A brief shock during a performance by US President Joe Biden in the state of Colorado on Thursday: the 80-year-old suddenly fell on stage.
The scene was a military academy in Colorado Springs. There, the 80-year-old addressed graduates and participated in the graduation ceremony. At the end, as he was about to leave the stage, he stumbled and fell forward on the floor. Security forces helped him to his feet.
Sandbag was to blame
A White House official then tweeted that the president was fine and suggested that Biden had tripped over a sandbag on stage. Biden entered the White House in 2021 as the oldest president of all time.
At the end of April, the Democrat announced that he wanted to run for a second term in next year’s presidential election. Biden will be 81 if elected in a year and a half, and he would be 86 at the end of a potential second term.
Age makes for explosives
Biden’s age and eligibility to run for president again has long been the subject of debate, including within his own party. Republican rivals regularly use the president’s blunders and petty indiscretions to question his mental and physical fitness.
Source: Krone
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