbled with his left foot on the next step.
Biden continued up the staircase as if nothing had happened, and entered his airplane without looking back.
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His near-accident happened as Republicans continue to say that Biden is too old to serve another term and as some Democrats are reportedly concerned and eventhinking about who could run if Biden’s place if he were to drop out.
Just over a week ago, an ABC News/Ipsos poll found that a majority of Americans, 86%, believe that Biden is too old to serve a second term.
And just days before the poll was released, a special counsel’s report described Biden as an ‘elderly man with a poor memory’ and therefore did not bring charges against him for retaining classified documents.
Biden has tripped multiple times before.
President Joe Biden has tripped multiple times climbing up the steps to his Air Force one plane (Picture: AP)
He stumbled once going up the Air Force One plane steps in Warsaw, Poland, after a three-day trip last February that included visiting Ukraine. Less than two weeks later, Biden tripped on the Air Force One staircase before departing Alabama.
In March 2021, Biden tripped three times in a row climbing the Air Force One stairs. A spokeswoman for him later blamed the wind.
Biden’s latest incident on Tuesday ignited further conversation on social media on his fitness to serve.
President Joe Biden arrived at Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday (Picture: AP)
Republican National Committee operative Jake Schneider wrote on X (Twitter): ‘What comes after the short stairs? Strapping Biden onto a stretcher and carrying it?’
The Citizen Free Press also shared the clip and commented on X (Twitter): ‘Joe Biden almost trips twice on the short steps. The man is falling apart in real time.’
Fox News contributor and civil rights attorney Leo Terrell remarked, ‘Joe is afraid of stairs!!’
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