Pool Photographer Catches Embarrassing Detail During Biden's Last Address - Can You Spot It?
In case you missed his farewell address on Wednesday, President Joe Biden left the White House the same man he came in as: befuddled, rambling, slurring, and gaffe-prone.
Besides aping Dwight Eisenhower by calling for the end of the “tech-industrial complex” — which isn’t what you think it is, since it seems like the problem he was attacking was the lack of “fact-checking” on social media platforms, thus hampering the White House’s ability to pressure tech giants into adopting its version of reality — there was little new in the digressive 17-minute address.
It failed as both a Panglossian re-storying of Biden’s failed tenure and as a Cassandra-like warning of what was to come in Trump’s second term. It was delivered by a man clearly on the downslope of life.
And, as if to add one final embarrassment to everything else, he had to be propped up to give the address — literally.
One of the things that you didn’t see on camera if you watched the speech was the fact that Biden had to literally sit on a pillow to give the address.
PAINFUL: Behind-the-scenes photo of Joe Biden’s Farewell Address shows him needing to sit on a pillow inside the Oval Office with an emergency box of Kleenex hidden under his desk.
One final and total humiliation pic.twitter.com/liwzSDv4iL
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) January 16, 2025
According to the New York Post, the photos were taken from “just outside the Oval Office” as the 82-year-old Biden bid farewell to the country, whichever one that may be. (Somebody tell him which one, please.)
“Against the wall of the Oval Office, Vice President Kamala Harris sat flanked by second gentleman Doug Emhoff and first lady Jill Biden, with whom the veep reportedly has icy relations,” the outlet reported. “First son Hunter Biden and his wife, Melissa Cohen Biden, were also in the room.”
Apparently, Hunter didn’t have a “pick-me-up” for pops with him. And this was the one time such a sordid skill could have been of use, too.
“The oldest serving U.S. president has often struggled with his balance, stamina and mental acuity — whether tripping on the stairs of Air Force One or slipping up in presidential speeches, with frequent gaffes and coughs,” the Post noted.
Yes, and water proved to be wet; film at 11.
One is honestly surprised that there wasn’t a “Huh? Where’s Jackie?” moment during the speech — although, as if not wanting to throw the nation off, he did read directly off the teleprompter, again:
Joe Biden delivers his farewell address and graces us one last time with his unmatched ability to read teleprompter cues: “end of quote.” pic.twitter.com/qPc2zUpite
— Bad Hombre (@joma_gc) January 16, 2025
However, the pillow got traction on social media as perhaps the summing-up moment of his failed presidency: needing to be propped up just to face America.
Joe Biden had to sit on a pillow to keep his posture straight while giving his farewell speech tonight.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤡 pic.twitter.com/5nE6V1TPbw— Vince Langman (@LangmanVince) January 16, 2025
This is just pitiful to watch.
Biden is delivering his farewell address, seated on a pillow, with a glass of water and a box of Kleenex hidden behind the desk. pic.twitter.com/cRqxIO4cMp
— I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 (@ImMeme0) January 16, 2025
Joe Biden has to sit on a pillow while giving his farewell address to the nation.
It is past time for this farewell address pic.twitter.com/HAym5T7Tgm— Eddie (@Eddie_1030) January 16, 2025
This is all Joe Biden ever projected: weakness. He was physically, mentally, and spiritually weak. The country knew it. Our allies and (especially) our enemies knew it.
It’s set to be a different ballgame now, by the mercy of God. But let’s never forget the perfect summation — both in content and in symbolism — to the Biden years that his farewell speech gave us.
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