President Biden boarded Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on the morning of 19, fell three times on the boarding ladder, once landing on his knees, and finally he stood up quickly, holding the railing to the door of the plane, and turned to the crowd to salute with a raised hand.
The White House later stressed that everything was because “the wind was too strong and the president was 100% fine”, but the accident reignited debate about Biden’s health and ability to govern.
Biden traveled to Atlanta, the capital of Georgia, to meet with local Asians. Biden trotted to board the plane, tripped on the stairs, grabbed the handrail with his right hand and quickly got up, then tripped twice more and landed on his knees a third Time, before finally getting up, walking smoothly to the door of the plane and turning around to salute before entering the cabin.
Immediately after Biden boarded the plane, White House deputy spokesman Sean Pierre said that Biden was “100 percent fine” and was on board preparing for his trip to Atlanta, adding that “it was very windy out there, so windy that I almost fell down when I was going up the steps. The media reported that Biden boarded the plane when Andrews Air Force Base wind gusts of 30 kilometers per hour.
The 78-year-old Biden is the oldest sitting president in the history of the United States. Reagan was 69 when he was elected president and 77 when he left office. Trump was 70 when he was elected president and 74 when he left office earlier this year.
(Video and audio source: Guardians News YouTube channel)
Biden fell three times as he prepared to board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on 19 May, and turned to salute with a raised hand as he reached the door of the plane.
Biden’s health has long been in question. He often says the wrong names and titles, and he mistakenly referred to Vice President He Jinli as president on the 18th; last December, he fell playing with his dog “Major” and suffered a slight bone fracture in his right foot, which required him to wear a boot for a while.
The Daily Mail found that the front page of the U.S. mainstream media websites, including MSNBC, CBS News, the New York Times, the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times, which are considered to have a leftist stance, did not mention the matter.
The Republicans criticized the media for downplaying Biden’s fall, which is another example of the mainstream media’s “good treatment of Biden” after four years of continuous criticism of Trump. Trump’s eldest son, Donald Jr. tweeted sarcastically, “I remember when Trump got slammed for holding an armrest, but I guarantee you Biden’s repeated falls look very healthy.”
The White House and the Biden camp have often downplayed outside concerns about Biden’s health. Biden had released medical records in December 2019 that showed he had an irregular heart rhythm and high cholesterol, but the report described the then-77-year-old as “healthy and vigorous.”
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