While attending the 9/11 memorial services in Pennsylvania, President Biden briefly donned a red Trump MAGA cap. It was a photo op moment.
As one can expect, the left-wing press largely ignored it. Biden would have been on a serial loop throughout the left-wing media sphere had he been licking an ice cream cone. But the political atmosphere is too charged with progressive animosity to allow even for a bit of lighthearted humor.
Perhaps they feared that folks back home would not see Biden’s antics as lighthearted, but as lightheaded. Or perhaps they fear that folks seeing the photo might think that Biden is now backing Trump. That is because those on the left see those on the other side as mindless idiots. Furthermore, progressives are not known for their sense of humor.
Biden wound up wearing the Trump cap because he was given it by a Trump supporter among the family members attending the service. Those in attendance got the joke – and seemed to appreciate it as seen in the applause and the round of laughter. So did Biden, who flashed a major grin as he posed with the Trump headgear.
The White House communication office issued a quick explanation, lest voters be fooled into believing that Biden was endorsing Trump. Of course, folks who can believe that riots are insurrections … that American democracy ends (if not the world) if Trump wins … or that half the American public are democracy-hating morons… can believe damn near anything.
Personally, I thought it was very funny. I know that Biden was hamming it up for the laugh – and good for him. Not everything political needs to be humorless. After all, the entire 2024 election is shaping up as a television sitcom.
It was a small moment, but kind of fun.
So, there ‘tis