Biden in Lula Land: Internet sighs as Biden forgets to shake Brazil prez's hand and walks into flag | MEAWW
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By Piyush Arora
Updated On : 06:05 PST, Sep 21, 2023FOLLOW Joe Biden apparently left the UN stage without shaking hands with Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at the end of their joint speech (Getty Images)
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: President Joe Biden's journey of blunders doesn't seem to have an end. In yet another incident, the 80-year-old POTUS seemingly left the United Nations stage without shaking hands with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at the end of a joint speech.
On Wednesday, September 20, the diplomatic meeting in New York got off to a labored start when President Biden stumbled into a seven-foot Brazilian flag, sending it toppling as he approached the podium, according to Daily Mail.
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The president then settled himself and delivered a meandering speech outlining his "economic vision to rebuild our economy from the middle out and the bottom up, not the top down."
WATCH: The President of Brazil gets visibly angry after Joe Biden forgets to shake his hand.
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— Ian Jaeger (@IanJaeger29) September 20, 2023
However, he suffered an awkward moment during Silva's speech when he fumbled his headset, which he was using to hear a translated version of what was being said.
"Can you hear me, President Biden? This is a historical moment for Brazil and for the US," said Lula at the start of his speech.
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The Brazilian president once again asked, "President Biden, can you hear me?" appearing to lose patience as Biden supposedly grunted in response.
Biden continued to appear bewildered as he struggled with the headset while the Brazilian president continued with his speech. At one point, he tossed down his earpiece and furrowed his brow in displeasure.
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President Joe Biden appeared bewildered during his joint speech with the Brazilian president (Getty Images)
Did Joe Biden really forget to shake hands with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva?
After International Labor Organization Director-General Gilbert Houngbo's address was over, he shook hands with both Joe Biden and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, but when the Brazillian President reached out to POTUS for a handshake, the latter kept him hanging.
Instead, Biden uncomfortably saluted the audience before leaving the platform.
In footage from the event, Biden appeared to make a clumsy gesture mixing the thumbs-up and the salute. The Brazilian president seemed displeased and made a swiping motion with his arm as POTUS turned his back on him.
However, it should be noted that the US president did shake Lula's hand after the Brazilian president was done with his speech.
How did netizens react to Joe Biden forgetting to shake hands with Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva?
Joe Biden's awkward encounter with the Brazilian president has garnered immense social media attention, with users slamming him for his inattentiveness.
A user said, "The President of the United States acting on the international stage is such an embarrassment."
One asserted, "There's clearly something wrong with Joe. Either he's being disrespectful here, or he's not all there," with another saying, "His dorkiness embarrasses us on the world stage every day."
"Joe's old and his memory is on postcards. So it's not his fault he didn't shake hands he just didn't have a card for it," opined a user.
Another expressed, "Joe Biden is in his own world okay. He can't be held accountable for everything he does. ♂️."
The President of the United States acting on the international stage is such an embarrassement.
Joe Biden forgets to shake Lula's hand, salutes the media, then wanders off stage.....
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— Richard (@ricwe123) September 21, 2023
There's clearly something wrong with Joe. Either he's being disrespectful here, or he's not all there.
— i CoNN (@BobConn2) September 21, 2023
Joe's old and he memory is on post cards.
So it's not his fault he didn't shake hands he just didn't have a card for it......
— Jerry T. Scott (@MrJerryTScott5) September 20, 2023
His dorkness embarrasses us on the world stage every day.
— BruceThompson (@BravoWhiskey67) September 20, 2023
Joe Biden is in his own world okay. He can't be held accountable for everything he does. ♂️
— Jamil Baptiste Berglund (@JamilBerglund) September 21, 2023
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This is normal behavior? C'mon man
Yes from Biden it is.
We all know the answer is the latter. But that won't stop the Bidenista's from making every imaginable excuse.
The dems won't let it go on much longer.
The brain trust is already plotting...
It's been reported that the two people in the above picture have been talking to Michelle to be a possible alternate.
Newsome will start a civil war if they try to pull that.
Netizens? Do they have ASCII pronouns?
Who cares?
Who cares? Geeks, techies and assorted nerds, folks like Gates, Musk and Jobs ... anyone who toys with code.
Sigh, yet another rather pathetic deflection.
Shocking, really!!!
My apologies, the article coming from a tattletale mag deserves something pithier, something along the lines of Biden's mitochondria no longer being rechargeable, the Biden bunny is deader than a Norwegian parrot and all that sort of thing y'all on the crazy right are fixated on.
Fluff.
A walking embarrassment. He should be sitting on a porch, enjoying the millions he made while working for taxpayers, and looking at the pictures of those grandchildren whose existence he recognizes.
instead he’s forced to do humiliate himself publicly on a daily basis. If his family actually cared for him, they’d step in and get him out of the public eye.
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Biden should say "if you kick [DELETED] out of the Republican Party I will retire." Any chance of that?
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No, he merely "defended" Biden in the only way many liberals can -----deflecting.
Surprised you couldn't recognize the oft-used tactic.
In case it has escaped your notice, politics is whataboutism.
Deflection is deflection, despite how you try to spin it.
I guess they are chicken.
Poor guess, very poor.
How about trying to defend Biden without referring to anyone else?
Is that even possible?
I have seen zero evidence of it.
Ok. Biden is doing a good job.
Just in - [DELETED]
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Highest inflation in decades. Deficit rising rapidly.
Hundreds of thousands of immigrants released into the country, and thousands more on their way.
Changing stories from the WH about Joe's involvement in his son's business of selling access to Joe.
A real bang-up job there.
Gee, I had no earthly idea you had room to obsess about me too!
I am flattered!
When you think about it, Biden has tried to shake hands with and call on so many people who weren't there that maybe he just gave up and decided to walk into an flag in the hopes of disappearing.