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Viral video: Joe Biden is surprised when Barack Obama saves the US president in a ‘humiliating’ moment on camera

US President Joe Biden “froze” on stage and apparently needed Barack Obama's help to leave the stage at a fundraiser in Los Angeles. As the crowd stood to applaud, Biden stared at them for a while. Obama then took him by the wrist and led him off the stage with a smile.

This happened after Biden and Obama participated in a 45-minute interview with Jimmy Kimmel at the Peacock Theater.

Social media users began to comment on the incident. One of the first was British radio host Piers Morgan. “So embarrassing. The Democrats can't just let this go on, can they?” he wrote on X (formerly Twitter) and shared the clip.

“No offense… But I will never understand why old people, and I mean rich old men and women, can't just leave politics alone and just get on with their lives and enjoy it to the fullest until the last day. Too rich to embarrass themselves like that on national television…” wrote another user.

“It should not be a partisan position to acknowledge that Joe Biden is mentally unfit for office,” posted another user.

“Why does Biden look like an elder statesman that Obama parades around to wave his hand and smile at the audience? That can't possibly be the leader of the free world,” said another.

“If he was your father, would you send him to the local shops with a shopping list and expect him to come home? This is cruel. You are demeaning him by allowing this to continue,” one user wrote.

There are other users who defended the US President and blamed it on fatigue.

“Call me when you're flown to Italy for a multi-day, high-intensity conference, flow. 16 hours back to the west coast of the US for an event,” one user posted.

Not the first time for Joe Biden

It is not the first time that the US President has been surprised. Biden appeared confused about his whereabouts several times on camera.

At the G7 summit in Italy during a parachute demonstration. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni helped him by gently guiding him back to take a group photo with other heads of state and government.

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