Biden walks into flag, snubs Brazilian president at UN

By Jen Krausz on
 September 22, 2023

President Joe Biden, the oldest president in U.S. history, made multiple gaffes during his attendance at a U.N. speech by Brazil's president about a partnership with the U.S.

Biden first walked into a 7-foot-tall Brazilian flag and got momentarily tied up in it.

He then had a wrestling match with his translation headset. He lost the match and dropped the headset, looking frustrated as Brazil's president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva asked him repeatedly if he could hear him.

After Lula made the speech, which announced a partnership between the U.S. and Brazil on workers' rights, Biden shook hands with International Labor Organization Director-General Gilbert Huongbo, then shuffled off the stage without shaking Lula's hand.

The horrendous gaffe caused Lula to make a sweeping gesture with his arm, an apparent expression of his irritation.

Biden really is just getting too old for this. It's only a matter of time before something really serious happens, and he messes up something really important.