The president of the United States, Joe Biden, 80, tripped and fell to the ground this Thursday during the cadet graduation ceremony from the Air Force Academy in Colorado.

The president, the first octogenarian in the US Presidency, traveled this Thursday from Washington DC to Falcon Stadium in Colorado for the graduation ceremony. After delivering a speech and presenting the last diploma to the cadets, he turned to sit, but apparently he has stumbled upon a sandbag and has fallen to his knees slumping to one side.

Immediately afterwards, the president, who was wearing a cap, tried to get up on his own, although he had to be helped by an officer and two members of the US Secret Service. The president, after getting up, pointed to the supposed bag with which he stumbled and stood for a few minutes until the ceremony ended.

The director of communications of the White House, Ben LaBolt, has explained that the president He is fine, but he has not detailed whether he has suffered any injuries. “There was a sandbag on the stage as he shook hands with the military graduate,” he explained on Twitter.

not the first drop

It is not the first time that Biden, who is running for re-election in the 2024 elections, falls in public. In March 2021, months after becoming President, he tripped three times until he fell while climbing the stairs of the presidential plane, Air Force One, which was taking him to visit the city of Atlanta.

In June 2022, he fell to the ground during a ride in bicycle near the beach in Delaware, where he was spending the weekend with his wife, Jill Biden. The president lost his balance when stopped to say hello to several neighborsbut members of the Secret Service quickly helped him to his feet.