Video of President Biden struggling to put on coat goes viral

LEXINGTON, Ky. (TND) — President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden spent Monday visiting Kentucky to meet with victims of the recent flooding there, but one moment of their trip has gained the attention of millions online.

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A video, posted to Twitter by the verified account "RNC Research," features the president struggling to put a jacket on and dropping his aviator glasses. That video, posted Monday evening, has since attained over 4.1 million views. The video's original source is C-SPAN. "What's going on here?" RNC research captioned the video.

In the video, President Biden is standing near his presidential helicopter "Marine One." Biden successfully puts his right arm into the jacket's sleeve, but then struggles to put his left arm in the other sleeve. First Lady Jill Biden notices her husband is struggling and comes to his aid, successfully helping the president put his arm in the sleeve. The president adjusts his jacket by the collar and his Aviator sunglasses fall off his face. He bends over, picks them up, and the video ends.

In all, it's just 43 seconds of video, but it has critics claiming it provides an example of Biden's mental health "clearly slipping," adding it's "embarrassing" and "sad."... (Read more)

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