US President Donald Trump stumbled as he boarded Air Force One on Sunday, June 8, on his way to Camp David.
The incident occured after Trump faced reporters in Hagerstown, Maryland, when he was asked if he would be willing to invoke the Insurrection Act in response to the protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles.
“Depends on whether or not there’s an insurrection,” said Trump.
A reporter asked if he believes there is an insurrection taking place.
“No, no, but you have violent people,” he added. “And we’re not going to let them get away with it.”
Asked if he would deploy troops even without invoking the Insurrection Act, Trump said, “We’re going to have troops everywhere. We’re not going to let this happen to our country. We’re not going to let our country be torn apart like it was under Biden.”
Recall that Trump frequently mocked former President Joe Biden for the stumbles he took during his time in office. This time, the table has turned with Trump facing mockery online.
“I’m surprised he hasn’t replaced those stairs with a portable escalator of some kind,” RC Huffman said.
“Time to get Old Man Trump fitted for a wheelchair,” said Ron Filipkowski.
Northwestern law lecturer Jason DeSanto added: “More beta energy.”
“When Joe Biden did stuff like this, Fox would play the clips over and over like it was as significant as the moon landing,” journalist Aaron Rupar noted.
“Cannot wait for all the books and wall-to-wall coverage,” political strategist Marco Frieri said.
In 2023, Trump mocked Biden for falling at the Air Force graduation ceremony in Colorado.
He said it was “not inspiring” for the graduates to have seen the then-president take a tumble over a sandbag.
“I hope he wasn’t hurt. I hope he wasn’t hurt…You don’t want that,” said Trump during a campaign event in Iowa.
