Donald Trump returned to one of his usual routines — throwing jabs at Joe Biden — but his latest complaint had people wondering if he was actually hinting at his own issues.
In the middle of his speech, he drifted into a lengthy, off-the-wall tangent that had little to do with policy and everything to do with his personal frustrations. The unexpected detour immediately caught fire online, with viewers questioning whether Trump was criticizing Biden or unintentionally exposing something he’s worried about himself.
He complained about what he called the “children’s stairs” in a long-winded tangent that quickly sent social media into a frenzy for all the wrong reasons.
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While attending the America Business Forum in Miami on Nov. 5, Trump couldn’t resist taking shots at his predecessor, detailing what he sees as indignities suffered by the nation’s leadership.
He painted a picture of Biden’s struggles with the aircraft’s smaller boarding stairs, but critics quickly pointed out that this seemed less like a legitimate concern and more like a projection from someone who’s had his own share of shaky moments.
“Perhaps, like never before, our country is respected again. Like never — they were laughing at our country. We had a guy who couldn’t walk up a flight of stairs; he kept falling. It’s very embarrassing, you know,” Trump rambled, giving everyone a front-row seat to his unfiltered stream of consciousness.
Trump: It's very embarrassing. They call them the children's stairs. I don't want the children's stairs. It doesn't look so good coming out of the children's stairs. If the weather is bad, it is okay, right? pic.twitter.com/9eBMnGZdvA
Adding, “Therefore, it’s one. I go, ‘Sir, would you like the short stairs or the longest?’ I said, ‘Give me the long every single time, please. The short ones aren’t for me — they call them the children’s stairs. I don’t want the children’s stairs. Doesn’t look so good coming out of the children’s stairs. Now, if the weather’s bad, it’s OK, right, if you don’t mind.”
People on the internet, naturally, had mixed feelings about Trump’s remarks.