President Joe Biden stumbled on the stairs of his Air Force One plane while leaving Warsaw, Poland, on Wednesday (Pictures: Reuters)
President Joe Biden tripped again as he walked up the stairs of his Air Force One plane in Poland, after a three-day trip that included visiting Ukraine.
Biden, 80, stumbled as numerous officials bid him farewell on the tarmac in Warsaw on Wednesday night local time.
Video footage shows Biden walking up more than a dozen steps of the stairs and reaching a flat platform. On the next incline, he stumbles on his second step and falls forward and catches himself.
Biden continues up the flight of stairs and upon reaching the top, turns around and pauses a moment before waving with his left hand to the officials and walking inside Air Force One.
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It was not clear what caused Biden to trip, and the White House did not immediately comment.
Biden is returning to Washington, DC, after a whirlwind Eastern Europe trip that started with a surprise visit to Ukraine on Monday. In remarks from Kyiv and Warsaw ahead of the one-year anniversary Friday of Russia’s war on Ukraine, Biden ripped Russian President Vladimir Putin and assured that NATO will continue united.
Wednesday was not the first time Biden has stumbled on Air Force One. He fell on the jet steps at Joint Base Andrews in March 2021, two months into the start of his presidency.
‘It’s pretty windy outside, it’s very windy. I almost fell coming up the steps myself. He is doing 100% fine,’ White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said at the time.
President Joe Biden left Warsaw, Poland, after a three-day Eastern Europe trip that included a surprise visit to Ukraine (Pictures: Reuters)
Biden is not the only American official who has tripped. On Monday, a female White House staffer fell down the Air Force One stairs as Biden arrived in Warsaw.
The US president has faced criticism back home for visiting Ukraine instead of East Palestine, Ohio, where February 3 toxic train derailment forced about 4,000 residents to evacuate.
‘That was the biggest slap in the face,’ East Palestine Mayor Trent Conaway told Fox News on Monday night.
It was not the first time that President Joe Biden has tripped on the Air Force One steps (Picture: AP)
‘That tells you right now he doesn’t care about us.
‘He can send every agency he wants to, but I found out this morning that he was in Ukraine giving millions of dollars away to people over there and not to us… on Presidents’ Day in our country, so I’m furious.’
Meanwhile, Trump Force One, the name of former President Donald Trump’s jet, trended on Twitter on Wednesday morning. Videos showed Trump, who has announced his 2024 bid for the White House, flashing a thumbs up and walking up stairs without incident to board his plane.
Trump headed to the East Palestine trail derailment site, where he reportedly planned to met with officials and donate thousands of gallons of cleaning supplies and water.
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President Joe Biden stumbled while climbing steps to his Air Force One plane to depart Warsaw after a three-day Eastern Europe trip.
