President Joe Biden falls on stage during the 2023 United States Air Force Academy Graduation Ceremony at Falcon Stadium, Thursday, June 1, 2023, at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
President Joe Biden falls on stage during the 2023 United States Air Force Academy Graduation Ceremony at Falcon Stadium, Thursday, June 1, 2023, at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)© Provided by Washington Examiner

President Joe Biden is 80 years old. That alone should be enough information to conclude that he should refrain from running in 2024. However, if one still wasn’t convinced, then the video of him falling at the U.S. Air Force Academy graduation today surely should hammer home the point.

It is genuinely sad to watch any 80-year-old fall like Biden did today. The video alone, absent political implications, should summon sympathy and prayers that the person is OK. A fall like that could do real harm. However, this all becomes doubly true when it is someone like Biden — who is consistently on the biggest stages in the world and is the single most powerful person in the world. To see the leader of the free world in such a fragile, vulnerable state is a hard pill to swallow.

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And it is important to recognize that this is not the first time something like this has happened. Last year, Biden fell off his bike while in Delaware and approaching the press, and at the start of his presidency, he fell multiple times while going up the stairs of Air Force One. Additionally, while speaking, he has oftentimes sounded legitimately confused and is sometimes just unintelligible.

The problem is likely just going to get worse. If he wins a second term, he will be 82 years old at its start and 86 when it is completed. Comparing Biden’s fitness for office in 2016 versus just four years later in 2020 tells us how much more downhill it could go by 2028 — at the end of his prospective second term.

To fulfill the responsibilities of the president of the United States requires a unique focus, alertness, and ability to handle stress. After all, the commander in chief is tasked with regularly making decisions that change the course of history. But it is clear that Biden is just not up to the job. This is not his fault, of course. Hardly any 80-year-olds would be. But, it is important for him to recognize this, just as most of the country has, and step aside in 2024 for the country’s good and for his own.

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