“Since when does the President NOT salute the guards?”
Since never. Biden looked straight at one of the saluting guard for 5-8 seconds. No synapse telling him “return the salute”.
That’s the news story here. Not his gymnastics on the carpeted stairs.
I know they are CiC but never having served means it's mostly an honorary title like British royalty gets for just being born.
Obambi was particularly bad because his first attempt, at the Illinois war memorial with tammy duckworth, looked like a salute from Bennie Hill.