A confused Biden wandered backstage as the Jordanian king spoke

Politics

By Victor Nava

A confused-looking President Biden went back and forth behind Jordan's King Abdullah II on Monday, unsure of where to stand in the face of the king's comments.

“Your majesty, you have,” Biden, 81, told the king after welcoming him to the White House.

As Abdullah prepared to deliver his speech, the president circled behind him and behind the dais, looking at the floor as if searching for a marker to mark the right place for him to stand.

Biden waffled between two different locations before settling on what was originally his first choice, to Abdullah's left and in front of the Jordanian flag.

The president's indecisiveness seemed to throw off the king, who looked over his left shoulder expecting to see Biden at some point, but he wasn't there.

“I've changed your side,” Biden said, before moving to the left of the now-smiling king.

The latest episode of Biden's on-stage confusion comes days after special counsel Robert Hurr recommended against recommending criminal charges against the president over his handling of classified White House documents because a jury might see Biden as “an old man with a bad memory.”

According to Harr's report, Biden could not remember the years he served as Barack Obama's vice president and when his late son Beau Biden died.

RNC Research, the X account managed by the Republican National Committee, seized on Coffey, Video clipping With the caption, “Biden: What am I doing? Where am I going?”

“The world is laughing at America,” said Andrew Giuliani, a former Trump administration official and son of a former NYC mayor. Wrote in XSharing footage of the awkward moment.

“Don't underestimate his intelligence. Judge him by his ability to do things like stand where the tape is and do it on the appropriate side of your invited guest,” said radio host and political strategist Melik Abdul sarcastically. Mentioned in X.

Steve Flesch, a golfer on the PGA Champions Tour, was one of several X users who criticized Democrats for “sending him out” in the hope that “the public would believe he was 'fine'.”

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

Some on social media came to Biden's defense, arguing that the incident was not so dangerous.

“Biden's age is relevant, but he's very obviously looking for a floor marker for a camera shot,” X user Josh Fields emphasized. “They usually put a tape on the floor. They do it in movies, plays, TV, press, etc. I've seen it on other things, and this isn't one of them.

Polls over the past year have consistently shown that a majority of voters are concerned about Biden's mental health for office.

Currently, 86% are Americans According to an ABC News/Ipsos poll released Sunday and conducted after Hur's report was released, they believe Biden is “too old” to be president — while 62% want former President Donald Trump, 77, to run again against Biden in the November election.