Saturday, June 8, 2024 - Events in France marking the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy took an unexpected turn today when US President Joe Biden appeared disoriented and had to get some cover up from French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Bridget.
The commemoration in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, where US
forces suffered substantial losses on June 6, 1944, saw leaders from around the
world gather to honour the largest sea invasion in history.
As Biden and Macron walked out on stage together, Macron
closely guided the American president. While Macron stopped to greet other
attendees, Biden seemed confused, looking left and right as if unsure of his
surroundings.
At one point, Macron looked over and gave Biden a thumbs up,
concerned about his counterpart’s state.
Throughout the national anthems of both France and the
United States, which played back-to-back, Macron kept watching Biden.
A clip from the ceremony circulating social media shows
Biden turn around halfway through the taps performance.
Taps is a bugle call deeply ingrained in military tradition.
It signals “lights out” at the end of each day. The song is played in
remembrance of the soldiers who gave their lives for the nation.
As the song played, Biden turned backwards, after a while
Macron and his wife turned the other way too, just as Biden did- in a sort of
cover up for the US leader.
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Oh dear pic.twitter.com/uHm8Ca64CX
— Afshin Rattansi (@afshinrattansi) June 7, 2024
Emmanuel Macron, Brigitte Macron and a US woman try to cover for Joe Biden, who mysteriously turns around while raising the flag pic.twitter.com/EEaQzfoetI
— S p r i n t e r F a m i l y (@SprinterFamily) June 7, 2024
The brave service members who fought on D-Day represent the Greatest Generation in our history.
— President Biden (@POTUS) June 6, 2024
Together, they stood to oppose the forces of fascism, volunteered to lay down their lives for our liberty, and answered freedom’s call at its hour of greatest need.
And today, on… pic.twitter.com/th69CCsnQf
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