{"id":1943119,"date":"2023-06-02T17:47:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T21:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-the-media-reacted-to-biden-falling-versus-trump-not-falling\/"},"modified":"2023-06-02T17:49:37","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T21:49:37","slug":"how-the-media-reacted-to-biden-falling-versus-trump-not-falling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-the-media-reacted-to-biden-falling-versus-trump-not-falling\/","title":{"rendered":"Media&#8217;s Response to Biden&#8217;s Fall vs. Trump&#8217;s No Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhow-the-media-reacted-to-biden-falling-versus-trump-not-falling%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1943119&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Presidential Falls: A Tale of Two Reactions<\/h2>\n<p>Have you heard this one? A Republican president and a Democratic president walked off stage after commencement speeches at military colleges three years apart. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-purge-has-begun-where-it-stops-nobody-knows\/\" title=\"The Purge Has Begun. Where It Stops, Nobody Knows.\">media coverage<\/a> was a joke.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Then:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>In 2020,<\/strong> then-President Donald Trump slowly descended a ramp at West Point in New York after taking a weird sip of water, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-the-media-reacted-to-biden-falling-versus-trump-not-falling\/\" title=\"Media's Response to Biden's Fall vs. Trump's No Fall\">mainstream media pretended<\/a> it was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-faces-mounting-pressure-to-act-in-ethiopian-conflict\/\" title=\"Biden Administration Faces Mounting Pressure to Act in Ethiopian Conflict\">national crisis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>New York Times<\/em>: &#8220;Trump\u2019s Halting Walk Down Ramp Raises New Health Questions&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>President Trump faced new questions about his health on Sunday, after videos emerged of him gingerly walking down a ramp at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and having trouble bringing a glass of water to his mouth during a speech there.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump \u2014 who turned 74 on Sunday, the oldest a U.S. president has been in his first term \u2014 was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-keeps-changing-excuse-for-why-biden-fell-on-air-force-one-stairs\/\" title=\"White House Keeps Changing Excuse For Why Biden Fell On Air Force One Stairs\">recorded hesitantly descending<\/a> the ramp one step at a time after he delivered an address to graduating cadets at the New York-based academy on Saturday.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/06\/15\/politics\/donald-trump-ramp-west-point-speech\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>: &#8220;Why the Donald Trump-West Point Ramp Story Actually Matters&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>1) Trump is 74 &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>2) Trump\u2019s medical past is a total mystery &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>3) Trump makes his opponents\u2019 health a major issue &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>So yes, of course, the president\u2019s tentative and slow walk down a ramp is a story. Donald Trump made it one.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/trump-tries-to-explain-his-slow-and-unsteady-walk-down-a-ramp-at-west-point\/2020\/06\/14\/7d89cdf2-ae43-11ea-856d-5054296735e5_story.html\">Washington Post<\/a><\/em>: &#8220;Trump Tries To Explain His Slow and Unsteady Walk Down a Ramp at West Point&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>In addition, Trump wrote that he &#8220;ran down&#8221; the final stretch of the ramp. Video footage of the episode shows the president picking up his pace slightly for the final two steps, but that would hardly be considered a run or a jog by any standard definition&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\/maddowblog\/unsteady-appearance-prompts-new-scrutiny-trump-s-health-n1231052\">MSNBC<\/a>: Unsteady Appearance Prompts New Scrutiny of Trump&#8217;s Health<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Just as importantly, there have long been questions about the president&#8217;s physical wellbeing that have gone largely unaddressed. In November 2019, for example, Trump made an unscheduled, two-hour trip to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for what was described as the first &#8220;phase&#8221; of the president&#8217;s physical. As we discussed at the time, the circumstances were curious.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Late-night hosts, like Stephen Colbert of CBS&#8217;s &#8220;The Late Show,&#8221; meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2020\/06\/16\/trump-late-night-ramp\/\">dropped any pretense<\/a> of concern.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LSSC?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LSSC<\/a> tonight: The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-on-dallas-mavericks-stopping-national-anthem-before-games-its-about-recognizing-u-s-isnt-perfect\/\" title=\"Psaki On Dallas Mavericks Stopping National Anthem Before Games: It\u2019s About Recognizing U.S. Isn\u2019t Perfect\">president made<\/a> a ramp look like an obstacle course. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rOxoWDmHDc\">pic.twitter.com\/rOxoWDmHDc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/colbertlateshow\/status\/1272699429385121797?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 16, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Now:<\/h3>\n<p>Joe Biden, 80 and seen as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/nearly-two-thirds-voters-think-biden-too-old-for-second-term-poll\">too old<\/a> to be president by most Americans, fell at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado on Thursday, and media rushed to assure the nation that the president was totally &#8220;fine,&#8221; as per the White House.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/biden-trips-falls-during-graduation-ceremony-recovers-quickly-2023-06-01\/?taid=6478ef84d4faf00001dd0d3f&#038;utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&#038;utm_medium=trueAnthem&#038;utm_source=twitter\">Reuters<\/a>: &#8220;Biden Trips and Falls During Graduation Ceremony, Recovers Quickly&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>President Joe Biden tripped and fell after handing out the last diploma at a graduation ceremony at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado on Thursday, but got up quickly and walked back to his seat.<\/p>\n<p>The 80-year-old U.S. president fell forward, caught himself with his hands, then got up on one knee while helped by three people. He walked back to his seat unassisted.<\/p>\n<p>After Biden was helped up, he pointed behind him, seeming to indicate that he had tripped over a sandbag used to hold the teleprompter in place. He mingled with other officials afterward, smiling and giving a &#8220;thumbs up&#8221; sign.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/06\/01\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a comedic twist, a Republican and Democratic president left the stage after giving commencement speeches at military colleges three years apart. 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