Poor oul’ Joe had to go and this was clear long before his disastrous televised debate with Trump on June 27, so that it took 25 days for that reality to sink in is baffling.

As far back as April 2023 when Biden visited Ireland, I highlighted the flawed attempts by his entourage to portray the octogenarian as fit and full of vigour. They did this by having the president do what I called ‘the Biden shuffle’ when, for no discernible reason, he’d break into a faltering jog when in public. Instead of vitality what it demonstrated was someone trying too hard, which only accentuated his age and infirmity.

I mentioned this when asked to comment on the presidential visit to Ireland on Channel 4 News, saying that I prayed they didn’t make Joe jog as the grass was always wet in Ireland and I didn’t want the infamous grassy knoll of Dallas to be mirrored by the grassy banks of Belfast.

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