Friday 19 March 2021

Biden trips then trips then trips again

If ever a video is going to go viral it's the one I've just seen. Joe Biden walking smartly up the steps of Air Force One. Fine for the first few steps then sudddenly he trips, rearranges himself and then immediately trips again, slightly harder, stands up and takes one more step and falls heavily bashing his shin. I feel really sorry for the guy. He has had the odd trip in the past but this triple trip is pretty spectacular and I think he may have hurt himself because when he gets to the top he slightly limps through the curtain. The newspapers and TV are going to go mad with this. Being president and looking like a president are not necessarily two of the same thing although I have to say that since January 20 Biden has donned the presidential garb very well. His hair tends to need a cut at the back but after Trump's yellow candyfloss hairstyle, Biden's top knotch is fine, albeit somewhat thin but then he is 78. Not to make too much of the obvious puns availabe, Biden hasn't really put a foot wrong in his first two months, and one wrong foot on Air Force One steps would be seen as unlucky, but two wrong foots in a row might seem quite careless and three wrong foots, the last one being almost a tumble, that's somewhat alarming. To continue with the analogy, in the meantime Biden is standing up to Vladimir Putin and calling him a killer, and he is putting the boot into Xi Zinping to remind him that he dislikes China's human rights record. Poor Biden. In future it might be wise for someone to accompany him up those steps. In the video it looked as if the US Air Force chappie was going to do that but then didn't. He must be thanking his lucky stars and stripes that the president didn't tumble all the way down and crash into him. Joking apart I hope the president is ok and didn't damage his leg, and I hope the headlines aren't too cruel.

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