President Joe Biden was unfortunate again when he hit his head on the door of the Marine One helicopter on Thursday afternoon, hours after falling heavily on stage during an Air Force Academy graduation ceremony.
Reporters waiting for Biden’s presence on the South Lawn of the White House saw the president hit his forehead as he got out of the helicopter, Fox News reported.
However, the blow caused no immediate injury to Biden, although he did rub his head as he walked across the lawn.
The recent incident came hours after a video of him falling while attending an Air Force Academy graduation ceremony while leaving the podium went viral.
“They hit me with a sandbag,” the president told reporters, in a possible reference to the fall hours earlier, which was allegedly caused by a sandbag on stage.
Given the frequent episodes of falls and carelessness of the 80-year-old president, users on social networks expressed their concern for the health of the progressive president.
“This is not fun. This is just sad. Under no circumstances should this man be our president in 2025. Praying for our country,” Texas Republican Rep. Wesley Hunt said after Thursday’s fall.
However, White House communications director Ben Labolt called for calm over concerns about the president’s health, noting that the Democrat simply stumbled on the punching bag.
“Alright. There was a bag of sand on the stage while he was shaking hands,” LaBolt said in a Twitter post just moments after the spectacular fall.