“Obama Had to Lead Him Off Stage” Trump Mocks Biden’s Confusion in Viral Video
Photo: Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images
A now-viral video from a star-studded event for the Biden-Harris campaign shows President Joe Biden momentarily confused, with former President Barack Obama helping him off the stage by gently nudging him.
According to the BBC, the White House claims that “right-wing critics” have edited the videos in a “misinformation” effort. Former President Donald Trump criticized Biden for “humiliating” the country and mocked White House aides for blaming artificial intelligence and the media for covering up Biden’s deteriorating mental state.
Trump jeered, saying, “Then Barack Hussein Obama had to grab his hand and lead him off stage as though he were a child. I have to tell you, Obama could have handled that differently. He could have done it a little bit softer… He didn’t have to grab him and pull him off the stage.”
As reported by the Daily Mail, Biden’s staff alleged that the various embarrassing recordings of the president surfacing in recent weeks are merely “deep fakes” or heavily altered to make him appear unfit. Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stated, “It tells you everything that we need to know about how desperate Republicans are here.”
She added, “These manipulated videos [are] done in bad faith.” Trump shared the clip on his social media pages with the caption: “Is this really who you want to be your President?” Jean-Pierre emphasized the close relationship between Obama and Biden: “They are friends. They’re like family to each other. And instead of talking about the president’s performance in office, and what I mean by that is his legislative wins, what he’s been able to do for the American people across the country, we’re seeing these deep fakes, these manipulated videos.”
During a rally in Wisconsin, Trump continued to attack Biden’s mental health, saying, “Crooked Joe and his handlers are insisting he’s sharper than ever and they say the videos of Crooked Joe shuffling around are clean fakes. Do you know what a clean fake is? They’re deceptively edited.” He added, “All of the mistakes that he’s made every day. He can’t go anywhere without a mistake.
He looked like he didn’t know where the hell he was, but he didn’t know where he was. He’s blaming it now on AI. He doesn’t know what AI is – but that’s OK.” Trump mocked Biden further, saying, “He said the media’s manipulating the pictures of him constantly not knowing where the hell he is. They’re doing just the opposite to make him look better.” Referring to Biden’s confusion at the G7 summit, Trump said, “First, he wandered off the G7 stage in Europe.
He looked like he didn’t know where the hell he was. He had to be rescued by other world leaders. Then he bizarrely put his face on the Pope’s forehead. What was that all about?” Trump concluded, “Joe Biden is humiliating our country on the world stage. He’s actually humiliating us – you saw what happened this weekend?! It’s turning the United States into a total joke all over the world.”
