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US President Joe Biden (80) fell on an open stage during a public performance in the state of Colorado on Thursday. The president addressed graduates of the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs and attended the graduation ceremony there.
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. A White House official then tweeted that the president was fine and suggested that Biden had tripped over a sandbag on stage.
This is not Biden’s first downfall in public. Such incidents have occurred several times: in February, for example, Biden fell on the gangway of Air Force One. A presidential fall from a bicycle in June 2022 in the state of Delaware caused a stir. The accident happened on his wedding day.
Debates over Biden’s fitness
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.
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. (bab/SDA)
Source: Blick
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