Confused Biden looks lost as he wanders behind podium as Jordan’s King speaks

A bewildered President Biden paced back and forth behind King Abdullah II of Jordan, seemingly unsure of where to stand ahead of the royal’s remarks.

A confused-looking President Joe Biden paced back and forth behind King Abdullah II of Jordan on Monday, apparently unsure of where to stand ahead of the royal’s remarks.

“Your majesty, over to you,” President Biden, 81, told the king after welcoming him to the White House, reports the New York Post.

As King Abdullah prepared to deliver his speech, the president shuffled around behind him and the podium, gazing down at the floor as if looking for a mark indicating the proper place for him to stand.

Biden waffled between two spots before settling on what was initially his first choice, to King Abdullah’s left and in front of the Jordanian flag.

The president’s indecision appeared to throw off the king, who at one point looked over his left shoulder expecting to see President Biden, who wasn’t there.

“I switched sides on you,” President Biden said, before moving over to the left side of the now-smiling king.

President Biden’s latest episode of onstage confusion comes days after special counsel Robert Hur opted against recommending criminal charges against the president related to his handling of classified White House documents, in part because a jury might view President Biden as an “elderly man with a poor memory.”

A confused-looking Biden paced back and forth behind King Abdullah II of Jordan. Picture: AFP

The president gazed down at the floor as if looking for a mark indicating the proper place for him to stand. Picture: AFP

President Biden couldn’t recall the years he served as President Barack Obama’s vice president or when his son Beau Biden died, according to Hur’s report.

RNC Research, an X account managed by the Republican National Committee, seized on the gaffe, clipping the video with the caption, “PRESIDENT BIDEN: What am I doing? Where am I going?”

“The world is laughing at US,” Andrew Giuliani, a former Trump administration official and the son of the former NYC mayor, wrote on X, sharing footage of the strange moment.

A jury might view President Biden as an “elderly man with a poor memory.”. Picture: AFP

The president’s indecision appeared to throw off the king. Picture: AFP

“Don’t judge his mental acuity. Judge him by his ability to get things done, like stand where the tape is and do so on the appropriate side of your invited guest,” radio host and political strategist Melik Abdul sarcastically remarked on X.

Steve Flesch, a golfer on PGA Champions Tour, was among several X users who criticised Democrats for “rolling him out there” in the hope that the public “will believe he’s ‘fine.’”

“Shame on them. This is elder abuse,” Flesch charged.

Some on social media came to President Biden’s defence, arguing that the incident wasn’t all that alarming.

“[President] Biden’s age is concerning, but he’s very obviously looking for the floor marker for the camera shot,” X user Josh Fields asserted. “They’ll usually place a piece of tape on the ground. They do this in movies, plays, TV, pressers, etc. I’ve seen other actual concerning things, this isn’t one of them.”

86 per cent of Americans believe President Biden is “too old” to be president, while 62 per cent said so of Donald Trump. Picture: AFP

Public polling over the past year has consistently shown that large majorities of voters are concerned about President Biden’s mental fitness for office.

Currently, 86 per cent of Americans believe President Biden is “too old” to be president, according to an ABC News/Ipsos poll released Sunday and conducted after the release of the Hur report — while 62 per cent said so of Donald Trump, 77, who is seeking a rematch against President Biden in the November election amid his ongoing legal troubles.
The former host of Celebrity Apprentice has been sued in New York, indicted in Georgia, Florida, Manhattan and Washington, alongside multiple investigations opened by federal and state prosecutors.

Public polling over the past year has consistently shown that large majorities of voters are concerned about President Biden’s mental fitness for office. Picture: AFP

It comes as Trump is facing backlash for his threats against NATO allies “who didn’t pay.”

“No, I would not protect you, in fact I would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want.”

President Biden blasted Trump’s comments, labelling them “dangerous” and “un-American.”

“The stakes were already high for American security before this bill was passed in the Senate last night,” President Biden said. “But in recent days, those stakes have risen. And that’s because the former president has sent a dangerous and shockingly, frankly un-American signal to the world.”

This article originally appeared on the New York Post and was reproduced with permission.

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