Saturday 18 June 2022 10:46 PM Joe Biden takes spill on bike near home in Delaware : Internet reacts with ... trends now
The internet went into overdrive on Saturday after Joe Biden was filmed falling off his bike in front of a crowd of reporters.
The moment inspired a flurry of memes and jokes at the 79-year-old president's expense. Biden was not injured in the tumble, aside than perhaps his pride.
Donald Trump Jr., called the flub 'a perfect metaphor for the current state of our country'.
'Down goes Biden,' another Twitter user shared.
Former Buzzfeed journalist Benny Johnson ,posted a tweet that showed the president riding his bike - with a pair of pink training wheels photoshopped on.
'Biden right back out on his bike after his collapse this morning.' Johnson wrote.
Gasps rang out after the president unexpectedly fell Saturday as he was trying to dismount his bike to chat with a crowd who had gathered along a Rehoboth Beach bike path
Donald Trump Jr., an outspoken critic of Biden and his policies, wrote: 'I’m not sure there’s ever been a more perfect metaphor for the current state of our country than Biden falling off his bike while standing still for literally no reason'
Biden, 79, took the tumble during a morning ride in Rehoboth Beach at around 9:30am, while attempting to stop and say hello to a crowd that had converged on the Gordon's Pond State Park bike trail.
Pulling up to dismount the bike, the president suddenly fell over sideways, footage shows, causing a mad scramble of Secret Service and press to help him up.
Footage of the flub has since sent social media into a frenzy - the internet characteristically quick to react with a relentless onslaught of memes.
One Twitter user labeled Biden 'The Economy' as he crashed to the ground - an apparent jab at the financial woes experienced by the country under Biden's leadership.
Another user shared an image of Biden superimposed on a child's bike - as they suggested he might be more comfortable with training wheels.
One tweet compared Biden's tumble to the elderly person falling in the old commercial for Life-Alert which has the famous line 'Help, I've fallen and I can't get up.
Others elected for a popular meme that shows a bicyclist push a stick into his own wheel’s spokes, causing an inevitable fall.
The internet was quick to react to Biden's bike gaffe with an onslaught of ridiculing memes
Someone else shared an image of Biden's face superimposed over a father struggling to pedal his toddler daughter's pink tricycle, as the tyke looks on in amusement
One user shared another popular meme that uses the 'bromance' relationship seen between Vladimir Putin Russian and former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev for comedic effect
Former Buzzfeed journalist Benny Johnson posted a tweet that showed the president riding his bike - with a pair of pink training wheels photoshopped on
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