Joe Biden falls on stage at US air force academy ceremony

The US president, Joe Biden, tripped and fell after handing out the last diploma at a graduation ceremony at the US air force academy in Colorado.

Footage showed Biden, 80, falling to the ground before being quickly helped up by an air force officer and two Secret Service agents. He walked back to his seat unassisted. The White House communications director, Ben LaBolt, tweeted: 'He's fine. There was a sandbag on stage while he was shaking hands'

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[yahiadjebbi]

He did not fall alone, he brought down the country with him

[RR-ongj]

He can’t stand up, he can’t walk, he can’t complete a sentence, he can’t tell the truth, he always appears lost, what a nightmare.

[kushagradubey]

I remember when someone said : Joe Biden's biggest rival is gravity

[omidpourhossein]

I miss a president that can walk and talk without failing up or down

[Carolinapetroska]

Shouldn't he be in a retirement community at his age ??? And not representing a major country. What an embarrassment !

[DerWaidmann_]

If this man is re-elected there is no way it isn't rigged

[lindaeasley]

The biggest cheers he ever received from a crowd

[brianlynch]

I’ve never seen a president fall numerous times before. He has made Guinness book of records. This man has actually accomplished something.

[AiCultureZone]

This man is blessed, no one can hurt him except that only floors, steps and bikes can make such emotional damage to him.

[MrDeathRay]

They cheered louder as he hit the floor

[johnshepard]

51 former intelligence officials say it was a Russian sandbag that tripped Joe😂😂😂😂

[chi-townkid]

He was just demonstrating the fall of America.

[jerrybutters]

Biden pointing at the floor is me pointing at my parents for my own faults 😂😂

[EMADKHAN]

If a man can't stand himself How can he help the country stand?

[dewdude]

So many cadets/officers in the background can barely contain their laughter.

[randy]

A respectable president would have received silence from a fall.

[obastahl]

Nothing he said will be remembered, only the fall.

[jblasutavario]

I love how the beaming graduate walks towards the scream, oblivious to what's taking place behind him 😂😂😂

[liberalsinmyscope]

Notice how the applause grew louder after he fell.

[tullymcfarland]

I like how the cheering gets noticably louder after he hits the ground.