A video circulating on social media shows US President Joe Biden appearing to fall asleep while meeting with the families of wildfire victims in Maui, Hawaii on Monday (August 21). La Dépêche du Midi disentangles the true from the false.
Two weeks after the deadly fires that ravaged the island of Maui, the authorities of Hawaii announced Tuesday to identify another 1,100 missing people. These fires, the deadliest for a century in the United States, have killed at least 115 people, according to the latest provisional report.
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During a visit of a few hours on Monday August 21, US President Joe Biden promised that the federal state would support the colossal reconstruction efforts. Accompanied by his wife Jill Biden, he flew by helicopter over the small town of Lahaina, a town completely ravaged by flames. The president also spoke with families of victims for just over an hour.
However, one sequence particularly caught the attention of Internet users during these exchanges. Indeed, some of them shared a video, claiming that the President of the United States had fallen asleep. Indeed, on the images, the head of state seems to appear with his eyes closed and his head bowed.
Joe Biden just fell asleep in the middle of his meeting with victims of the Maui fires pic.twitter.com/YxDneHVuWL
— Matt Wallace (@MattWallace888) August 22, 2023
A rumor that quickly gained momentum, being for example taken up by the host of Fox News, Sean Hannity.
Nevertheless, as noted by the British media Snopessharing the video of the rally in full and in high definition, Joe Biden actually had his eyes open and was in fact not asleep.
2023-08-23 07:49:00
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