What happens to Joe Biden: forgetfulness, falls and confusion

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Even before his arrival at the White House, in January 2021, the state of health of the president North American It’s a recurring theme in the international media.

Forgetfulness, falls, and confusion in public acts they fueled all kinds of rumors and raised questions about the political future of the United States. It was Donald Trump himself who put the issue of Biden’s health on the agenda. In the campaign for the 2020 elections, the then president assured that his political opponent had senile dementia.

Biden entered the White House at the age of 78 and became the longest serving president of the history of your country. From that day until today, a series of blunders in public events brought out those Trump grievances, then seen as a desperate gesture by the tycoon to get re-election.

But then, Is it known what happens to Biden?

In November 2021 the alarms went off. The press reported that he had been to the doctor to have a colonoscopy. And Kevin O’Connor, who has served the presidents of the United States for twelve years, had to leave to provide calm.

The White House doctor said it was just a routine study and that the president was fit to carry out their duties.

On that occasion, O’Connor reported that the president had mild neuropathy affecting his feet. And, that report, specified on the one hand that Biden walks a little stiff due to the aftermath of a fracture and, on the other, that his frequent cough is attributed to gastroesophageal reflux.

Journalism was on alert. The health and age of the president of the United States was installed on the media agenda.

Although there was no investigation that provided further details, the large local media took the risk of saying in their editorials that his age and physical condition will prevent Biden from running for re-election in 2024. Those who have no scruples when it comes to addressing the issue are the Republicans.

Banned by the big social media platforms, Trump continued to contrive to throw his poison darts.

Additionally, in June 2021, Texas legislator Ronny Jackson sent a letter to the White House asking the president to undergo a cognitive test.

Later, the governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, after the discovery of fifty immigrants suffocated in the trailer of a truck, said that these deaths were the result of the president’s lack of firmness in immigration policies.

But Biden is not only criticized by the opposition: he also generates uncertainty within his own party.

After the coronavirus pandemic, the United States faces a complex panorama: the war in Ukraine, the geopolitical dispute with China, historical peaks in inflation, the migration crisis and the increase in racial violence are some of these challenges that call for strong leadership.

While it is trending worldwide because of these bloopers and not because of their political measures, the question arises, Could Joe Biden be removed from office?

The 25th Amendment of the Constitution is clear in this regard: it provides that the president can be replaced if he is not fit to fulfill the powers and duties of his office. In that case, the natural candidate to replace him is Vice President Kamala Harris.

So what is needed to apply the amendment? Is the Democratic party going to make Biden resign? Amendment 25 is not that easy to apply. The president can appeal the measure and in that case Congress should intervene.

Amendment or no amendment, Biden it is played strongly in the mid-term elections.

In November, the United States goes to the elections to renew the Lower House of Congress, a third of the Senate and 34 governorships.

Due to the decline in the positive image of the president, pollsters predict a defeat for the Democratic party.

What is a fact is that Joe Biden has a mandate until December 2024, a term he will reach with 82 years old.

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