President Joe Biden nearly fell on stage as he delivered a speech during a rally for New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Sunday.
In a now-viral video, Biden was heard saying “Oops, stepping on a – hmm – it's black. Anyway.”
The incident followed the US president pledging in the speech that there would be “no more drilling” in the US, a day after Democratic Senator Joe Manchin berated POTUS for vowing to close coal plants.
Biden nearly taking a spill on stage comes amid a spate of gaffes that the 79-year-old, the oldest president in US history, has made over the past few years.
In one of the latest gaffes, POTUS seemingly zoned out when asked by a reporter whether his wife Jill Biden wanted him to run for a second term, while in another, he mispronounced the name of new UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, calling the 42-year-old “Rashee Sanook”.
This has repeatedly prompted criticism from Republicans, who insist that such escapades are a sign of health problems, and that the 46th president should not run the country.