The following is a news analysis.
After making a commencement speech at U.S. Military Academy West Point last June, President Trump did a small-step shuffle down a ramp. Like a lot of news coverage surrounding Trump, it sparked international speculation that-- something was wrong with him!
Then-candidate Joe Biden made fun of Trump.
“Look at how he steps and look at how I step,” Biden said in September. “Watch how I run up ramps and he stumbles down ramps. OK? Come on.”
After President Biden's stumbles and fall today, he may wish he hadn't mocked Trump for the shuffle.
But the incident reminds me of a campaign appearance Trump made shortly after the international furor over his shuffle. He told the story behind the shuffle complete with with comedic timing and reenactments.
Trump's supporters responded with roars of laughter and applause.
You can watch the video of the applicable section of the speech at the link below.
falling on my ass, General. I have no railing."
I said 'That'll be a story, too'... I said, 'General, get ready, because I
may grab you so fast. Because I can't fall with the fake news watching'."
make bad ones. So far tonight, I'm average."
Watch at C-SPAN link below:
https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4888197/user-clip-trump-west-point
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Lord knows how I miss that president.
I will forever be tortured by the thought of what Trump's presidency might have been...even if only four years...had the MSM reporting been fair and unbiased, and the outgoing administration not taken it upon themselves to "cover the tracks" of their partisanship while in power. Sadly, we'll never know, because our press and journalism itself has become a fable. It's just sad.
Gerald Ford when running for President slipped a couple of times and he was ridiculed unmercifully by the press. It cost him the Presidentcy.
I miss him and his policies time ten to a gabillion, that's a million billion. J.C.
Love the way he handled this. Miss his energy and down to earth common sense!