Breaking​: President Joe Biden falls multiple times while boarding Air Force One

[Celerity]

[soothsayer]

1. Ouch his ankle

[malaise]

2. Looks more like trips than falls

Still he should not attempt to jog up stairs until that ankle heals..

[jimfields33]

33. I think it's also from coming off a helicopter.

The equilibrium is not settled yet and then going up a pretty steep group of steps could happen to anyone. He thankfully will be fine.

[ChazII]

3. Ouch for his

shin, too.

[Siwsan]

4. Joe needs to slow down a bit

I can imagine that the leg he injured is still not 100%. He might be suffering from a bit of 'drop foot'. I've dealt with that, and you have to really pay attention.

[Hortensis]

22. I forgot about that. He broke his right foot/twisted his ankle.

Whatever, his stumble was not from feebleness, he's fine.

Poor guy. That'd be embarrassing to me just on general principles; he has cameras and crowd watching and a duty to reassure the whole planet.

[Siwsan]

32. I get embarrassed when I trip in front of (or over) Sophie Stinky Toes, my little kitty

I've always had a bad sense of balance so stumbles are not unusual for me. And there are days that, I swear, I could trip over a straight pin. It's just the way I'm wired, I guess.

[Hortensis]

46. Lol. And Sophie Stinky Toes, has to be a real cutie. Biden

of course tripped playing with his dog after getting out of the shower. Which had as much of humanity as cared to visualizing it.

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

49. My cat Mr Jinx

Has tripped me several times even breaking my little toe. Sometimes I think he’s trying to kill me

[COL Mustard]

68. They Are Conspiring To Kill Us

I think they need the fresh meat we would provide, but we're too big for them to attack outright...so they have to be devious.

Little buggers.

[BeyondGeography]

48. Agreed, he's not running against Trump anymore

He’s in great shape, period. He doesn’t have anything to prove. No need to bounce up the stairs. Just take it half a beat slower.

[Catherine Vincent]

77. I agree

He should stop trying to be quick/almost run when he's walking and climbing up stairs. He doesn't have to prove he's alert. Just walk normal and if right wingers complain, so what.

p.s. I knew it was coming that he would trip and possibly fall.

[RussellCattle]

5. Older man stumbles twice going up steep airplane ramp, recovers nicely and goes on....

....with his day saving his country and leading the free world.

[PortTack]

34. This!!

[USALiberal]

39. If Trump did it we would be all over it! nt

[Dagstead Bumwood]

60. That's because he would have need an hydraulic crane and team to get him up again.

[lapfog_1]

6. he shouldn't try to prove how healthy he is

by bounding up the stairs.

I'm more than 10 years younger and I climb stairs at a steady deliberate pace and hold onto to the handrail.

He was trying to emulate Obama... who was in his fifties as President.

[bigtree]

17. none of that happened here

...what absolute nonsense about 'trying to emulate Obama.'

[secondwind]

54. I have felt the same way sometimes, watching Joe

go up the stairs. No matter what, he’s in much better shape than his predecessor.

[bigtree]

57. I just think it's a ridiculous thought

...that he's trying to 'emulate Obama.'

He was bike riding like a 20-year old before his recent leg or foot injury. Biden deserves to be judged on his own merits. The idea that this 78 yr old needs to borrow someone elses identity is just...

[dmr]

80. I agree totally with you.

That statement is insulting. It suggests a phoniness. There is not a phony bone in his body.

Our president is physically fit, and he's not trying to prove anything. He's just being Joe.

[bullimiami]

7. might want to walk up steep stairs a bit more carefully. thats gonna leave a mark.

exactly. im 61 and im more careful than that.

[Scrivener7]

8. Shoot. You scared me. He tripped.

[bigtree]

9. he still has a noticible limp from an earlier leg injury

...why is this 'breaking news?'

[Betty88]

75. I thought that too

He hides it well but watch him walk over he is favoring one side

[NewHendoLib]

10. ouch indeed. knee gave out?

[dflprincess]

88. I thought it looked like a knee

miserable for him but not something that indicates any major health problem like some "news" outlets are implying.

[Diamond_Dog]

11. Oh boy,

RW media is going to be all over this.

[NCDem47]

20. Yup.

Feeds their talking points which I won’t repeat, but you all know what they are.

