Former President Donald Trump says he phoned Fox News host Sean Hannity to urge him not to joke about President Joe Biden‘s condition, as he commented on the ‘bad fall’ the president experienced hours after he took a tumble in Colorado.
Trump revisited the issue hours after he expressed concern for his rival when the president suddenly hit the floor while handing out diplomas to cadets graduating from the Air Force Academy.
‘That was a bad fall,’ said Trump, after Hannity himself said there needs to be a ‘serious discussion’ about Biden’s physical fitness and ‘mental acumen.’
‘Well, I don’t know if I’m supposed to say this. I actually called Sean and I asked Sean not to joke about it. Because he used to joke about it. And I said honestly, I don’t think it looks good for you or for anybody you to joke about it because it’s a serious,’ said Trump, before Hannity cut him off.
His interviewer said he used to joke about ‘sippy cup and warm milk and bedtime stories.’
Former President Donald Trump says he phoned Fox News host Sean Hannity to ask him not to joke about President Joe Biden’s condition. He spoke on a day Biden fell on stage at the Air Force Academy commencement
‘So I said I just don’t think it’s good for anybody. And you know, it’s not appropriate,’ Trump continued. ‘You can speak about it if you want, but I don’t think you should joke about it, and you really didn’t after that.’
It was the second time Thursday when Trump took the high road, after earlier expressing concern about Biden. He did in in a segment where he hurled just a single insult at rival Ron DeSantis.
Trump also reflected on the difficulties being in the public eye as president – but said falling isn’t an option.
‘You can’t fall you just can’t fall, no matter what,’ Trump said.
‘I better not allow it to happen with me. But things like that do happen,’ he said.
Trump also revisited his own time delivering the commencement at West Point, where he famously walked with great caution down a ramp.
‘That was my best speech. I was so proud of it,’ Trump said, saying people would review it in 100 years.
He then described an official telling him ‘sir, you have to get down the ramp.’
‘It was long – like an ice skating rink,’ said Trump.
He said he decided to tippy toe town, calling it a mistake. ‘But I got killed, he said.’
The comments came after earlier Trump showed concern for Joe Biden and even made a joke about himself when he learned the president had fallen again while on stage at the Air Force Academy.
‘He actually fell down?’ Well I hope he wasn’t hurt,’ the former president said on the campaign trail in Iowa when told about the 80-year-old’s tumble.
Images of Biden being helped back up after his trip will spark more concerns about his age and health during his second run for president.
‘The whole thing is crazy. You’ve got to be careful about that. Even if you have to tiptoe down a ramp,’ Trump added.
Trump was referencing the moment he left the stage at the West Point military academy three years ago, and appeared to gingerly shuffle down the ramp.
Donald Trump showed concern for President Joe Biden when he learned he had fallen again while on stage at the Air Force Academy
The commander-in-chief stumbled and fell to his knees, and then had to be helped back up during the graduation ceremony in an incident likely to spark more concerns about his age as the nation’s oldest president seeks a second term
During the speech in June 2020, Trump used two hands to sip from a glass of water and took what appeared to be ‘baby steps’ while walking away.
‘The ramp that I descended after my West Point Commencement speech was very long & steep, had no handrail and, most importantly, was very slippery,’ Trump said in a tweet in the aftermath.
It raised similar questions and concerns about his health that Biden is facing after his latest incident.
The commander-in-chief stumbled and fell to his knees, and then had to be helped back up during the graduation ceremony.
It was the latest of several incidents where the president briefly lost his balance, although in this case it brought him down.
After the fall, the president then walked away without help. The White House later pointed the finger at a black sandbag that could be seen near the podium where Biden delivered the commencement address.
‘He’s fine,’ White House Communications Director Ben LaBolt tweeted shortly after the incident. ‘There was a sandbag on stage while he was shaking hands.’
‘The whole thing is crazy. You’ve got to be careful about that. Even if you have to tiptoe down a ramp,’ he added. Trump was referencing the moment he left the stage at the West Point military academy three years ago, and appeared to gingerly shuffle down the ramp
‘He’s fine,’ White House Communications Director Ben LaBolt tweeted afterward. ‘There was a sandbag (seen left) on stage while he was shaking hands.’
The stumble comes just weeks after Biden stumbled while visiting the Itsukushima Shrine in Hiroshima, Japan.
During that event, there was a railing available on some stairs the president had to navigate down. He ignored the railing and stumbled, restoring his balance while walking downward. Biden also stumbled while boarding Air Force One in March on a trip to Selma, Alabama.
Biden fell up the stairs while boarding Air Force One in 2021 and toppled over on his bike near his Delaware beach house last June. He was not harmed in any of the incidents.
A pool reporter traveling with the president to Colorado said Biden ‘was walking back to his seat when fell. He appeared to have tripped on a black sandbag on the stage.
‘When he fell, pointed to the black sandbag suggesting that’s what he tripped on,’ according to the report.
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