Joe Biden’s body is soon to be in as bad of shape as his deranged and destroyed brain, but his handlers have a plan.
They gave him the boot!
The president-elect of the United States clomped across a flag-studded stage on Tuesday, intending to introduce the economic team that, he hopes, will steer the nation through turmoil.
In the process, he introduced the country to a less welcome companion: his walking boot.
After a slip while playing with one of his dogs, a shelter German shepherd named Major, over the weekend, President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr., 78, suffered hairline fractures in his right foot, according to Mr. Biden’s office and his doctor. The black boot was a souvenir of the injury poking out over a pant leg of Mr. Biden’s signature navy blue suit.
“Good,” Mr. Biden replied to a shouted query about how his foot felt when he arrived at the Queen theater, an event space here near his home. He proceeded to show off the boot to the cameras, quickly lifting his knee to display the contraption.
Later, after his team introductions were done and he was walking offstage, Mr. Biden was peppered with more questions about the injury. He flashed a thumbs-up sign to the assembled members of the news media.
The health of a president-elect is always an issue of vital national interest, and especially so for Mr. Biden, who at his inauguration will be the oldest president in American history. Although he released health information during the campaign, he was not always forthcoming about his health protocols in the coronavirus era.
On the campaign trail, Mr. Biden often laughed off questions about his age — despite significant reservations, especially during the primary, among some voters — instructing skeptics to watch him in action as he bounded through parades and onto stages. He also discussed his Peloton workouts and weight routines.
In a statement Sunday, Mr. Biden’s doctor, Kevin O’Connor, said the president-elect sustained the fractures in his “midfoot.” Dr. O’Connor also said Mr. Biden “will likely require a walking boot for several weeks.”
Mr. Biden spent Monday out of the spotlight, meeting virtually with staff and speaking with foreign leaders. But on Tuesday, the boot was visible at times as Mr. Biden stood behind a lectern, introducing his choices for jobs involving the economy and occasionally shifting his weight.
Do you know that in Australia, they call this a “Moon Boot”?
I think that’s appropriate and really fits well with Joe Biden’s “beam me up, Scotty!” attitude.
Joe Biden is going to put the first man on the Moon.
He might as well go himself – he’s spry enough! He could do a dance on the Moon! He could be the first man to be a legitimately elected president on the moon.
The obvious next step here is to put a boot on his brain.