[USALiberal]

41. Just like the DU would be if Trump did it! nt

[uponit7771]

50. They already, it played on FAUX News bout 1 hr ago central

[Captain Zero]

86. Trump needed assistance on a RAMP at West Point

And when he walked up airplane steps he had toilet paper on his shoe.

[Deuxcents]

12. O, no

That’ll be front news on Faux, etc.

[mzmolly]

13. I think he stepped on his pant

leg?

[RANDYWILDMAN]

14. if it makes him look bad if will lead almost all news

He is doing a great job and I am proud of him

[ismnotwasm]

15. Shit. I've done that

You think you got your balance but you don’t. You kinda hope nobody sees it. Joe Biden doesn’t have that option

[bluestarone]

16. He was trying to be fast is all. (no biggy)

He can drink water with ONE HAND though!!

[brush]

18. Not a big deal, but winger media will have a field day over this.

[2naSalit]

19. Kind of looks like a case of,

Slick bottomed shoes on indoor/outdoor carpet. Done that myself. This looked oh so painfully familiar.

[we can do it]

61. Thinking the same thing.

[Talitha]

67. My thoughts, too... it's like sliding on ice.

But 'they' would rip him a new one if he wore Converse hightops for better traction.

[orangecrush]

21. Could be a lot worse

At least he didn't attempt a violent coup, or kill hundreds of thousands of Americans by ignoring a pandemic.

[Kingofalldems]

23. Not this time.

[elleng]

24. It's WINDY here, folks, 19 mphN (50 miles south of JB Andrews.)

NOTICE everyone's coats?

And CHILLY, wanted to get of the weather.

[SoCalNative]

25. Will receive endless coverage

on Faux News for the next four days. Top story! Breaking News!

[Hoyt]

26. Nice recovery. Don't care if they have to roll him around in a wheelchair, he's better than trump.

[tavernier]

27. I can hear Jill now giving him an ear full

about being careful running up the stairs and insisting he have that foot injury looked at, and “no excuses!”

[luvs2sing]

28. After watching this, all I can say is..

OUCH!!! These old ankles feel his pain.

Sadly, the RW will be all over this literal misstep. Probably drag out the Gerald Ford jokes, too. I’ll just sit here and massage both ankles and murmur “There, there..it wasn’t you..this time..”

[Mr. Sparkle]

29. Its 2 days since St Patricks day...

He must have had a fun night !

[Claire Oh Nette]

30. The ol' trick ankle

Did he not sprain his ankle a while back?

Once you've rolled your ankle and blown those ligaments, you're prone to weak ankles. Sprained mine bad enough to require a cast in college. Ten weeks! Since then, I've rolled that ankle going up stairs, coming down stairs, getting out of my chair, and just misstepping.

He doesn't need to jog up the stairs. He won.

[luvs2sing]

42. I went through that about twenty years ago.

All ligaments blown including the dreaded high ankle sprain. I still get nauseous from the memory of the pain. Ten weeks in a cast. Nine month rehab. Luckily, my doc was a sports med specialist. He started me on a training program after the first week, and I worked that program on both ankles, not just the injured one. I’m not exaggerating when I say I have not had an ankle sprain since.

[TwilightZone]

31. "Breaking"

Oh, please. This isn't in the same universe as breaking news. This isn't Fox News.

[musette_sf]

35. .....

[msfiddlestix]

36. thought for certain this was a borowitz or onion report

Almost didn't click on it because I've noticed a number of them posted unidentified.

So what's going on I wonder, why is he tripping a lot? Shoes?

[Thrill]

37. Damn Joe! Just walk up there. No sense running up

[hurple]

38. Why didn't he have toilet paper stuck to his shoe?

How unpresidential can he get?

[Towlie]

40. President Franklin D. Roosevelt couldn't even walk.

 
?



(Just my contribution to the DU "Nothing to see here" project.)

[MacKasey]

43. Maybe he had new shoes on

[Etherealoc1]

44. There's a video

out there with Pence, it'll resurface
If this becomes an issue.

[IcyPeas]

53. Pence trips going up plane steps.....

Link to tweet

[Stinky The Clown]

45. Couple of things . . . . . .

A week or three ago he hurt his leg (ankle?) with one of the dogs.

He tripped. That wasn't a fall. I've done the same thing. I did that when I was younger, too. Its called a trip.

