Russian information resources drew attention to a strange spot on the forehead of the American president. We checked whether this is really a trace of a blow.

According to the media on February 22, a bruise on the forehead of US President Joe Biden, recorded by cameras either during his visit to Poland, or directly upon his return, interested many users of social networks. Some The publications connected the appearance of a bruise with the fall of the American leader during the ascent to the plane in Warsaw, and in a number of Telegram channels were given Personnel, on which a person who looks like Biden falls when descending along a ladder.

Among the Russian -speaking publications that paid attention to Biden's bruise - “Evening Moscow","Sight" TVC And "Vesti.ru". These rumors were actively distributed in social networks. In particular, channels were written in Telegram about them "Zlaya Prof"(145,000 views at the time of writing this analysis),"Pool N3"(137 000),"Dear persimmon"(74,000) and"TV"(34,000), and in Tiktok Some videos with the image of a spot on the forehead of the American president were gaining half a million views.

February 20, US President Joe Biden committed non -anons visit In Kyiv, where he met with the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky. During the negotiations, Biden announced a new assistance package in the amount of half a billion dollars. In the evening of the same day Started already planned A two -day first -person trip of the United States to Warsaw, which contains participation in Summy the heads of the state of the "Bucharest nine" NATO.

These days, two videos with falls on the ladder of the American side No. 1 were widely dispersed over the Internet. On the firstJudging by the credits, one of the Polish television channels, one of the members of the arrived American delegation, stumbled upon the steps on the steps, is shown on Earth. Users of social networks suggestedthat it was President Joe Biden himself, for whom such incidents at all Not rarity. However, on the video from Sky News It can be seen that this time the American president overcame the distance without any problems. In addition, behind a person who has fallen from the steps, you can see a large bag, which is uncharacteristic for the heads of state in such a situation. Later, official representative of the White House confirmed Snopes fact that the “hero” of the incident was not Joe Biden.

Another incident occurred before the departure of a presidential plane from Poland on the evening of February 22. A person who looked like Biden fell and immediately rose during climbing the ladder. As can be seen on the video shot from another angle, it really was the American president. This information from the same factor from Snopes Confirmed in the White House.

Photos of Biden with a spot similar to a bruise appeared in the photo banks of the largest world agencies (AFP, Associated Press, Reuters, EPA, Getty images) on the same day, February 22, and were made during Summit In Warsaw. Thus, this spot cannot be related to Biden's fall before his departure from Poland.

The solution appeared in the media almost immediately, although not all resources paid attention to it. The fact is that Joe Biden is the second Catholic President In the history of the United States (the first was John Kennedy) and sacredly honors religious rites. February 22 in the Catholic world was noted Ash Wednesday - The day of the beginning of Great Lent. On this occasion, the Polish priest Veslav Davidovsky spent on the morning of February 22 at the Marriott Hotel, where Biden stopped, a festive mass. Later Davidovsky shared made then photos On social networks, having written that he had the honor to sprinkle the head of the US President as ashes (he mentioned on Twitter that he “joined the celebration of the ash environment,” but did not report the details). In the photo, we see that ash on Biden's forehead forms a Catholic cross. In the article on the site The National Geographic It is noted that such a cross symbolizes the mortality of its carrier and repentance for his own sins. Priests apply it during the morning service in the ash, and many believers prefer to leave this trace on themselves until the end of the day. Apparently, Joe Biden also prefers to act. After the mass, as we see in the photographs in the photographs, only a small trace in the center of the forehead of the American president remained from the ash cross.

Note that this is not the first time that Joe Biden in the ash enters the lenses of cameras with a ritual spot on the forehead. IN 2009 And 2010 years he did this in the rank of vice president of the United States (the leading Sky News TV channel Kay Berli even had to apologize for mentioning his "bruise"), and in 2022 - Already being the head of state. Honors a Catholic tradition and, for example, a colleague of the President of the Democratic Party, former Secretary of State of the United States John Kerry. But in 2015, Biden really appeared In public with a bruise on his face - according to the official explanation, a bruise arose after the game of a politician with his dog named Chemop.

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