The US president borrows the trademark Republican cap after joking with fire fighters.
  • enkille@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1202·
    2 months ago

    For those who can’t be bothered to watch the video: Biden talks with Trump supporter, signs a presidential hat, trades for the Trump supporter’s hat, briefly wears it.

    Also jokes about being so old he forgot his name, tells the guy “hell no” when asked if he wants him to sign the Trump hat, and tells people not to eat dogs.

  • rbn@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    221·
    2 months ago

    I think it was a sweet moment there and made Biden appear as a friendly and self-ironic guy. I doubt the Trump campaign can leverage this photo as they are sharing AI stuff all day and compared to all these fakes, Biden wearing a Trump hat is pretty lame. :D

  • atro_city@fedia.io
    92·
    2 months ago

    It was a nice interaction between two old men and people are upset about it. It’s like football players swapping jerseys. But the USA is so divided that any friendly interactions between “opposing sides” is seen as treason. Good grief.

    • sudo@lemmy.todayEnglish
      111·
      2 months ago

      It’s more akin to Biden donning a Klan hood or a swastika than ‘swapping jerseys’.

      Giving even a semblance of legitimacy to these fascist terrorists is fucking disgusting. There’s nothing ‘nice’ or ‘sweet’ about it.

  • WraithGear@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    2 months ago

    Uhg and groan. Listen 9/11 wasnt about solidarity between political parties. I mean the event did allow the parties to craft the Patriot act, and sell away alot of our freedoms for the lie of security… but i consider that a bad thing. It’s this attempt to find common ground with the republicans that has got me so upset at this political climate to begin with. 9/11 is in remembrance to those that died, don’t use it for anything political

    • ricecake@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      111·
      2 months ago

      If you watch the video, he wasn’t using it for anything political. He’s doing low stakes crowd work. He’s chatting with people, gives a guy in a trump hat a signed hat while making some self deprecating jokes and good natured insults to the guy in the trump hat. Definitely makes like he’s going to steal the guys hat, and puts it on for a second for a bigger laugh.

      Optics good, bad, or neutral, it wasn’t a planned “solidarity” thing like the headline makes it sound.

      A better headline would have been “Biden borrows trump hat for laugh at lunch following 9/11 memorial event”

      • WraithGear@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        Fair enough. I’m just going to find something else to think about. Been worked up after unfavorable canidate talk

  • snooggums@lemmy.worldEnglish
    621·
    2 months ago

    Fuck Biden for not realizing how the MAGA crew is going to weaponize this photo op.

    Edit: Biden putting on a Trump hat is like Biden waving a confederate flag because MAGA and Trump’s campaign are based on racism. Context doesn’t matter.