Hannity will be all over this as news. Tucker will, too.

Joe is a really vital man. Great shape. But he is there for his head, not his feet.

Preemptive message to the right wing: FUCK YOU

[uponit7771]

51. +1, I pray to God I'll be as health as he is at 77

[jalan48]

47. They need to install a lift.

[itcfish]

52. Fox News Will

Make a big to do about this.

[Baitball Blogger]

55. My heart sank.

[Eid Ma Clack Shaw]

56. Mail Carrier here.

Multi-part falls are the WORST. A slight misjudgment or unseen uneven surface and then stumble, trip and BANG. The best thing you can do is brace yourself for impact and then take a few seconds before getting back up. You then hope no-one saw what happened - not a luxury afforded to the President.

Trump's lack of physical vitality was only highlighted because he and his minions decided to go all in on the Sleepy / Dementia Joe slurs.

[Klaralven]

65. looked like he barked his left shin on the third slip when he went to his hands and knees

He then stops and straightens his left pant leg before continuing.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

58. OK. I thought for a minute it'd be worse. But he should take it

easy on that injured leg.

[kskiska]

59. Trump couldn't even walk up or down a ramp.

[GoCubsGo]

85. After he got COVID, he couldn't walk up the stairs to AF1, either.

He was either exiting and entering via the cargo hold in the belly of the plane, or using the smaller 757.

[Tracer]

62. Here's the thing...

With a mask on, I CAN'T SEE MY FEET!! Have to be very careful when going up steps.

[inwiththenew]

63. Don't go on Twitter

The trolls are out in force.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

66. I can only imagine.

"The military man was telling him about the military coup to reinstall Trump, and that made him nervous!"

Or maybe that's a more likely QAnon post?

[superpatriotman]

64. Stairs with a mask is dangerous

I'm far younger than POTUS and have tripped on stairs more than once the past year while wearing a mask.

You go, Joe!

[Grammy23]

71. Curbs while wearing a mask can be tricky, too.

Anyone wearing a mask (young or old) should exercise some caution when stepping up or over a curb or trying to navigate stairs. That mask cuts off just enough of your vision to obscure uneven or elevated terrain. I’m surprised it has not come up more often as an excuse to not wear a mask, by the folks who are anti-maskers.

[Sunsky]

69. In my 30s and I've tripped multiple times

It happens. However, since we know that falls can have a more serious impact on older adults, be careful President Biden
Let the idiots talk all they want, who tf cares

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

70. Why the hell is he trying RUN up the stairs? I'd fall too, lol, slow down

[WhiskeyGrinder]

72. This thread is a lot less ableist than the ones where Trump had trouble with stairs, which is

disheartening tbh.

[bigendian]

73. FDR

proved that a Democrat in a wheelchair is better than any Republican. Ford stumbled a lot more.

[Tree Lady]

74. Watching it after second fall I wondered why

They didn't run up to help him. Enough with this I have to prove I am superman crap!

Its his mind we are after not his body like FDR. We need him safe not sorry. Slow down Joe!

[honest.abe]

76. Ive done that before going up steps... usually rushing or being distracted.

And I much younger than Joe. He simply needs to slow down going up and down steps. I hope he jokes about it at some point.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

78. It looks like a minor stumble. Are you sure he tripped? Maybe got bit by his dog?

Or zapped by a secret Jewish space laser?

[MOMFUDSKI]

79. So my condo has the garage at street level

and living upstairs. I am up and down a lot as I do my stained glass in my garage workshop. Few days ago I am going up with something in my right hand and somehow tripped and had to put my left hand out to stop my forward motion. Didn't hurt myself but realized at age 73 my reactions are not as fast as they once were and the whole thing felt slow-motiony. But I did congratulate myself on not getting really hurt and I am certainly aware now to take my time doing stuff. My poor cousin some years back, at age 74, fell in her garage (was home alone) in the evening and froze to death as the outside temp was 9 degrees. So, for you old farts out there, SLOW DOWN.

[MOMFUDSKI]

81. As the saying goes:

"Your brain writes a check that your body can't cash".

[kentuck]

82. We know his age....

He doesn't have to act like he's twenty-five.

[MichMan]

84. Gerald Ford's stumble made him the butt of jokes for being clumsy for quite a while

[Hotler]

87. He should had fun with it, turn around a take a bow. nt