US President Joe Biden trips and falls on stage at ceremony

US President Joe Biden tripped on a sandbag and fell as he accomplished handing out diplomas on the US Air Force Academy commencement ceremony in Colorado.

Biden appeared superb afterward, strolling with out help to his seat within the stands. He was seen smiling and jogging towards his automobile on the ceremony’s conclusion.

The White House mentioned the president was superb after the autumn on Thursday (Friday AEDT).

US President Joe Biden is helped to his toes after he tripped and fell throughout a navy commencement ceremony in Colorado. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images) (CNN)

The stumble started as Biden was jogging away from centre stage, the place earlier he’d delivered a graduation tackle to the academy’s graduates.

As he was transferring, he tripped, falling to the bottom. The president landed on his proper hip earlier than lifting himself up on his proper hand.

A bunch of males, together with an official with the air power academy and two US Secret Service brokers, grasped onto Biden’s arms to assist him again to his toes.

As he walked to his seat, Biden pointed again towards the bottom the place he tripped, indicating one thing had gotten in his path. Video of the second confirmed sandbags positioned in entrance of the rostrum close to the place Biden had been standing.

US President Joe Biden was leaving the stage when he took a tough fall. (Nine)

The president returned to his seat within the stands with out help, and appeared in good spirits because the ceremony concluded.

“He’s fine. There was a sandbag on stage while he was shaking hands,” communications director Ben LaBolt wrote on Twitter.

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Biden is 80 years outdated, the nation’s oldest president.

Earlier, Biden instructed US Air Force Academy graduates they had been getting into a quickly altering world as he harassed the crucial function of US help for its allies and companions and emphasised ongoing US help for Ukraine.

Biden mentioned that the cadets could have “a lot to deal with” as they enter service amid a altering world with “proliferating” international challenges from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to strategic competitors with China, in addition to local weather change and Artificial Intelligence.