Leave it to poor old Joe Biden to get lost and to his handlers to find and redirect him. The past week showed the world how sleepy Joe excels in wandering off, mindlessly turning around, and suddenly freezing – to name a few – no matter what the area or venue. Here are the top 4 lost-and-found moments of Biden’s public appearances that went viral over the last week.
1. Old Joe’s Big Hollywood Freeze
Old Joe was taken to Hollywood in Los Angeles, California, on Saturday night (June 15) for a star-studded fundraising event along with Barack Obama – the former president who is supposedly running Biden’s show from the political backstage. Some big showbiz names, who are over-the-hill now, like George Clooney, Julia Roberts and Barbra Streisand, all showed up to support Biden. The climax of this event came when it was time for Biden to leave the stage. He seemed to have frozen down and kept looking at the applauding audience while clueless of his whereabouts. And Obama knew his role on the stage – gently hold Joe and lead him away.
2. Turn and Wander Off like Joe in Italy
It was Joe’s lost moment of fame in Italy that set the social media on fire last week when world leaders from seven major countries were hosted by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni for the G7 summit. On Thursday (June 13), the participating leaders, including the very old and familiar Joe Biden, gathered outdoors for a paratroopers show. But it was Humpty Dumpty Biden who stole the show as he thoughtlessly wandered off, looking at a paratrooper packing his stuff on the ground. The rest of the party noticed Biden pulling a Joe again so they shuffled closer to Biden, pretending everything was okay as Meloni gently nudged Biden to turn around and get back in the present moment. Biden still looked lost as he wore his sun glasses and starred ahead at what the party was viewing.
3. Lost on Landing in Italy
Before losing it big with the G7 squad at the parachuting event, Biden did something familiar when he landed in Italy for the summit. Guess what, Joe got lost again! Soon as he stepped down the Air Force One, he wandered off and was going God knows where when someone stepped forward and redirected him to the opposite of where he was headed. Interesting in this video was also a member of Biden’s staff who climbed down the Air Force behind Biden. While it is usual of old Joe to hold the handrail for support, when climbing up or down the stairs, the staffer looking fairly young and healthy also started climbing down while holding the handrails. Was it was part of the protocol to make Joe look not so feeble to need handrails?
4. Juneteenth’s Special Zombie Grin
On Monday, June 10, the White House hosted a Juneteenth party ahead of the Juneteenth holiday (made a federal holiday in 2021 under the Biden administration). A video of the event showed Biden looking like what Libs of TikTok called a zombie. The video, which became viral, shows Kamala Harris, Chuck Schumer, and others dancing to a song. But Biden seemed totally lost, staring ahead, and grinning in a rather detached manner as he looked at the party scene around him. The video made news over Biden’s acting like he didn’t have the slightest idea of whatsoever.
The White House has since gone into desperate denial and insists that Biden is all good, physically and mentally. The Democrats and their fact-checkers are claiming that some of these videos may have been edited in a way to look Biden weak and mentally frail. However, the memes about Biden’s Lost-and-Found moments keep filling the social media.