President Joe Biden has appeared lost in public view at least ten times since taking office.
Eight of the moments have come after Biden has completed a speech.
The president’s appearance of being disoriented has raised concerns that Biden, 80, is too old to run for a second term. If Biden won reelection in 2024, he would be 86 years old, the oldest president in U.S. history.
Polling reveals 58 percent of Americans believe Biden should receive at least a cognitive test. Less than 25 percent of voters strongly believe Biden is mentally fit, healthy, and stable.
1) December 12, 2022
At a Monday Toys for Tots event with the United States Marine Corps Reserve in Arlington, Virginia, Biden asked a child which way he should exit the stage after completing his speech:
2) September 21, 2022
After speaking at the Global Fund Conference in New York, Biden walk to one side of the stage, uncertain if he should exit left or right:
3) October 20, 2022
At a Pittsburgh rally, Biden first looked to exit left before quickly walking to the right after performing a spin around:
4) April 5, 2022
President Joe Biden welcomed former President Barack Obama to the White House to celebrate the Affordable Care Act. After the event, Biden appears lost and frustrated on stage that nobody was speaking to him. The attendees gathered around Obama:
5) October 24, 2022
On the White House grounds, Biden appears to not know which way he should walk to enter the building. He first walked one way before turning around to follow first lady Jill Biden in the opposite direction:
6) September 11, 2021
Video footage shows Biden attending an event at Brookland Middle School in Washington, DC, with Jill Biden. During Jill Biden’s remarks, Biden wonders off to the right and out of the frame:
7) September 28, 2022
After a White House event in the Rose Garden, Biden appears to ask Jill Biden which way he should walk upon the completion of the event:
8) February 2, 2022:
After a relaunch of the “Cancer Moonshot” initiative, Joe Biden appears confused about which way he should exit the stage. He first walked to the right side near Jill Biden before quickly turning around to exit left:
9) September 29, 2022
After speaking at FEMA’s headquarters, Joe Biden appears to aimlessly walk off while FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell appears to reach out, failing to gain his attention:
White House10) July 2022
After arriving in Israel, Biden appears lost on the tarmac with reporters looking to take a photo of the receptive delegation:
Follow Wendell Husebø on Twitter @WendellHusebø. He is the author of Politics of Slave Morality.
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