2023-06-01 21:33:44
01.06.2023
The US president apparently tripped over a sandbag on stage. The White House spokeswoman later assured that the president is “totally fine.”
The president of United States, Joe Biden80 years old, tripped and fell to the ground this Thursday (06.01.2023) during the graduation ceremony for the cadets of the Air Force Academy in Colorado.
The president, the first octogenarian in the US Presidency, traveled this Thursday from Washington DC to Falcon Stadium in Colorado for the graduation ceremony. After giving a speech and handing out the last diploma to the cadets, he turned to sit down, but apparently tripped on a sandbag and fell to his knees, tumbling to one side.
Immediately afterwards, the president, who was wearing a cap, tried to get up on his own, although he had to be helped by an officer and two members of the US Secret Service. After getting up and pointing to the supposed sack he tripped over, he remained standing for a few minutes until the ceremony was over.
It’s not the first time Biden has stumbled
White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre later told reporters that the president is “totally fine” and that he boarded Air Force One back to the capital with “great smile”.
It is not the first time that Biden, who is running for re-election in the 2024 elections, has fallen in public. In March 2021, months after becoming President, he tripped three times until he fell while climbing the stairs of the presidential plane, Air Force One, which was taking him to visit the city of Atlanta.
In June 2022, it will fell to the ground during a bike ride near the beach in Delaware, where he was spending the weekend with his wife, Jill Biden.
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