At 81 years previous, the president of the USA, Joe Biden, is understood for his recurring lapses that many attribute to his age. This Thursday a video went viral by which he appeared “disoriented” throughout a skydiving demonstration on the G7 summit, as he walked away from the remainder of the group. However nothing may very well be farther from the reality: the Democratic chief was addressing a parachutist.
The scene befell in Apulia –southern Italy– along with the members of the G7. These are the Prime Minister of France, Emmanuel Macron; the president of Italy, Giorgia Meloni; the Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz; the Prime Minister of the UK, Rishi Sunak; the president of Canada, Justin Trudeau and the president of Japan, Fumio Kishida. As well as, they had been accompanied by the president of the European Fee, Ursula Von der Leyen. That is the total video (minute 9.40):
One other false incident occurred only a week in the past, on June 6. The US president attended a commemoration occasion in France for the eightieth anniversary of the Normandy landings. A video was broadcast by which it appeared that he was making an attempt to take a seat on a non-existent chair.
The alleged lapse befell after greeting the French president and his spouse, Emmanuel and Briggite Macron. Within the video, Biden is proven bending over to attempt to sit in a chair that isn’t there. However as you possibly can see from minute 26.40 on The Guardian’s broadcast, there’s a seat.
An actual ‘mistake’
Extra just lately, social networks have additionally echoed Biden’s unusual habits throughout a live performance on the White Home, held on June 10. Whereas the remainder of the friends danced, the US chief govt appeared utterly frozen for a couple of minutes. This video, which has given rise to many jokes on social networks, does seem like actual.
Final February, a report by particular prosecutor Robert Hur got here to mild, which recognized Joe Biden as an aged man with a “considerably restricted reminiscence.” The president is the oldest to have ruled within the historical past of the USA, after Ronald Reagan. If this November she is re-elected president, she’s going to finish her time period at 86 years previous.
This info has been up to date to alter the unique headline (Joe Biden is concerned in a brand new mistake on the G7 summit) after discovering that it was a minimize video, by which Biden was not seen greeting the parachutist. The complete footage is on the market on the YouTube account of the G7 Summit 2024. The details about the alleged incident in France can also be utterly false, as we’ve been capable of finding out by consulting the Guardian video.
