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Biden trips and falls during graduation ceremony, recovers quickly

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.

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.

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 "thumbs up" sign.(本段有发音精讲，关注公众号可可英语晨读获取)

Upon returning to the White House, Biden joked to reporters, “I got sandbagged." The fall came after a commencement address Biden delivered to a flag-waving audience, warning graduates they will enter service in an increasingly unstable world.

Biden, the oldest person to hold the Oval Office, is running for re-election in 2024. His leading Republican opponent, Donald Trump, turns 77 this month.

Trump, asked about Biden's fall, said, "He actually fell down? Well I hope he wasn’t hurt. You gotta be careful about that," even if you have to "tip-toe down a ramp." In June 2020, Trump's slow, careful descent of a ramp at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point had some observers questioning his agility.

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