President Joe Biden's recent trip to Italy for the G7 Summit has diplomatic insiders and the global public openly worrying about his mental capabilities after multiple instances of the president losing focus or other awkward moments that show a Commander-in-Chief increasingly absent from reality.
According to The New York Post, diplomats said that the president was the worst he has ever been" at the summit with the world's most prosperous democracies, as reported by The Sun. The event, attended by many younger world leaders like Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, focused largely on the G7's commitment to continued economic development and support of Ukraine in the fight against Russia.
While Biden reportedly had multiple "embarrassing" moments during the summit, he also had instances of clarity when meeting with the various world leaders from the UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the European Union. That performance, however, didn't stop Biden from wandering off from the rest of the leaders during a parachuting demonstration.
In viral footage, the president was seen wandering from the rest of the group, seemingly to talk to some of the men who had just completed their jump. However, before Biden could get too far from the group, Italian Prime Minister Meloni quickly ran over to the 81-year-old Democrat to get him back with the group. After being approached by Meloni, the rest of the G7 world leaders flanked Biden for a photo as the president slowly put on his aviator glasses.
While the White House attempted to argue that The Post was falsely reporting about the incident, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak explained that he did deviate from the pre-approved plan. "He just went over to kind of talk to all of them individually, and Georgia [Meloni] was saying, 'Don't worry, they're all coming to [us],'" Sunak said. "We were meant to line up so they could come and then shake all our hands."
Biden's performance at the G7 Summit is a reflection of what the American people have been witnessing for the past few years. The president's struggle to meet the demands of the job is becoming increasingly apparent. If re-elected, he would be 86 by the end of his second term in 2029. With performances like those seen in Italy this week, it's a stark reminder that Biden's ability to complete his next term, if he wins in November, isn't guaranteed.
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JUST IN: President Biden appears to start wandering off at the G7 summit and has to be handled back in.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) June 13, 2024
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was seen grabbing Biden to bring him back to the group.
This wasn't the only awkward encounter between the two. Biden was caught on… pic.twitter.com/xf8NizIVgH
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