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mahatmakanejeeves

(69,640 posts)
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 07:41 PM Feb 27

Biden flies commercial from Reagan National Airport and winds up stuck in delays like everyone else

Source: Associated Press, via WTOP

Biden flies commercial from Reagan National Airport and winds up stuck in delays like everyone else

The Associated Press
February 27, 2026, 1:34 PM







WASHINGTON (AP) — A crowd gathered at a commuter gate at Reagan National Airport on Friday as fog-laden Washington skies caused an hourlong ground stop that backed up passengers hoping to head out from American Airlines’ Terminal D.

But soon the already densely packed area swelled even more, as word spread across nearby gates that, of the hundreds of air travelers coming and going, only one among them was accompanied by a U.S. Secret Service detail, along with uniformed local police officers: former President Joe Biden.

Biden, who has rarely made public appearances since leaving office last year, sat, like many of his fellow passengers, awaiting a flight that would take him to Columbia, South Carolina, for an evening event with the South Carolina Democratic Party. ... Passengers whispered and gaped in wonder: Why would a man who for a time was leader of the free world be, like they were, at the mercy of airport travel delays, even as he sat ensconced in his security detail?

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The woman who took the aisle seat next to the former president first set down her coffee on the arm rest they shared, deposited a bag in the overhead compartment, then sat down and realized her seatmate was the nation’s 46th president. ... Biden set his hand on her cup to steady it, then met her gaze with a hello as she took her seat. ... “I feel like I’m about to cry,” the woman said, as they shook hands and, over the course of the next hour, chatted throughout the flight.

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Meg Kinnard can be reached at http://x.com/MegKinnardAP.

Read more: https://wtop.com/national/2026/02/biden-flies-commercial-from-reagan-national-airport-and-winds-up-stuck-in-delays-like-everyone-else/

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Biden flies commercial from Reagan National Airport and winds up stuck in delays like everyone else (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Feb 27 OP
An extraordinary regular Joe Wicked Blue Feb 27 #1
THIS malaise Feb 27 #3
A humble man bdamomma Feb 27 #11
I love this man. badhair77 Feb 27 #2
Love him so much ALBliberal Feb 27 #4
Absolutely miss him so much angrychair Feb 27 #5
This is all I have BidenRocks Feb 27 #6
Don't feel bad... llmart Feb 27 #16
Second photo guy on the right side of photo irisblue Feb 27 #7
No he was O.K. but he was getting in position to keep things good. Botany Feb 27 #12
You can't keep a good man down n/t BaronChocula Feb 27 #8
What a dream come true for that woman on the plane PatSeg Feb 27 #9
You've no idea Delphinus Feb 27 #10
Don't Mind Me; I'm Just Mourning Our Lost America. 😥 ColoringFool Feb 27 #13
This guy brings tears to my eyes. He's still my president, regardless of what Trump does. patphil Feb 27 #14
It is truly shocking how many people hate him Henry203 Feb 27 #15
Agreed. llmart Feb 27 #17
yup Skittles Feb 27 #18
It's called "projection"!!! niyad Feb 27 #19
I so miss having an intelligent, loving and kind man as president who cared about working Americans ! kimbutgar Feb 27 #20
Yeah. not fooled Feb 27 #23
+ infinity RandomNumbers Feb 28 #26
Did any military jets just happen to be in close proximity to the commercial flight? irisblue Feb 27 #21
Can't imagine Slobfather doing the same Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 27 #22
What? No gifted 747? Kid Berwyn Feb 28 #24
Love those sweet selfie pics! A really genuine, good man. electric_blue68 Feb 28 #25
and then this idiot makes an ass out of herself pimpbot Feb 28 #27

bdamomma

(69,526 posts)
11. A humble man
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 09:28 PM
Feb 27

from humble beginnings. his Dad taught him right.

Not like the psychotic POS we have now, apparently DJT's father was psychotic too.

llmart

(17,586 posts)
16. Don't feel bad...
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 09:57 PM
Feb 27

I got choked up right away when I clicked on this thread and saw that first picture. This country didn't deserve this wonderful man and his wife. Well, some of us did, but there were millions that hated him for no reason at all just because they like to hate on people.

His smile and demeanor has always been genuine. I am immediately attracted to people with an easy, genuine smile.

Botany

(77,257 posts)
12. No he was O.K. but he was getting in position to keep things good.
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 09:32 PM
Feb 27

The man has a set of shoulders on him.

PatSeg

(53,206 posts)
9. What a dream come true for that woman on the plane
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 09:13 PM
Feb 27

A better man does not walk this earth.

I know a few people who met Joe in person and the experience was one they never forgot.

Delphinus

(12,516 posts)
10. You've no idea
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 09:26 PM
Feb 27

how wide my smile is, reading this. Oh my gosh - what a wonderful person to have in our lives.

Thank you President Biden - so many love you.

patphil

(9,027 posts)
14. This guy brings tears to my eyes. He's still my president, regardless of what Trump does.
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 09:54 PM
Feb 27

I love him dearly.

Henry203

(927 posts)
15. It is truly shocking how many people hate him
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 09:56 PM
Feb 27

One of the best humans in the world. Our country has a mental problem.

kimbutgar

(27,230 posts)
20. I so miss having an intelligent, loving and kind man as president who cared about working Americans !
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 10:24 PM
Feb 27

The piece of shit we have now is the biggest turd that smells horrendously.

not fooled

(6,670 posts)
23. Yeah.
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 10:54 PM
Feb 27

What a contrast: Joe flying commercial vs. a vulgar flying bordello bribe jet to be fitted up for the con at a cost to the nation of 1 billion dollars.

The ignorant dipsh*ts who voted in krasnov (however much other help he had) and are now suffering the consequences would be so much better off were Joe still in office.

irisblue

(37,437 posts)
21. Did any military jets just happen to be in close proximity to the commercial flight?
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 10:29 PM
Feb 27

Who told the flight crew ?

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(135,454 posts)
22. Can't imagine Slobfather doing the same
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 10:38 PM
Feb 27

Though if he did he'd find out what people really think about him.

Kid Berwyn

(24,289 posts)
24. What? No gifted 747?
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 03:29 PM
Feb 28

“Show me a man that gets rich by being a politician and I'll show you a crook." -- President Harry S Truman

pimpbot

(1,170 posts)
27. and then this idiot makes an ass out of herself
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 05:56 PM
Feb 28
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15598933/joe-biden-gaza-deaths-confrontation.html

Dude isn't even President anymore and she thinks going off about Gaza is somehow appropriate? They are just as nuts as the MAGA crowd.
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