“Cringe” somehow doesn’t suffice here. This is supra-cringe, trans-cringe.
Biden’s handlers invited the Air Force football team to congratulate them on their past season and rolled their charge out to meet them for a brief photo op.
It would seem to be quite a simple task for a lifelong Swamp member: smile like you’re greeting old friends, gladhand like only a plastic politician can, gracefully accept the gifts, smile for the cameras some more, and depart.
But even that mission was too much for the alleged President to complete.
Via Military Times:
President Joe Biden on Friday awarded the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy to the Air Force Academy for winning football games against its rival U.S. service academies.
“Simply put, you can’t talk about the soul of the nation without talking about our service academies,” Biden told the team gathered in the White House’s East Room. “And you can’t talk about the service academies without talking about duty, teamwork, service and excellence. That’s all about you.”
Biden initially accepted all three items, but then handed the football and helmet back to the visibly confused cadets who watched the president uncomfortably. It’s clear, based on the confusion on their faces, that what happened on the stage was not how the ceremony was planned to unfold — whatever the plan was. Biden then wandered away aimlessly while the visibly confused crowd looked on.
Joe Biden hosted the football team today! He was to be presented with a ball signed by the team, a helmet and a football jersey with his name on it. But Biden grabbed only a sweater and began to wander, looking for a way out. pic.twitter.com/z7tJONIp81
— Spriter (@Spriter99880) April 29, 2023
What happened here? Was it a pure dementia moment of wandering off that is unfortunately common for affected people? Did the President make a boo-boo in his Depends? Unfortunately, because the White House is unwilling to give a straight answer to any question, it’s up for speculation.
What’s not speculation is that it’s very sad. It’s elderly abuse. It should be criminal, and it’s most definitely immoral.
I dislike Biden passionately — corrupt sellout careerist goon that he has always been — but stuff like this stirs some sort of sympathy for him, and that makes me uncomfortable. I don’t want to feel those sorts of things toward a creature like Biden.
That the band continues playing throughout adds an extra element of surrealism somehow that’s difficult to finger.
In addition to being dystopian and depressing, it’s also demoralizing. The Deep State has run things behind the scenes for many long decades, but only now do they seem to flaunt it in the People’s faces. The apparent message through the optics appears to be “look here, stupid, we’re going to tell you this demented zombie is in charge of the country, and you’re all going to take it and pretend it’s true. Now clap, seals.”
Editor’s note: This article was updated to add additional context about the full video, which you can watch here:
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