It looks like the White House does not trust President Joe Biden to walk alone these days.
Recently, Biden was often seen with aides across the South Lawn of the White House as he leaves and returns to the building aboard the Marine One helicopter.
In a recent report by Axios, this change in Biden’s routine is an attempt to cover up Biden’s frequent walking blunders and stiff gait.
Several Biden advisers expressed concern that Biden’s walking highlights his age.
Biden’s campaign thinks that Biden projects a better image now, and aides will continue to guide him in his strides.
Biden’s aides, Mike Donilon, Bruce Reed, and Annie Tomasini, are often positioned between the president and the media.
A White House official told Axios that this plan was suggested by Biden himself, saying that he’d prefer a less formal approach, and enjoined his aides to walk with him.
This change began in mid-April when White House staffers and aides flanked Biden as if preventing him from falling.
Biden’s team is putting in extra effort to change voter’s perceptions of his mental acuity and physical fitness.
Aside from ensuring aides walk along with him, Biden has worn shoes with support to prevent him from tripping.
Nowadays, Biden often boards Air Force One through its rear entrance, which has fewer steep stairs.
Images and video clips show the 81-year-old president often trips and stumbles on longer stairs while entering the plane.
According to Biden’s doctors, the president has spinal arthritis and mild sensory peripheral neuropathy of the feet, contributing to his stiff gait.
Meanwhile, speculations continue among the ranks of photographers and media men. Members of the press corps often awaited him to walk across the South Lawn for an opportunity to shout questions at him since he rarely held press conferences or interviews. To prevent this, Biden’s staff had to walk with him shoulder-to-shoulder to ensure he wouldn’t turn and chat with the media.
However, Biden’s effort to look active has been overshadowed by his recent blunders.
Just this Wednesday, Biden mistakenly read an instruction written on the teleprompter.
“I see an America where we defend democracy, not diminish it. I see an America where we protect freedoms, not take them away. I see an economy that grows a lot in the bottom up where the wealthy pay their fair share, so we can have child care, paid leave, and so much more, and still reduce the federal deficit and increase economic folks,” Biden said.
“Imagine what we could do next. Four more years, pause.”
In a recent poll from AP-NORC, more than 63 percent of Americans are alarmed by Biden’s mental fitness to serve as president.
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