Posted on 04/26/2024 6:22:56 AM PDT by V_TWIN
President Biden has introduced a change to his White House departure and return routine. Instead of walking across the South Lawn to and from Marine One by himself, he's now often surrounded by aides.
Why it matters: With aides usually walking between Biden and journalists' camera position outside the White House, the visual effect is to draw less attention to the 81-year-old's halting and stiff gait.
Zoom in: Some Biden advisers have told Axios they're concerned that videos of Biden walking and shuffling alone — especially across the grass — have highlighted his age.
Weeks ago the president told aides that he'd prefer a less formal approach, a White House official told Axios. He suggested that they walk with him. White House staffers and reporters alike noticed the sudden change in Biden's walk routine beginning in mid-April, after more than three years in which he'd typically walked solo.
Senior aides such as deputy chiefs of staff Bruce Reed and Annie Tomasini and close adviser Mike Donilon are among those who've walked with the president across the lawn to and from the helicopter. Since the change, some advisers think the images of Biden's walks to and from the helicopter are better, and they expect him to continue to have aides join him. By the numbers: In March, Biden's five walks to and from Marine One at the White House were by himself, or with family members.
Starting April 16, Biden was joined by staff or lawmakers nine out of 10 times he walked to and from Marine One.
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The rotor is always off.
He should use a walker.
The wear pattern on the POTATUS’s shoes was indicative before Deep State caught on and began policing the photos and footwear.
It won't be long and they'll notice he can't read the teleprompter w/o reading his special notes aloud.
The presidential golf cart is next with his hover round to get in and out of the helicopter and air plane.
It would look bad when he forgot where he was going on the way to Marine One. Can’t have him walking into the tail rotor.
FDR was in a wheelchair for years and the public was not aware.
It reminds me of how the Soviet media covered for the stroked-out Brezhnev.
Yep, he now needs escorts or he'll wander off.
I don’t mind that he can’t walk well, what I hate is that he can’t think well.
Just cut to the chase and wheel him out to Marine One on a gurney.
Yeah, him saying “four more years pause” was a clincher.
.....hah, “wear pattern”......
That would be b-a-d.
He'll need a dope mobile.
They may be able to hide his gait, but what are they gonna do about that stupid thing he does where he constantly holds his hands outstretched ahead of him as he shuffles?
And hoping nobody behind him will give him a push to get him going.
And then ratified by Lord Biden' s Empire of Silly Names and Even Stupider Policies.
Then he can use his acorn stairlift to get him up into the aircraft.
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