A video of former President Donald Trump stumbling on the steps of Air Force One has taken the internet by storm, and the collective response has been swift, biting, and deeply ironic.
The short clip, which surfaced online Sunday, shows Trump in a suit and tie briefly losing his footing as he climbs the iconic red-carpeted stairs to the presidential aircraft. Within hours, the footage was all over social media, accompanied by commentary that practically wrote itself.
One user quipped, capturing the overall sentiment.
“So, there was Sleepy Joe, now we have Trippy Trump.”
Others were quick to draw attention to the irony, recalling Trump’s own past ridicule of President Joe Biden for similar stumbles.
one person asked:
“Wasn’t he laughing at Biden for the same thing??”
another echoed:
“Where are all the people who said Biden tripping meant he was in mental decline? Bueller?”
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The top comment threads were filled with riffs like “Walking in heels is tough,” and “Slipping on all them lies he’s saying about Los Angeles.”
A widely shared zoomed-in still image from the clip shows Trump mid-stumble, hand slightly raised, a grimace caught on camera, a freeze-frame now etched into meme history.
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For those with long memories, the moment feels like poetic justice. Twitter user @alamnavsa unearthed an old Trump soundbite where he slammed Biden’s earlier misstep:
“Joe Biden can’t even walk up a flight of stairs on Air Force One. And he can’t put two sentences together… We have somebody that doesn’t have a clue representing us.”
The backlash online was swift and cutting. One person mused:
“Life has a funny way of showing you different perspectives after one has harshly judged another.”
joked another:
“Please ask Fox News to show this.”
While the trip was minor and Trump recovered quickly, the political and cultural resonance was major. In the age of viral clips, every misstep, literal or figurative, becomes fair game.
Whether the stumble was simply gravity doing its job or something more symbolic, one thing’s for sure: the internet noticed, and it didn’t miss the chance to point out the irony.