Winner of Biden v. the Stairs? The Stairs.
According to a Fox News report, President Joe Biden has ordered the stairs on Air Force One to be lowered to avoid embarrassing trip-and-falls while boarding the plane.
Top Biden advisers “privately acknowledged an intentional shift to steer the 80-year-old president to the lower stairs more often to make his travel easier and limit the possibility for missteps,” Politico reports.
Joe has also made the switch from shoes to sneakers.
“The sneakers are another concession to comfort necessitated by age,” Politico reported. “One person close to the president said Biden used to always resist wearing anything other than dress shoes, believing that any other footwear look was unpresidential. But he has eased up on that stance in recent months.”
From Fox News:
Bloomberg’s Justin Sink asked White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre about the reported change and whether the president was having “mobility problems.”
“I don’t have any decision process to walk through,” Jean-Pierre responded. “I’m sure there’s a protocol that’s used for the — for Air Force One. I just don’t have one.”
Biden has tripped multiple times walking up the stairs of Air Force One.
The outlet reported that the president’s aides were doing everything they can to “limit situations where any signs of physical frailty might be on heightened display.”
The shorter stairs are usually used for bad weather only.
More over at Fox News:
Biden using 'lower stairs' on Air Force One to avoid embarrassing tripping incidents: Report https://t.co/SeOlx2LeKJ
— Fox News (@FoxNews) July 20, 2023
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